Kristy Grant-Hart is the CEO of Spark Compliance Consulting and a compliance and data privacy thought leader specializing in transforming compliance departments into in-demand business assets. She’s been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Compliance Week, Compliance and Ethics Professional Magazine and many others. She’s the author of the best-selling book, “How to Be a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer.” Kristy was named a Trust Across America 2019 Top Thought Leader in Trust. In addition, she’s a former board member of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics and Health Care Compliance Association, and is currently on the Board of Trustees of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation UK.
Global election results mean the coming years are going to be full of change for compliance. This article, from our 2025 Top 10 Trends in Risk & Compliance explores how you can prepare.
“Pre-taliation” is a term used to describe retaliation that occurs before the potential whistleblower gets anywhere near the government, this post discusses what you need to know to avoid it.
This post explores what you need to know about the DOJ expectations for risk assessments stemming from the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs guidance update in September.
If you’re new to supply chain risk management or curious to know if you’ve contemplated all the major compliance-related risks, here is a brief rundown of the types of risks you should be considering.
In a world increasingly powered by data lakes and artificial intelligence, the promise of data is rich, but its usefulness often falls short of the promise.
The stance from regulators is clear – compliance should be involved in M&A, but frequently they’re not. Here’s how to make sure you’re invited to the M&A party.
Each year, NAVEX releases the Top 10 Trends in Risk and Compliance eBook. This post is one of the articles, “Supply Chain Regulations and Exposure – How to Manage Third-Party Risk and Beyond.”
Each year, NAVEX releases the Top 10 Trends in Risk and Compliance eBook. This post is one of the articles, “Data Privacy & Protection – Swimming into the Unknown”.
This blog post explores some of the nuances of using AI in the workplace that compliance leaders should consider in a Q&A with compliance expert, Kristy Grant-Hart, CEO of Spark Compliance Consulting.
On April 18th, NAVEX Chief Risk and Compliance Officer Carrie Penman moderated a discussion on human rights impact assessments with Kristy Grant-Hart, CEO, Spark Compliance Consulting; and Robert Smith, Director, Business Compliance and Ethics, Serco Group. In this post, Grant-Hart and Smith address some of the questions received in part two of a two-part series.
On April 18th, NAVEX Chief Risk and Compliance Officer Carrie Penman moderated a discussion on human rights impact assessments with Kristy Grant-Hart, CEO, Spark Compliance Consulting; and Robert Smith, Director, Business Compliance and Ethics, Serco Group. In this post, Grant-Hart and Smith address some of the questions received in part one of a two-part series.
With dozens, hundreds, or potentially thousands of third parties within your value chain, determining the human impact is no easy feat. To begin, organizations must conduct a human rights impact assessment to gain a baseline understanding. From there, how should issues and violations be addressed – with termination of the contract, or remediation of the problems?
Each year, NAVEX publishes the Top 10 Trends in Risk and Compliance. This publication features trends and predictions for the year to come and features contributions from experts in the industry. This article discusses the wide-reaching impacts of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions on compliance and ESG.
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade, compliance considerations abound for organizations that seek to support their workforce in response. This post discusses what organizations should consider when addressing these compliance concerns.
On Thursday, June 30 NAVEX is hosting the master class, “Measuring Compliance in the New Normal”. This post, originally written by co-host for the first session, Kristy Grant-Hart, CEO of Spark Compliance Consulting, shares a preview into some of the findings and insights this master class has to offer.
Research shows that the majority of employee whistleblowers report internally before reporting to regulators or the media. Here are five whistleblower best practices to ensure that once ethics and compliance teams receive an internal report, they are properly managing reporters to ensure issues are able to be addressed and resolved internally.
In 2021, whistleblowers will come into their own in ways previously unseen. Learn how the EU Whistleblower Law will elevate the status of the whistleblower, increase the role organizations play in bringing unethical behavior to light, and drive standardization and professionalism.
There was a time when compliance officers clamored for more specific regulations and guidance. During the past several years, however, what used to be a dearth of specific enumerated expectations has become a sea of guidance that can be hard to track. What’s a compliance officer to do? Try out the following to find your sea legs.
