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7 Oct 2025 NAVEX Editorial Team
Preparing for the Future of Healthcare Compliance Leadership
Healthcare compliance leadership is facing rapid change, from AI, vendor risks and CMS WISeR. Learn why collaboration is key to staying ahead.
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30 Sep 2025 NAVEX Editorial Team
How to Earn Trust for AI in Whistleblowing and Compliance Programs
Discover how AI in whistleblowing strengthens trust, speeds intake, and enhances compliance programs through transparency and human-first adoption.
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10 Sep 2025 NAVEX Editorial Team
Ethical Healthcare Leadership: A Regional Perspective
NAVEX and Granite GRC explore ethical leadership in healthcare compliance, setting the stage for October’s Philadelphia live event.
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20 Aug 2025 NAVEX Editorial Team
AI in Healthcare: Turning Awareness into Action with Risk Assessments
AI risk assessments bridge the gap between knowing and managing AI risks in healthcare. Learn practical steps from NAVEX and Granite GRC experts.
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5 Aug 2025 NAVEX Editorial Team
When Oversight Fails: What Healthcare Fraud Reveals About Risk, Compliance and Culture
This post discusses the real cost of healthcare fraud and what questions to ask to ensure your organization doesn’t let fraud go unaddressed.
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30 Jul 2025 NAVEX Editorial Team
Rethinking Risk – Supplier Evaluation in an Era of Regulatory Volatility
Just as risks evolve with the changing business landscapes, so too must your strategies. Learn how your organization can rethink risk to protect your business from volatility.
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22 Jul 2025 NAVEX Editorial Team
AI in Healthcare: Why Compliance Can’t Afford to Fall Behind
AI is reshaping healthcare – but without strong governance, the risks are just as powerful as the rewards.
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16 Jul 2025 NAVEX Editorial Team
Training in Flux: How compliance teams stay adaptive in shifting regulatory times
Is your compliance training program built to adapt – or stuck in the past? Regulations are shifting fast. From DEI reversals to evolving Executive Orders, static training won’t cut it. Discover how NAVEX helps compliance leaders stay aligned, agile, and ahead.
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7 Jul 2025 NAVEX Editorial Team
Leading Through Ambiguity: The Compliance Leader’s Role in a Time of Competing Pressures
This article covers some principles to help leaders navigate ambiguity and competing pressures in the workplace.
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23 Jun 2025 NAVEX Editorial Team
Analysis: Why are Whistleblowers Important?
To celebrate World Whistleblowers Day, this NAVEX blog discusses why whistleblowers are important and the positive impact of internal whistleblower programs.
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17 Jun 2025 NAVEX Editorial Team
Anti-Bribery Compliance Amid Global Tariff Pressures
This NAVEX blog discusses the potential impact of the new tariff regime on bribery and corruption in the workplace and ways to curtail unethical behavior.
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10 Jun 2025 NAVEX Editorial Team
Meet the Mark – What Regulators Want from Supplier Onboarding
The article shares expert insights into the importance of due diligence in supplier onboarding and previews an upcoming webinar on the topic.
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3 Jun 2025 NAVEX Editorial Team
Why Regulatory Compliance in Australia is More Than Just a Checkbox
This article outlines key regulatory requirements to understand for companies doing business in Australia.
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14 May 2025 NAVEX Editorial Team
The UK’s New Whistleblower Reward Scheme: A Turning Point for Tax Accountability
This article discusses the new UK whistleblower reward scheme and its potential impacts on whistleblowing in the UK.
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6 May 2025 NAVEX Editorial Team
Three Lines of Defense for Risk Management
Three Lines of Defense is a risk management model for clarifying roles and responsibilities. It explains the relationship between these functions and serves as a guide to how responsibilities should be divided. It brings order to chaos.
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13 Feb 2025 NAVEX Editorial Team
Artificial Intelligence and Compliance: Preparing for the Future of AI Governance, Risk, and Compliance
Each year, NAVEX releases the Top 10 Trends in Risk & Compliance. This article is one of the chapters, discussing how companies can prepare for the future of AI and its impact on risk and compliance.
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6 Feb 2025 NAVEX Editorial Team
Empowering Voices: Building a Culture of Transparency in the Workplace
This article discusses the value and importance of speak up cultures – and some best practices to implement in your organization.
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23 Jan 2025 NAVEX Editorial Team
Workplace Whistleblowing: Should You Allow Anonymous Reporting?
The NAVEX article covers what you need to know about anonymous reporting.
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14 Jan 2025 NAVEX Editorial Team
Top 10 Trends Sneak Peek: Expanding Landscape of Whistleblowing, Increasing Importance of Internal Investigations
This post offers a sneak peek into two of the Top 10 Trends in Risk and Compliance for 2025.
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9 Jan 2025 NAVEX Editorial Team
Top 10 Trends Sneak Peek: AI, Risk Assessments and Cyber Threats
This post offers a sneak peek into three of the Top 10 Trends in Risk and Compliance for 2025.
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31 Dec 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
Sneak Peek: Top 10 Trends in Risk and Compliance 2025 – Rising Temperatures and Workplace Violence
This post offers a sneak peek into two of the Top 10 Trends in Risk and Compliance for 2025.
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23 Dec 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
The Compliance Balancing Act: How Less Complexity Can Mean More ROI
This post discusses the significant ROI you can achieve by consolidating vendors and platforms to create a more resilient compliance framework and foster a culture of accountability.
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12 Dec 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
Hold the Lecture: The Value of Microlearning in Compliance Training
Is microlearning the key to helping your employees retain compliance information? This post explores how microlearning can boost engagement and retention.
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3 Dec 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
How to Choose a Whistleblowing Hotline Provider
Looking for a whistleblowing service provider? Unsure where to start? Save time with our guide - discover the questions to ask before buying.
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21 Nov 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
Understanding the Practical Implications of the UK Worker Protection Act
This post discusses the steps organizations need to take to comply with the UK Worker Protection Act.
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5 Nov 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
How Chief Compliance Officers Elevate Their Contributions to the C-suite
This post explores how CCOs elevate their contributions with their business partners across the C-suite.
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22 Oct 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
How Healthcare Organizations Can Strengthen Compliance to Fight Fraud, Waste and Abuse
This article discusses how healthcare organizations can effectively fight fraud, waste and abuse through strong compliance practices.
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3 Oct 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
The New York Retail Worker Safety Act Compliance Requirements
This NAVEX blog discusses how to comply with the New York Retail Worker Safety Act.
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1 Oct 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
Understanding the NIS2 Directive: What it Means for Cybersecurity in the EU
This article discusses the requirements of NIS2 Directive and the ways in which companies must prepare to comply.
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26 Sep 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
Prevent Human Trafficking in the Hospitality Industry: The Role of Whistleblowing and Incident Management Solutions
This article discusses the prevalence of human trafficking in hospitality and what organizations in the industry can do to prevent it.
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17 Sep 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
Internal Investigations – Doing More With Less
It seems few, if any, internal investigation teams have all the resources they want to get the job done. Experts discuss how to do more with less.
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12 Sep 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
A Roadmap for a Thriving Workplace Culture: Minimizing Risk Through Intentional and Consistent Action
This article explores the relationship between HR and Compliance in shaping a thriving workplace culture.
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10 Sep 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
NAVEX Next Sneak Peek: When Worlds Collide: HR, Compliance and Worker Protections
This article explores one of the upcoming NAVEX Next virtual conference sessions related to the intersection of HR, Compliance and worker protection laws.
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3 Sep 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
EU Regulations: The New Frontier for Business
This article discusses the core EU compliance obligations facing companies based in or doing business in Europe.
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29 Aug 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
Sneak Peek: NAVEX Next, September 19, 2024 Keynote Preview
This year, NAVEX Next keynotes will explore how culture, employee engagement, accountability and ethics all contribute to a thriving workplace that also drives results for your business.
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22 Aug 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
Is Your Risk Response on Cruise Control?
Risk managers of all types often struggle to speak a “common language” across silos. This article previews a session at NAVEX Next to help you navigate this challenge.
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13 Aug 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
Behind the Label – Ensuring Human Rights in Your Global Supply Chain
The question of what happens “behind the label” is on the minds of consumers, stakeholders and regulators – let’s explore some of the nuances of human rights in the supply chain.
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30 Jul 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
The Value of a Platform Approach to Compliance
The more context your data has, the more powerful your insights will be. This is especially true when it comes to compliance-related information.
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18 Jul 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
Analysis: Are Technology Sharing and Cross-Silo Relationships Intrinsically Linked?
This article explores how sharing technology systems and data cross-functionally may be an indicator of stronger relationships across the business.
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9 Jul 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
The State of Cybersecurity for Small and Medium Businesses
Small and medium businesses face a swath of specific challenges in staying secure and compliant. This article explores the cost of cybersecurity failures for SMBs.
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20 Jun 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
New York State Advances Retail Worker Safety with New Legislation
This NAVEX blog discusses the recent amendments to the Assembly Bill A8947, to now become the Retail Worker Safety Act.
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19 Jun 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
Celebrating Juneteenth: A Conversation with Per Scholas
This month, NAVEX interviewed non-profit organization Per Scholas, North Carolina, to talk about Juneteenth, community building, and how we can continue uplifting our communities.
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17 Jun 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
No Free Tickets! Tackling Conflicts of Interest in Corporate Hospitality
This NAVEX blog explores the nuances behind conflict of interest disclosures, with special consideration to hospitality gifts and entertainment.
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12 Jun 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
A Look at the Whistleblowers Who Made Lasting Impacts
In advance of World Whistleblower Day on June 23rd, this NAVEX blog takes a look at some of the whistleblowers who have made lasting impacts on the regulatory and social landscape.
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10 Jun 2024 NAVEX Editorial Team
Celebrating World Whistleblower Day 2024
In advance of World Whistleblower Day on June 23rd, this NAVEX blog takes a look at the basics of whistleblowing: what it is, why it’s important, and what the current trends are with regard to whistleblowing reports.
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4 Dec 2023 NAVEX Editorial Team
Why is Whistleblowing Important?
Encouraging employees to speak up when they have an ethics and compliance concern creates a stronger workplace - but only if you meet them with a response.
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1 Dec 2023 NAVEX Editorial Team
What is a Whistleblower Hotline?
Learn all about whistleblowing hotlines - and why they’re crucial tools for promoting ethical standards and protecting your business’ reputation.
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28 Nov 2023 NAVEX Editorial Team
AI is a New Risk Domain that Compliance Officers Must Actively Manage
Artificial Intelligence is a new risk domain for organizations, but it also creates a prime opportunity for the CCO to lead the way in creating a GRC framework that proactively addresses risk and realizes the benefits of properly implemented and governed AI.
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5 Sep 2023 NAVEX Editorial Team
NAVEX Next Virtual Conference is September 20th – Here’s What You Need to Know
On September 20, 2023, the 12th annual NAVEX Next Virtual Conference will kick off, sharing global insights from risk and compliance professionals. This article shares some key highlights on what you can expect to learn by attending.
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19 Jun 2023 NAVEX Editorial Team
How Whistleblower Policies Can Comply with New Chinese Data Protection Regulations
New Chinese personal data protection regulations impact corporate whistleblowing policies. This NAVEX blog shares how international businesses can remain compliant.
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14 Jun 2023 NAVEX Editorial Team
Risk and Process Management Framework: Lessons Learned in Getting Started
Let’s talk about the ‘R’ in GRC. Organizations face a complex risk landscape that is made more challenging by organizational and risk silos across the company. But there is a better way! This post explores how to address risk holistically and proactively to better protect the enterprise.
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30 May 2023 NAVEX Editorial Team
Artificial Intelligence – The Next Frontier of GRC Management
As Artificial Intelligence continues to dominate headlines, for better or for worse, there are many applications that help businesses and employees work more efficiently. This post explores some of the ways AI can be used to enhance employee experience and further encourage digital transformation in the workplace.
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6 Mar 2023 NAVEX Editorial Team
A New Front Opens on CCO Liability Risks
Corporate compliance officers have long been anxious about the prospect of personal legal liability for a failure in the compliance programs they manage. Now the Delaware Chancery Court has made that question even more murky, with a landmark ruling that corporate officers.
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8 Feb 2023 NAVEX Editorial Team
Forced-Labor Compliance Moves Up the Chain
Forced labor in the supply chain is not quite a new corporate compliance challenge. However, in 2023, a new crop of forced-labor laws are coming into force. This article discusses what you need to know to keep your company and supply chain compliant with changing regulations.
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27 Jan 2023 NAVEX Editorial Team
The Justice Department Steps Up Its Compliance Message
The U.S. Justice Department unveiled new policies about how it will prosecute cases of corporate misconduct, offering new incentives for companies whose misconduct includes “aggravating circumstances” to step forward and cooperate with regulators anyway. This post discusses the nuances of these policies and what compliance leaders need to know.
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17 Jan 2023 NAVEX Editorial Team
NAVEX Top 10 Trends in Risk & Compliance Preview
Each year, NAVEX releases the Top 10 Trends in Risk and Compliance to provide leaders with guidance and insights on where to focus their initiatives and resources. This post gives a glimpse into what this year’s edition will cover.
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7 Nov 2022 NAVEX Editorial Team
Expanded Japanese Whistleblowing Rules Reach Small & Medium Business
Japan is among the latest countries to implement new requirements for organizations to establish whistleblower programs. The amended regulations have global implications.
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11 Oct 2022 NAVEX Editorial Team
9 Components of an Effective Compliance Program Assessment
This post discusses the nine components of a compliance program assessment and provides resources to help your organization conduct this important step in evaluating program efficacy.
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29 Jul 2022 NAVEX Editorial Team
A History of Whistleblowing in America
To honor National Whistleblower Appreciation Day, we’re sharing some of the historical milestones and a modern history of whistleblowing in America.
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20 Jun 2022 NAVEX Editorial Team
What Risk Managers Can Learn From the Health Care Industry
The COVID-19 pandemic had the silver lining of accelerating the digital transformation of countless industries, and as the dust settles over health care’s own evolution, risk managers will need to navigate an ever-more complex web of challenges to enable the path forward. This article discusses the risks associated with digital transformation in the health care sector and how risk managers from all industries can apply best practices to their own organizations.
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6 Jun 2022 NAVEX Editorial Team
Your Questions, Answered: Assessing and Maturing Third-Party and IT Risk Management Programs
Recently, NAVEX hosted a webinar that discussed best practices on how to assess and mature third-party and IT risk management programs. This post is dedicated to answering the questions we received during the webinar.
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27 May 2022 NAVEX Editorial Team
Your Questions, Answered – Russia Sanctions: Impact on Your Third-Party Compliance Webinar
Organizations from all industries face challenges meeting the ever-changing Russian sanctions resulting from the Ukraine conflict. NAVEX and experts from the Volkov Law Group answer your top questions.
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23 May 2022 NAVEX Editorial Team
DOJ Commentary on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement: What You Need to Know
Recently, Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth A. Polite Jr. delivered remarks at Compliance Week’s annual conference detailing how the DOJ evaluates corporate compliance programs. This post details the content of Polite’s speech, and what you need to know to ensure your company is aligned with the DOJ’s expectations.
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5 May 2022 NAVEX Editorial Team
Making an Impact With Risk-Based Compliance Training
An addition to addressing risk, mandatory ethics and compliance training during new employee onboarding is a strong opportunity to communicate an organization’s values. As companies compete for workers, this represents an early chance to improve retention.
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28 Apr 2022 NAVEX Editorial Team
EU Whistleblower Directive: How to Make Sense of Entity-Level Reporting
The entity-level reporting requirement described in the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive is one of the more complex and (as yet) underdefined aspect of the emerging legal standard. This post covers the essentials on how to make sense of entity-level reporting in the Directive.
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26 Apr 2022 NAVEX Editorial Team
Ethics & Compliance – a Competitive Edge for Small-to-Medium Business
Ethics and compliance programs have measurable benefits for any sized business, and for small-to-medium size organizations, can be a strategic differentiator in culture and employee retention.
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1 Mar 2022 NAVEX Editorial Team
Staying Ahead of Sanctions – What You Need to Know to Maintain Compliance
The recent events of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are generating questions about how businesses should react to and maintain compliance with imposed sanctions. With countries around the world imposing and adding sanctions on Russia, this challenging regulatory environment can change daily.
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10 Jan 2022 NAVEX Editorial Team
Welcome to the new NAVEX
Today, NAVEX unveils its new brand. New name, new look, refined mission and vision.
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27 Jul 2021 NAVEX Editorial Team
ISO37002 and the EU Whistleblower Directive: A Complementary Coupling?
As the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive comes into force at the end of this year, many affected organizations across the EU will be implementing a whistleblowing program for the first time. How can the new ISO guidelines help organizations develop a compliant response to the incoming EU Whistleblower Protection Directive?
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19 Jul 2021 NAVEX Editorial Team
The EU Whistleblower Protection Directive – How Are Member States Handling the Transposition?
With less than six months until the December 17th deadline, how are member states progressing with transposition into national law? Find out what obstacles remain and where to look for a leading example.
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8 Jul 2021 NAVEX Editorial Team
The State of Risk Alignment - Alliances Grow Between IT Security and IRM
NAVEX Global’s recent survey of IT security professionals found that alliances are growing between IT security and IRM. Organizations are moving away from a siloed approach, and adopting an integrated risk management (IRM) strategy.
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28 Apr 2021 NAVEX Editorial Team
A Salute to Internal Auditors
May is Internal Audit Awareness Month - a time to acknowledge the benefit internal auditors have amid the dramatic rise in cyber risks, data breaches, and high-profile incidents of corporate wrongdoing. Here’s to internal auditors, risk management’s critical third line of defense.
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19 Apr 2021 NAVEX Editorial Team
Workplace Whistleblowing – Three Pillars to Build Trust in Your Program
With the new EU Whistleblower Protection Directive looming large, building employee trust will be crucial to successful reporting programs. To build a strong program and “speak-up” culture, you’ll need these three pillars of trust: awareness, confidence and responsiveness.
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16 Apr 2021 NAVEX Editorial Team
3 Ways to Protect Your Supply Chain from Coronavirus Mayhem
How to bolster your supply chain for future mayhem AND future recovery: 1.) Assess current suppliers for resiliency, 2.) Mitigate risk by diversifying the supply chain, and 3.) Add continuous monitoring to regular assessments.
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25 Feb 2021 NAVEX Editorial Team
Shifting Your Regulatory Compliance to a Risk-Based Approach
A risk-based approach is not new: Identify the greatest risks to your organization and prioritize the related controls, policies, and procedures. This is familiar territory for risk managers, but it may not be for compliance professionals. So, what does this phrase really mean in practice and how can compliance officers conduct risk assessments to identify, quantify and respond to risk?
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22 Dec 2020 NAVEX Editorial Team
Your Biggest Risk and Compliance Questions - Answered!
New frontiers and emerging technologies are changing the roles and responsibilities of compliance professionals, along with the risks they face - raising pressing questions that risk and compliance need answered. Luckily, our experts have done just that.
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17 Nov 2020 NAVEX Editorial Team
Ethics at the Heart of Successful Business
How do ethics and strong organizational values cultivate success throughout the company and beyond? Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield discusses ethics at the heart of successful business and how sticking to social responsibility as a core value made Ben & Jerry’s one of the least conventional success stories in American business.
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12 Nov 2020 NAVEX Editorial Team
Beyond the Moment: Creating Sustainable Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) Programs
How have recent events and continuing trends impacted the development and importance of diversity and inclusion efforts, and what do those changes mean for the future of DEI programs? Former EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum, educator and D&I specialist Patrice Palmer, and NAVEX Global Vice President of HR and Organizational Development Cindy Raz discuss.
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20 Oct 2020 NAVEX Editorial Team
Three Common Mistakes That Hurt Whistleblower Hotline Performance
If your board is looking for fewer reports from your company’s whistleblower hotline, you’re in trouble. Regardless of how well your hotline performs, organizations typically make the same mistakes. Avoid these 3 common hotline mistakes to increase the value of reporting.
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4 Aug 2020 NAVEX Editorial Team
Coronavirus Comeback: A Framework to Manage Return-to-Work Risk
Here’s a framework to address and mitigate risk during return-to-work planning, amid increased disruption from the pandemic. Most R&C professionals are concerned with risks that roll up to three main categories: managing a remote workforce, COVID-specific risks, and risk related to employee conduct.
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19 Jun 2020 NAVEX Editorial Team
Honoring Juneteenth
For more than 150 years, June 19th has commemorated the effective end of slavery in the United States and is recognized as a day to celebrate freedom. Today, we join those in the US and around the world in acknowledging and celebrating Juneteenth.
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5 Jun 2020 NAVEX Editorial Team
NAVEX Global Stands Against Racism
Anti-discrimination is the law. In an open letter to employees, NAVEX Global CEO Bob Conlin reaffirms the company’s principals which are both professional and personal: We oppose discrimination of every kind and stand for racial justice in America. Black lives matter.
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