1.  Basic FCPA Compliance Training Tuesday, July 15, 2014, 12 Noon EST Sign Up Here   2.  Building a Culture of Ethics Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 12 Noon EST Sign Up Here The Volkov Law Group is offering two webinars for the rest of July 2014. The first webinar, on July 15, 2014, provides a basic FCPA training program. A number of webinar attendees have...

July 8, 2014, 12 Noon EST SIGN UP HERE Companies have designed and implemented anti-corruption compliance programs.  An important element of an effective compliance program is monitoring and auditing the program to identify issues for improvement. Working in collaboration with the Internal Auditor, Chief Compliance Officers have to rely on tailored monitoring and auditing procedures to identify issues for review to ensure improvement of a...

June 10, and June 24, 2014, 12 Noon to 1 PM EST Sign Up Here (Part I, June 10) Sign Up Here (Part II, June 24) The Department of Justice and the Treasury Department have stepped up AML/BSA and Sanctions Enforcement. With the ever-increasing expansion and modification of sanctions, risks for all businesses, not just financial institutions, have increased exponentially. DOJ and the Treasury Department...

Tuesday, June 3, 2014, 12 Noon EST Sign Up Here Global companies have to design and implement an efficient process for conducting internal investigations. An effective ethics and compliance program requires companies to screen complaints, assign appropriate resources to each, and resolve investigations in a fair and even-handed way. The internal investigation process provides important insights that can be used to improve a company’s ethics...

Webinar: May 21, 2014, 12 Noon EST Designing Cost-Effective Risk Assessment Programs  Sign Up Here The foundation of every anti-corruption ethics and compliance program is a risk assessment. It is important to design and implement a process to conduct an initial risk assessment, to update the risk assessment, and to ensure that you maintain an accurate relative risk-ranking system. A current risk assessment is critical...

Wednesday, May 14, 2014 1 PM EST/10 AM PST Register Here Today, companies face unprecedented risk in retaining third-party agents and distributors.  To mitigate these risks and seek business growth opportunities, companies have to implement a due diligence program tailored to identified risk, using available resources.  Companies recognize that a technology-enabled due diligence program can increase effectiveness and drive down costs. This webinar offers a...

Webinar: April 29, 2014, 12 Noon EST Managing Your Anti-Corruption Compliance Policies and Procedures  Sign Up Here In response to the aggressive enforcement environment, companies have adopted robust anti-corruption policies and procedures. As always, the effectiveness of a company’s policies depends on implementation, management and monitoring of its policies. Companies need to fine-tune, monitor and adapt their policies and procedures to their risk assessment, audit...

Webinar: April 15, 2014, 12 Noon EST Tailoring Your Anti-Corruption Program to Your Risk Assessment  Sign Up Here Department of Justice and the SEC have emphasized the importance of designing an anti-corruption compliance program based on a company’s risk assessment. An effective program has to be tailored to the specific risks identified in the risk assessment. Companies that ignore this fundamental requirement are at increased...

Webinar: March 31, 2014, 12 Noon ESTKeeping Your Due Diligence System Manageable Sign Up Here Companies recognize the need to develop robust due diligence procedures to review, monitor and audit third-party intermediaries, prospective acquisition and joint venture partners, and vendors/suppliers. A due diligence system, however, can get bogged down in details and procedures which have limited relevance. CCOs need to ensure that their due diligence system...

Webinar: March 18, 2014, 12 Noon EST The Role of the CCO: Navigating the Compliance Landscape Sign Up Here Companies recognize the importance of maintaining effective compliance programs. With the increase in enforcement activity, companies have turned to their Chief Compliance Officers to design and implement effective compliance programs. In many companies, CCOs have been empowered and provided independent authority to carry out this mission....