pre-taliation

Another Pre-Taliation Sweep!

By Matt Kelly | September 9, 2024 |

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s campaign against companies using pre-taliation language in their employment contracts continues, with seven businesses sanctioned this week for making employees sign away their eligibility for whistleblower rewards. In total the companies will pay more than $3 million in penalties. The SEC announced its enforcement action Monday morning. The worst offender,…

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Australia

Australia’s Adequate Procedures Guidance

By Mary Shirley | September 8, 2024 |

Today we have a guest column from Mary Shirley, chief compliance officer at ScionHealth.  Earlier this year Australia passed new anti-corruption legislation known as the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combating Foreign Bribery), and in August the government released voluntary guidance to help corporations understand the “adequate procedures” — that is, the elements of an effective compliance…

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compliance jobs

Compliance Jobs Report: Sept. 6

By Matt Kelly | September 6, 2024 |

The Compliance Jobs Report this week has updates from ScionHealth, DraftKings, Caterpillar, MetLife, Orthofix, and plenty more! We also have a new compliance advisory firm on the scene; plus job leads in banking, retired people, and space flight! Always remember that we need your help to make the Report work, so send me some news!…

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control environment

A Fresh Example of Poor Control Environment

By Matt Kelly | September 5, 2024 |

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Massachusetts company with allowing a poor control environment and weak segregation of duties, which in turn allowed one of the company’s corporate finance directors to inflate his division’s financial performance for years. The company in question is Circor International, a maker of industrial valve systems for the…

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About Us

Technically, Radical Compliance is the personal blog of Matt Kelly, long-time writer and observer of the corporate compliance and GRC scene. I was a writer, editor, and publisher at Compliance Week, 2003 through 2015; some of you may know me from my career there. I also speak frequently at compliance conferences and other events, and will pretty much shoot the breeze on any compliance topic with anyone who asks.

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