KPMG Forensic has released their Fraud Survey 2009. The survey shows that many managers remain concerned about fraud. There are plenty of investigations of fraud that may have helped fuel the financial markets meltdown. Record levels of government spending may usher in record levels of fraud, waste, and abuse. In these difficult economic times, managers … Read more »
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Business Codes of The Global 200
In drafting and updating my code of conduct and ethics it is always useful to see what other companies are doing. I look for both approach, content and style. For instance, I collected the Whistleblower Hotlines for Home Builders. It is great to see a comparison of a group of compliance codes. KPMG put together … Read more »
Right to Audit
From the KPMG 2008 Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Survey: While 63 percent of those respondents that require periodic compliance certifications said they incorporate a right-to-audit clause in their third-party contracts, a significant majority of these (68 percent) has never exercised the right (see Chart 4). A right-to-audit clause appears to be the kind of oversight expected by … Read more »
KPMG 2008 Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Survey
KPMG Forensic published its 2008 Anti-bribery and Anti-corruption Survey. KPMG surveyed 103 U.S. executives in the summer of 2008. At a time when bribery and corruption prosecutions and enforcement actions are on the rise across the globe, the results of a new KPMG LLP survey suggest that multinational organizations based in the United States continue … Read more »
KMPG Survey Shows Lack of FCPA Due Diligence
KPMG Forensic released aurvey of 103 U.S. executives with FCPA duties. The survey found: only one-third of respondents reported having an adequate due diligence process, and 27% said such compliance was only “minimal.” The survey also found that while 40% of companies include anti-corruption certifications in their normal business dealings, most of those companies apply … Read more »