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Showcasing the Need for Due Diligence Investigations Reputation is critical in business. Warren Buffet once said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” With the advent of social media, the turnaround for good or ill is even faster. Now, […]

Assessing Character: The Indispensable CEO Quality

A number of interesting C Suite “characters” have been in the spotlight in recent years in the area of business corruption, fraud, and other acts of misconduct. These “bad actors” engaged in a multitude of bad actions and questionable behaviors, sometimes criminal activities, ranging from fraud, embezzlement, bribery, and money laundering, leading to serious reputation […]

Spotlight on FCPA Violations – Q2 2022

Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (FCPA) enforcements so far in 2022 total $112.3 million in settlements with three companies: South Korea’s KT Corporation, Stericycle, Inc. headquartered in Illinois, and in June, Luxembourg steel pipe manufacturer Tenaris. Stericycle numbers climbed to over $82 million in combination with settling parallel criminal and civil charges to the US and […]

Glencore’s $1.18 Billion FCPA and CFTC Violations: What this Means for Businesses

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Tuesday a $1.18 billion dollar agreement was reached by Glencore International A.G. and Glencore Ltd. (collectively Glencore), part of a British-Swiss world-spanning, commodities and mining company, headquartered in Switzerland to resolve a four-year investigation into a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and a “commodity […]

Why Due Diligence Background Checks Should be Conducted on Executives and Business Partners

Times are particularly litigious and reputation can rise or fall with a new scandal or questionable behaviors by key executives. The global economy has opened up a world of opportunity: new talent, supply chains, customers, locations, acquisitions, and resources. In the advent of all this, navigating between opportunity and risk has become more perilous and […]

Disregarding M&A Due Diligence - Is It Worth the Risk?

Stericycle’s Rapid Global Expansion with Lack of Due Diligence and Compliance Program Cost $90M in FCPA Violation Fines Global markets continue to be the domain of the largest corporations. However, developments in technology, transportation, and communications, international markets, customers, professionals, and resources have opened global markets to smaller firms. The potential benefits, conceal certain inherent […]

The 1-Day CFO

Lack of Effective Executive Due Diligence and Moderna Preventative care is used to differentiate between detecting health problems before they develop and diagnostic care, or evaluating someone who has known symptoms. Moderna, the American pharmaceutical and biotechnology giant, most famous for developing one of the COVID-19 vaccinations, could have opted for more effective preventative care […]

GoodMoney: Bad Due Diligence

Good Money, Inc., is a financial technology, or fintech, online digital banking platform, founded in 2018, that directs half of its profits to what it deems social justice and environmental initiatives. Their customers potentially get equity in the company when opening an account and can purportedly build on it through use of the “neobank’s” services. […]

Protecting the Board: Board Risks and How to Mitigate Them

The board of directors play a critical role in a company. They represent the company and have a fiduciary duty to its shareholders and assets. While they do not participate in the day-to-day activities and decisions of a business, they do oversee strategic planning and company operations, set overall policy, exercise an oversight role, and […]

Mentoring and Entrepreneurship in Challenging Times – An Interview with Candice Tal (Part 2)

This is part two of Mentoring and Entrepreneurship in Challenging Times. To listen to part one, click here. Candice Tal, CEO of Infortal Worldwide, a leading global security and risk management company, knows what it is like to be an entrepreneur and the challenges of starting a company and weathering difficult times. She has been […]

Mentoring and Entrepreneurship in Challenging Times - An Interview with Candice Tal (Part 1)

Starting and growing a business is challenging, but can prove even more difficult during tumultuous times. Business formation requires bringing numerous elements together successfully: dedication, specialization, skill development, resources, careful planning, financial investment, making connections, and the hoped-for clients and customers. Mentorship supports entrepreneurs and people trying to improve their skill sets within their chosen […]

Spotlight on FCPA Violations – Q2 2021

Ongoing global business connections provide great benefits, but also conceal great risks. This has led to increased cooperation between corporations and multi-national government agencies to uncover FCPA violations.

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