MyComplianceOffice Blog

We are relentlessly curious about how organizations deal with their Gifts and Entertainment rules and policy globally. Thinking about that and not finding enough insights, we ran a survey to understand everything we could about Gifts and Entertainment Policy and Compliance trends.

It’s International Women’s Day this March 8th and the theme for this year's celebrations is #ChooseToChallenge with the idea that we can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. Similarly to last year #EachforEqual call out for women to collectively help on the fight for women's rights, challenge stereotypes and celebrate women’s achievements. 

Thinking about the challenges that female professionals face in our industry we decided to touch point on a subject that was the focus of a study in the US and Europe, focusing on women's achievements and their potential for progression in compliance.

“We can’t change human nature, or the pressures of business and the economic/political backdrop, but we can change how we deal with compliance” states Crispin Rapinet,  partner at Hogan Lovells, in the 2020 report providing an overview of the challenges for multinationals on all aspects of anti-bribery & corruption.

The report highlights how multinationals in Europe, the U.S., and Asia are dealing with the pressure of global growth while balancing  ABC's concerns when investing in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

We know the compliance function can be demanding and your list of responsibilities and duties is laborious. You must face different challenges every day to keep your employees and firm compliant and yourself knowledgeable with all changes requested by regulators. 

The year has begun, and as a compliance officer, you are probably wondering how to face the challenges of 2020. To help compliance officers the new Thomson Reuters report “10 Things Compliance Officers Need to Do in 2020” was released last week in a webinar, when Susannah Hammond, Senior Regulatory Expert for TR explained the challenges and changes for organizations of all sizes.