This post is the result of a collaboration with Manuel Alverez Feijoo, a friend and lawyer in the important law-firm Uría Menéndez. What we discuss below is also the topic of many lectures Manuel delivers within my business ethics and compliance courses in IESE business school. I believe that two main broad considerations can be […]
Be prepared: this will be a very long post. But, you asked me. Following the requests of some followers (thanks always for writing to me!), I have just finished a document about damage evaluation. Not easy to do in just a few pages, but I did my best. Why damage evaluation? It is important to immediately […]
Should compliance systems address specific local and cultural issues? Or, instead, is homogeneity throughout geographies the best solution? These questions are real nightmares for compliance officers that manage multinational companies. On one hand, some variation is imposed by different national legislations; on the other hand, homogeneity in the compliance function is often searched for many […]
Today almost everyone speaks about the importance of proactive compliance strategies, in opposition to reactive ones. Of course I fully agree on the importance of proactivity. But, it is important to remember that it requires a well-developed nervous system that allows the brain (the top management) to control and receive the information from the body […]
