tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73366059241862565672024-03-20T23:26:36.245-07:00Corporate Compliance Training Best PracticesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-3918453078980058862017-03-14T05:34:00.001-07:002017-06-15T00:07:09.937-07:00Minimizing Liability And Damages With Corporate Compliance Training<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0000pt;">Corporate compliance training is a necessity for many different types of organizations. Most organizations that provide their employees with such training are legally required to do so. This includes banks, financial institutions, hospitals, and any company that handles dangerous materials. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0000pt;">An employee that does not have the right type of training and does not understand all the rules that the work is governed by is very dangerous for everyone involved. They can cause a lot of damage to people’s lives, to the company’s finances, and to the image of the company and its clients. Proper training helps shield the company from such damages and keeps everyone safe.</span><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0000pt;">The reality is that just being told the rules is never enough. Most people do not bother going through the reading materials. Most people also do not realize how important the rules and regulations happen to be and why they were made in the first place. Think about all the laws people break even though they know better. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0000pt;">People have a hard time following the laws of traffic and swerve all over the road. People don’t follow littering related laws. People treat company requirements even less seriously than they take traffic offences and littering laws. Any company that does not provide </span><a href="http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/"><u><span class="15" style="color: blue; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt;">corporate compliance training</span></u></a><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0000pt;"> opens themselves up to the possibility that damages may be caused and they may be liable.</span><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0000pt;">Liability is a big problem for organizations. When companies do not train their people they open themselves up to a huge liability. When an employee messes up and goes against the rules or requirements the employee can simply claim that they were never provided proper training. This shifts the whole blame on to the employer and the financial cost of such a decision can be very high. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0000pt;">This problem is solved through outsourced corporate compliance training. When you outsource the training the training partner will ensure that everyone not only receives the training but also receives the relevant certification. Thus if something bad happens related to compliance the company can show to the courts and to the world that there was proper due diligence practiced from their side and the employee or the third party is to blame. </span><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0000pt;">Not providing your employees with the right corporate compliance training means that danger is looming on the horizon. Even if you do not worry about liability your business can be damaged by an employee not following the rules. Your clients may lose faith in you once they see that your company is not complying with the required regulations.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0000pt;">We also cannot forget that there is a very good reason that the regulations and rules are made in the first place. The whole point of them existing is to prevent something bad from happening and employees that are not fully cognizant of the rules are a risk which no organization should take.</span><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-23821943492058551732016-10-30T13:00:00.000-07:002016-10-30T13:00:12.686-07:00Could You Be the Target of a Corporate Compliance Lawsuit?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">Do not risk the loss of reputation and the cost of a corporate compliance lawsuit. Make sure your entire workforce has been through proven corporate compliance training so they know how to behave on the job within Federal and State guidelines. The risk is otherwise too great.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">The conditions for anti-discrimination legal action have been relaxed over recent years so that it is easier today than ever for employees to call foul. There is a proliferation of laws regarding protection of LGBT workers, new legislation facilitating worker suits for pay discrimination, tougher labor and employment laws and the hiring of hundreds of new compliance officials. And, since 2008, all federal contractors and subcontractors are required to adopt codes of conduct and to train their employees on them.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">Additionally, even if you win a legal battle waged by an employee over alleged discrimination or harassment, you are liable to be held responsible for retaliation. Here is a case in point:</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";"><i>A St. Louis, Missouri police officer filed a claim of discrimination. After that, she was ordered to attend training, then told she could not go to the training, and then criticized in front of her entire unit by her commanding officer for not attending the training she had been denied. The officer lost her discrimination case, but won on retaliation. (Missouri Ct App 06/28/2016)</i></span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">Are you sure your managers are clear about the risks for your company every time they evaluate performance, re-assign jobs or respond to employee issues? If you have any doubt, you need to ensure that they are well trained to understand the legal implications of their interactions with employees, to spot employment law risks, document their business reasons for all decisions and seek advice on any employment issues from HR and Legal.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">Your goal as an ethical, fair-minded and law-abiding employer is to build a respectful workplace and prevent lawsuits before they even arise. Give managers the background and the </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a alt="This is a hyperlink to http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/ for more on proven corporate compliance training programs" href="http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/" title="Don't Risk a Corporate Compliance Lawsuit">corporate compliance training</a></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";"> they need to avoid lawsuits and promote the kind of positive culture you seek.</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-29148764149880003232016-09-28T07:00:00.000-07:002016-09-28T07:00:19.945-07:00Want to Avoid Lawsuits? Make Sure Employees Know How to Behave<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnXcsBj05eDLmVaG4qKbji8jcbQd1PwH1TwGZyQP-syDdnfa-v1cYp81FZf8iY5isakivYbjVHXfPoGex9HUd4yiCTJIozHKLQ9f4k_6GT-3ySdWuDuawgoMNqfftoYzhGtCZotTvxXM/s1600/right-way-wrong-way-compass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A compass that has the "right way" and the "wrong way"" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnXcsBj05eDLmVaG4qKbji8jcbQd1PwH1TwGZyQP-syDdnfa-v1cYp81FZf8iY5isakivYbjVHXfPoGex9HUd4yiCTJIozHKLQ9f4k_6GT-3ySdWuDuawgoMNqfftoYzhGtCZotTvxXM/s400/right-way-wrong-way-compass.jpg" title="Avoid Lawsuits by Teaching Employees How to Behave" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><br />
</span> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">No company wants a lawsuit…they’re costly both in terms of dollars and ruined reputations. The corporate compliance training experts agree—the best way to avoid the courts over harassment and discrimination suits is to make sure your employees, and especially your managers, know the right way to behave. They need proven corporate compliance training.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">If you truly want to avoid employment discrimination claims (and who doesn’t), you need to:</span><br />
<ol><li><b>Have dedicated experts, internal or external</b><br />
You need knowledgeable and experienced experts to whom you can turn when it comes to corporate compliance. You need trusted legal experts who can assess your overall environment, examine your employment systems and processes and advise you on what needs to change before a situation arises that needs to move to the courts.</li>
<li><b>Make sure you and your managers know the basics</b><br />
Be familiar with the basics of anti-discrimination laws…the kinds of questions you can ask in hiring, the employment practices that are considered fair and just, what constitutes harassment, and how to deal with so-called “protected” categories.</li>
<li><b>Maintain and update an employee manual</b><br />
Be sure that every employee receives, reads and understands your company’s policies and procedures. They need to know how discrimination is defined and what process is in place for them to register a complaint or ask a question. </li>
<li>S<b>et the example</b><br />
As a leader, you must set the example of absolute fairness and consistent enforcement of company policy. Insist upon a respectful workplace and demonstrate in your everyday interaction with employees just what that looks like. Communicate your values to your employees and invite their involvement in seeing that differences are celebrated not discriminated against.</li>
<li><b>Provide sound, proven corporate compliance training</b><br />
Don’t assume your managers, and for that matter your employees, know how to behave appropriately and within the ever tightening anti-discrimination laws. Teach managers the importance of maintaining complete and accurate records of employee performance and complaints. Documentation is critical back-up if complaints arise. </li>
</ol><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Give managers the background and the </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a alt="This is a hyperlink to http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/ for options for corporate compliance training" href="http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/" title="Why You Need to Train Your Employees In Corporate Compliance" >corporate compliance training</a></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"> they need to stay legal and promote the kind of positive culture you seek.</span><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-5027911696918484092016-08-28T08:00:00.000-07:002016-08-28T08:00:15.522-07:00There’s Nothing Funny About a Corporate Lawsuit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</span> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">Corporate compliance training matters. When a lawsuit is waged against your company, no one is laughing. It is serious business and you stand to lose reputation, money, customers and employees.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">You have a responsibility as an employer to keep abreast of rules and regulations that affect your hiring and firing practices so you can avoid employee-initiated litigation. No one wants to be in this kind of limelight. But it takes work and sustained effort to stay in corporate compliance.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">Here are some </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a alt="This is a hyperlink to http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/ for info on corporate compliance training programs" href="http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/" title="Corporate Lawsuits Are Not Funny">corporate compliance training tips</a></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";"> on what you and your managers need to do:</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">Understand how the federal Fair Labor Standards Act applies to you and your business. And you need to be conversant, too, with state laws that govern hour and wage laws. These should be followed strictly, to the letter, always.</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">Be familiar with the laws that prevent discrimination. All workers should be trained in how to treat others fairly regardless of race, sex, age, religion, disability, etc. The list is long but its intention is to respect others across the board.</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">Be consistent. Review your employee handbook (if you don’t have one, you should) to be familiar with its guidelines and then be sure they are applied consistently and without favoritism or discrimination. Employees who feel they have been singled out for unfair disciplinary action are quick to seek legal advice and support.</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">Be able to tell the story. If legal action is launched, you need to have a clear paper trail of what was going on. Make sure your managers document, document, document every step. Managers should be honest in their assessments of an employee’s performance and, if there is trouble, straightforward in their reporting. They should know, too, when to involve HR or raise the issue to the executive level.</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">Invest in corporate compliance training that has been proven effective. The best way to protect your business against unwarranted lawsuits is to ensure your workforce (especially your managers) know how and why to be respectful of others. The best facilitators of these programs are attorneys who are also skilled facilitators and know how to make a dry subject fun and “learn-able.”</span></li>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">Put a smile back on that sad clown’s face by ensuring you have done all you can to provide a safe, fair, respectful workplace for all.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">There should be no doubt or confusion as to how to handle a sexual harassment claim at your organization. The risks are too great… in terms of expensive law suits, company reputation and also the suffering and upset of individuals involved. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Here is the story of an actual case. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">One day at work Lisa observed an incident where Jim touched another employee inappropriately. Several days later Lisa herself was the victim of Jim’s physical advances. Lisa warned Jim to never touch her again but did not report the harassment because her company’s policy stated that “she had to tell Jim to stop before bringing her complaint to management.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">But Jim did not stop and his next attempt to accost Lisa so upset her that she had to leave work. The next work day, Lisa reported the incident to her supervisor but the supervisor said nothing could be done until the operations manager returned from vacation the following week. Lisa was sent back to work in the same area as Jim. Lisa, so afraid that Jim would assault her again, had a panic attack when someone came up behind her in the supermarket. She took sick leave, started therapy, began anti-anxiety medication and never came back to work.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Management’s response? Jim was suspended with pay for two days despite a written warning in his file for similar behavior in the past.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">The ruling? Lisa sued for sexual harassment and was awarded $300,000 plus more than $100,000 in attorneys’ fees.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">The company mishandled the case in the following ways:</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Their harassment prevention policy was unclear and misleading. An employee can always report incidents directly to HR or management</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">They tolerated unwanted touching and physical aggression as “horseplay.”</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">They did not take action in a timely way. Lisa was sent back to her workstation in Jim’s area and management’s investigation of the reports did not begin for two weeks.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">They did not prepare the required proper written report.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Reports of Jim’s previous violations never reached the general manager who doled out Jim’s “punishment” of the two-day suspension.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Make sure that managers and employees up and down the line undergo corporate compliance training so they know their legal responsibilities when incidents are brought to their attention. And make sure that employees understand their right and obligation to report incidents of harassment. Overall, it is your legal responsibility to foster and maintain a respectful workplace where your employees feel safe.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-50792554337553166842016-05-26T15:00:00.000-07:002016-05-26T15:00:28.814-07:00Corporate Compliance – How to Handle an Unethical Request<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">The guidelines for compliance are pretty well understood in those companies where rules and regulations are frequently reviewed and cascaded throughout the organization. And most companies, these days, are unwilling to risk the cost in money and reputation for non-compliance. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">In California, AB 1825 even requires that employers with 50 or more employees provide their managers with a minimum of 2 hours every 2 years of interactive sexual harassment training and education. Responsible corporations work diligently to keep up with and enforce the federal and state laws that govern them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Employees, in general, typically know what is legal and what is not. Hiring managers typically are taught what interviewing questions can be legally asked and not asked. And financial institutions are tightly restricted by the way they gather and use information.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">But what happens when an employee is asked by their boss to break out of what we know are legal limits to do something very sketchy? Do we succumb to positional pressure and assume the “boss knows best”?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Here is what to do according to our corporate compliance experts in the field:</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Assume innocence</b></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Assume your boss does not fully realize what they are asking. Either they are unaware of the rules they are asking you to break or they did not think through the risks or consequences involved. Explore the subject further and couch your questions in a way that point out the risks to your boss of such actions.<br /></span></li>
<li><b style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Share your discomfort</b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Let your boss know of your unease and give them some room to withdraw the request in a way that saves face.<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Just say no</b></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">It can be difficult to simply refuse to do what your boss asks you to do. But breaking the law was never part of your job description. You should never feel compelled to do something you know is not right.<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Consider more drastic next steps</b></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">If your refusal is not accepted and you feel there are negative repercussions, you need to seek help to protect your own interests. Consider talking to your boss’ superior and Human Resources. You should get the request and your refusal documented. HR should be able to advise you on legal recourse if such action is necessary. Depending upon the nature of the original request, you may even need to go outside the company to get support.</span></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-83033672747982615222016-04-28T22:01:00.000-07:002016-05-02T22:01:52.862-07:00Corporate Compliance: Are You Asking Legal Interview Questions?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Corporate compliance is a field chock full of volumes of rules and regulations that govern fairness and legality in the workplace. Most of these regulations are covered in text that is in black and white and can be referenced easily. But there are also a lot of gray areas, and here is where the problems lie in wait.<br />
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One of these gray areas has to do with the process of interviewing potential new hires…what questions are legally defensible and which are not. And the consequences of asking a “wrong” question can leave your company liable for a lawsuit by a job candidate who feels they were unfairly discriminated against. This is not the kind of publicity or risk you want!<br />
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Just so you know how prevalent this problem is…a Harris poll released in 2015 of over 2,000 hiring managers revealed that one in five admitted to unknowingly asking an illegal question. That is too high a percentage for businesses to take such a risk. Sadly, a recent client paid a candidate $85,000 for an uneducated hiring manager asking about their age and marital status. And they got off lucky. The average employee lawsuit costs $250,000 and the majority of cases are ruled in the plaintiff’s favor when taken to litigation.<br />
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What can you do to effectively educate your hiring managers on the kinds of questions they can legally ask to properly mitigate your risk? By providing proven, interactive corporate compliance training conducted by engaging facilitators who have actually worked as attorneys. The cost will be far less than the financial and reputation-scarring costs of a lawsuit. <br />
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Did you know that the following subjects are off limits legally in an interview session? Besides the obviously taboo questions about race or religion or political affiliation, you cannot ask questions about:<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Pregnancy<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Plans for having children<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Marital status<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Finances<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Whether or not a candidate uses tobacco products or alcohol<br />
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And to complicate things further, it can be the way you ask the question that tips it from a question that is “right” to a question that is “wrong.” For instance, you can ask if a candidate is “legally eligible for employment in the U.S.” But you cannot ask more directly about where a candidate was born or their citizenship status.<br />
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Smart HR leaders protect their company by providing hiring staff with the corporate compliance training they need to stay out of court. You will sleep better at night knowing your interviewers have learned how to be legally smart about what and how they ask.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-24431968839474590882016-03-24T13:00:00.000-07:002016-03-24T13:00:19.906-07:00How Do You Rate on Corporate Compliance?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Do you know how your organization rates on corporate compliance? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">There can be no middle ground unless you want to risk the costs of non-compliance—lawsuits and legal fees, not to mention the loss of reputation, a decrease in employee engagement and increase in employee turnover.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Stories of workplace harassment abound in the news today. All too often the perpetrators are allowed to continue in their positions with only a slap on the wrist. Once the public becomes involved, however, not only the harassers but also the company leadership become targets of anger and demands for retribution. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">As a business leader, you need to know that harassment is not only illegal; it also negatively affects employee morale and productivity. You need to know that it is not enough to publish your corporate policies in an employee handbook that gets shelved as soon as it is received. You need to establish a respect-filled workplace culture. How? Experts say that the best defense against problems is to train your managers and your employees so that they understand what constitutes illegal conduct and what kind of behavior is expected of them. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">We know from experience that online compliance programs that allow participants to simply check off the boxes are not sufficient. They are cheap for a reason. They do not change behavior. You need corporate compliance training programs that truly involve participants and align with the corporate culture…the more interaction the better. There should be performance tests that prove the information has been absorbed before the participant can move to the next module. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Far more effective, however, are live compliance training programs run by skilled facilitators who know how to engage their audience in real time. Certified attorney trainers can show how to apply the company guidelines on the job. They use a bit of humor and good stories to keep participants’ interest and show videos that illustrate specifically what constitutes sexual harassment, discrimination, bullying and retaliation in the workplace.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Bottom line for corporate leaders? Provide quality corporate compliance training for managers and employees, model respectful behavior, and take action according to established procedures when a complaint is brought.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-61602309266401978272016-02-19T09:02:00.000-08:002016-02-19T09:02:00.642-08:00The Positive Side of Corporate Compliance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">We all know the risks of non-compliance in the corporate world. The news is filled with stories of fraud, bribery, and money laundering not to mention stories of illegal harassment issues and discrimination. Being taken to court is expensive both to your bottom line and to your reputation. Some companies do not survive the charges.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Savvy companies protect themselves as best they can from law suits by instituting corporate compliance training for all their employees…not just their HR folks. Their goal is to establish a fair and respectful workplace - an environment of respect and an organization-wide model of integrity. This is a challenging goal, partly because there are so many changes in regulations. It takes constant vigilance to keep up with state, federal and global rules for ethical conduct. No longer are there just a “few rules” as in the cartoon. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Today’s corporations understand that compliance is not just a matter of following the rules on paper but a way of doing business. Employees, from the CEO on down, should operate with integrity in everything they do. And this attitude is what fosters the positive side of compliance…</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">When you have a company that values ethics in all aspects of the business, you add value in intangible, but mission-critical, ways. Here are some of the benefits of a strong compliance program for:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Employees</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">When employees commit to the absolute standard of ethical conduct, there is a feeling of pride in and loyalty to the organization. This enhances employee engagement, performance and retention.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Customers</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Customers care about buying from a company with a good reputation. They appreciate working with an organization that shares their values and they pay with their loyalty.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Investors</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Investors are attracted to organizations with a clean record of compliance. They know their investment will be well handled and secure.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Think of compliance not just as important to manage risks but as a foundation to attract and retain employees, customers and investors.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-74830388281090772012015-12-27T09:58:00.000-08:002015-12-27T09:58:14.752-08:00Corporate Compliance: Invest in 3 Tools to Reduce Lawsuits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Lawsuits can be very expensive…both in terms of reputation and dollar amounts. Can we agree that they are to be avoided at all costs? Just as timely house repairs are good investments to protect against the high costs of deferred maintenance, so, too, investing in corporate compliance training is one of the best ways to prevent potentially disastrous lawsuits.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">There are basically three keys to sound corporate compliance: effective policies, consistency in practice and accurate documentation.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Policies</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Every business organization, no matter how small, should have written corporate compliance policies that govern fairness and legal regulations in the workplace. The compliance policies should be clear to every employee and they should be regularly updated to include any changes in government regulations. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">But it is not enough to have a published corporate compliance handbook. Managers, especially, should be trained in how to implement the policies so that they treat employees equally according to the law. This means in hiring practices, in applying performance management discipline, in handling charges of harassment, in guarding and responding to reports of discrimination of any kind including disability, and in dealing with claims of retaliation, unfair termination or defamation of character following termination. It’s a long list and a huge responsibility for managers. Give them the support and compliance training they need to handle threatening situations effectively.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Consistency</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Managers are your front line defense against employee-related lawsuits and can often defuse a situation before it escalates to the stage requiring HR intervention or professional legal advice. They need to implement policies with a fair and even hand. They must show respect for each and every employee. They need to exhibit mature and responsible behavior even under stress. This is their job as a leader. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Give them the communication and emotional tools they need to be consistent in their work with their followers. Often, this means creating an open door policy and a trusting corporate culture whereby the manager is readily available to direct reports and communication is straightforward and, when necessary, protected. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Don’t neglect compliance training on how and when to document. Managers need to know how to maintain fair, accurate and non-biased records of employee performance and behavior. Managers’ documentation can act somewhat like today’s police body cameras that portray actual events and can make the difference between an organization winning or losing an employee-generated lawsuit. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">To avoid damaging lawsuits, educate all employees in how to maintain a respectful workplace and train your managers in how to treat their direct reports consistently, fairly and legally.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Learn more at: </span><a alt="This is a hyperlink for http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/ article about guarding against the 6 most common employee law suits" href="http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/" style="background-color: white; color: #ffad31; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px; text-decoration: none;" title="How to Overcome the Fear of Non-Compliance for the 6 Most Common Employee Lawsuits">http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/</a><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-2419721196591107732015-11-30T09:22:00.000-08:002015-11-30T09:22:28.041-08:004 Tips on When and How to Address an Ethical Issue at Work<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">You want to do the right thing. You suspect that a coworker is abusing the number of sick days allowed by fudging the reports. Should you speak up? To whom? And is it really any of your business? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">This is a classic ethics question. In the workplace setting, it is best to refer back to corporate compliance training for guidance. You feel an obligation to the company but don’t really have the background or context to understand what you think you have observed. </span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Understand the Underlying Motivation.</b> Try to figure out why your coworker might be changing the sick day report. The better you understand their motivation, the better you will be able to figure out your next steps.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Go Directly to the Source. </b> Give your coworker a chance to explain. Rather than accuse, ask questions in a sincere attempt to learn more. It is possible that their actions were sanctioned by the boss. There could be extenuating circumstances.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Escalate if Required.</b> If you are not satisfied with the answers, take your concerns up the next level to your supervisor. You may be given an explanation that broadens your understanding and changes your perspective.</span></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-68874444834479334732015-10-31T15:48:00.000-07:002015-10-31T15:48:00.089-07:00When You Should (and Should Not) Seek the Advice of HR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Your HR Department can be the source of valuable, legal advice and can help solve many employee-related problems. But not all the kinds of issues you might face in the workplace should end up in HR. HR is not the parent. HR is not the baby-sitter. And HR is not the police. Some issues you should handle yourself. Here’s how to decide which door to choose.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">In general, go to HR whenever:</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">You are being discriminated against for any legally protected category such as race, gender, religion, or other protected class. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">You are being harassed either sexually or on the basis of your age, race, nationality, or other protected class.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">You have questions about company benefits or about what the law guarantees in terms of medical leave or accommodation for disability.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Experienced HR employees have had extensive corporate compliance training and so know what the law requires and how to proceed properly. But, not everything makes sense to bring to HR. </span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>You don’t like your boss.</b> This is unfortunate but not a legal issue. Your best course of action is to have a direct conversation with your boss to uncover how to best help them succeed in a way that works for both of you.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>You have a dispute with a co-worker.</b> This is also a situation where you should try to resolve your differences directly. Start by listening and truly understanding their point of view. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>You find a co-worker irritating.</b> Try to figure out a work-around…maybe shifting your work station, tactfully requesting a change in behavior or being more patient, tolerant or understanding.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">In general, HR’s purpose is not to solve basic work or leadership issues. Unless people are being openly abusive, illegal, unsafe or acting against the company’s values, use your leadership and influence skills to improve the situation.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-32133034574002082032015-09-30T19:24:00.000-07:002015-09-30T19:24:07.847-07:00How to Overcome the Fear of Non-Compliance for the 6 Most Common Employee Lawsuits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Every employer has heard the horror stories of businesses being sued by their employees. These companies may end up paying out huge sums of money in addition to suffering a bruised reputation and the loss of customers, productivity and sales. The best way to guard against such lawsuits is to implement an effective, company-wide corporate compliance training program that is aligned with the company culture and strategy, backed by management, supported by policies and procedures, and regularly reviewed and fairly enforced. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It helps, too, to know where employee complaints usually originate. Here are the most common reasons employees sue their employers. Employees feel they were:</div>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Discriminated against</span></li>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Unfairly terminated</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Not reasonably accommodated for disability</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Subject to retaliation or defamed after leaving</span></li>
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It is your responsibility as a manager to see that these situations never arise. Create a respectful workplace where policies are well-known, and effectively and consistently implemented; where issues are carefully documented; where supervisors are accountable for and vigilant in managing situations before they get out of hand.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-80554969149600322772015-08-30T20:58:00.000-07:002015-08-30T20:58:28.998-07:00Should You Cut Corporate Compliance Training Costs?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There are some budgets that traditionally get slashed
whenever there is a need to cut costs in an organization. Marketing, travel and
training are often the first to be hit. But there is research that points out
how foolish and short-sighted cutting the budget of training…especially
corporate compliance training…can be. Failure to understand basic employment
law and organizational policies can lead to disaster, including low morale,
substandard productivity, and even lawsuits.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Ponemon Institute published a report in 2011 entitled
“The True Cost of Compliance.” They contend that non-compliance is almost 3
times more expensive than the cost of compliance. And the cost is not tallied
just in fines and penalties. In fact, the greatest financial loss is from lost
productivity, revenue and disruption to day-to-day business. Who can afford
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The key is to find compliance training that really works and
that is customized to the organization’s talent strategy, organizational
culture, corporate policies and procedures. The entire employee population
should understand what it means to work in a respectful workplace. Management
needs to know how to operate fairly and legally. HR needs to know how to apply regulations
and how to guide others. And executives, at the very top, need to know how to
set the example of fair and equitable treatment of all.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-75293929968133483742015-07-31T16:04:00.000-07:002015-07-31T16:04:00.584-07:00How to Avoid Being Battered by the Lawsuit Jungle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It can be ugly out there! Employee lawsuits are costly both
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Know that every employee, former or current, has the
potential to file a suit. Know that it is all too easy for a disgruntled
employee to find a lawyer who will represent them. And know that it is all too
difficult to avoid being dragged into court whether the suit is justified or
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<li><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">What
should be first on your list? Proven corporate compliance training.</b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Start
with the greatest areas of risk.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Educate
your supervisors, interviewers and HR folks so they are up to date on the
ever-tightening protections for employees and how they fit into your corporate
culture and values.</span></li>
<li><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Next is
consistency.</b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Avoid liability by maintaining and implementing policies
consistently. There should be no hint of favoritism or lack of transparency or accountability.</span></li>
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publishing</b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> company-wide your policies so they are well-known by all.
Include a process for filing complaints and act immediately upon them.</span></li>
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so that you can prove consistent and fair application of the rules and
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">It is no longer enough to set up “rules” for compliance. We’ve learned painful lessons from the corporate scandals of the early 2000’s. Even the guiltiest organizations had formalized ethics and compliance guidelines. What they lacked was a culture of integrity. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Corporate compliance training is necessary to ensure that all employees are aware of legal practices and know how to apply them. But beyond knowledge of appropriate and legal behavior, companies need to promote and support intention to behave ethically.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Here are some critical features of establishing a corporate culture of integrity: </span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>It starts at the top. </b>The value of ethical behavior needs to be practiced and modeled consistently at the highest levels of management. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>The message must be clear, consistent and aligned</b> with business policy. Use stories to help turn principles into practice.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Employees should feel comfortable asking questions and voicing concerns</b> because they know there will be no retaliation.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>All employees must be held accountable.</b> This means rewarding behavior that is in compliance and ensuring consequences for behavior that is not.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Maintain the focus</b>, both through sustained messaging and ongoing assessments of how well the culture you seek is “lived” day to day.</span></li>
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The sharks lie in wait for your balloon to pop with a nasty law suit. Legal action is an ever present danger in the corporate world--from harassment suits to product liability issues to charges of fraud. But there are ways to protect your company, especially from employee-related litigation. First follow these four best practices:<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">Keep up to date with fair practice regulations.<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">Adhere to all anti-discrimination laws.<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">Apply employee policies fairly and consistently.<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">Document, document, document. The best protection is a paper trail that clearly establishes steps in progressive discipline and performance management.<br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">Beyond those common sense procedures, the key is to invest in a proven program of corporate compliance training. Minimize the risk of being thrown to the legal sharks by training your managers in the importance of fair and consistent employee practices in a way that aligns with your corporate values and performance culture. Implement training focused on creating a mutually respectful workplace for your entire workforce. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial";">This is how to build an environment where diversity is valued, employees are open and collaborative, and incipient problems are dealt with before they come anywhere close to a courtroom</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-15642356961956398242015-04-30T13:22:00.002-07:002015-04-30T13:22:31.589-07:00Corporate Compliance - Regulations vs. Values<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">When you select and put corporate compliance training programs in place, do you think about having your employees just follow the rules or do you look for ways to inspire them to behave according to your core values? <br />
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There can be a big difference. <br />
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Just think about what happened to our economy when a few powerful Wall Street manipulators were making transactions that were legal according to the current law but far from ethical. Both regulations and values need to be followed and the best compliance programs combine them. They teach awareness of company policies and legal regulations as well as create an environment of mutual respect and responsible, ethical behavior.<br />
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It’s the corporate culture that matters. If you foster a business environment where employees practice ethical behavior, not because it is required but because they wouldn’t think of behaving otherwise, then you have created a foundation where employees follow the rules because they are doing what comes naturally. <br />
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This is what you should strive for in the workplace and what will, by the way, keep your company out of the courtroom.<br />
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Learn more at: <a href="http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/">http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-58193288567477392732015-03-31T20:11:00.000-07:002015-04-02T11:33:20.916-07:005 Smart Ways to Strengthen Your Compliance Program and Reduce Risk<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Abiding by all the laws of corporate compliance has become more complicated and difficult as rules and regulations proliferate…but you have no choice. The risks of non-compliance are too great and too costly. If your business gets audited or sued, you are at risk of being fined hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars if your records and practices are non-compliant with employment regulations. Besides it is the right thing to do.<br />
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Without Moses to enforce compliance, here is what you need to do to strengthen the corporate compliance program at your organization. Make sure that:<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Leadership</b>: Your leadership is fully on board, fully knowledgeable and actively, visibly compliant.<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Risk Assessment:</b> You have assessed the risks across the entire organization from how you do business abroad to how you choose partners and contractors here in the States.<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Code of Conduct:</b> You have clearly articulated and disseminated a company code of conduct and have a process in place to enforce it.<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Relevant Training:</b> You provide relevant, effective and proven corporate compliance training for everyone from directors to part-time employees in a way that makes sense for your business, your corporate culture and your talent strategy.<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Current:</b> You stay on top of any changes in regulations and potential infractions with a tightly controlled system of oversight and monitoring.<br />
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Learn more at: <a href="http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/">http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/</a>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-91703331974001776302015-02-28T16:44:00.000-08:002015-03-01T16:45:38.838-08:00Is Your Compliance Program On Target? 3 Current Trends to Consider<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There is no question that compliance has become a huge issue in the last ten years or so. With so many new regulations along with so many companies wanting to expand their markets in new directions (and thus in new jurisdictions), compliance has almost become an industry in and of itself. <br />
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A lot of corporations now have internal dedicated staff and corporate compliance training is required on a regular basis. <br />
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The field has grown and matured. Check these noticeable trends to see that your program is up to date and moving in the right direction. <br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Investments are Industry Driven</b>. The size of dedicated staff and budget is determined mostly by industry…insurance, financial services, pharmaceutical and biotech traditionally spend the most. How do your investments compare to your peers? What is the return on those investments in terms of key people metrics like speed to productivity, employee engagement, top talent attrition, employee retention, human capital value added, revenue per employee, performance, tenure, absenteeism Bradford factor, employee relations issues/ law suits, and salary competitiveness ratio?<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>More Corporate Compliance Officers are Getting a Seat at the Table</b>. The CEB reported a 10% increase of companies where the senior compliance officer reported directly to the CEO. How important is compliance to your executive team? To your talent strategy? To your corporate culture? Is the right leadership in place?<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Pressure to Measure Compliance Effectiveness is Growing</b>. Just like every other important business investment, expectations of value-add for compliance are growing. Program effectiveness is not simply tested by following the “rules” or delivering mandated compliance training - but measured in terms of legal costs, employee relations issues, employee engagement, commitment and understanding of a respectful workplace that aligns with the corporate culture and talent strategy. How are you measuring the effectiveness of your compliance efforts? Does it align with the overall corporate strategy?<br />
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Learn more at: <a href="http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/">http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/</a>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-43234308649285169502015-01-30T15:18:00.000-08:002015-02-02T15:19:48.391-08:005 Compliance Questions to Gauge Where You Stand<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Compliance is not just an agreement between two compliance leaders. Ideally, it is a team sport that includes everyone and is an integral part of the company culture.<br />
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If you are charged with ensuring that your company is in compliance, it would be smart to ask yourself and company leaders a few questions that will help you rate your compliance culture. Depending upon the results, you can tailor any needed corporate compliance training to fit your specific situation.<br />
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Here are some questions that will help you figure out what training, if any, is needed:<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Compliance Leadership</b>: Do company leaders fully support compliance and demonstrate respect for others in their own behavior?<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Compliance Cost</b>: Do concerns over the cost of compliance rule over concerns of fairness and legality?<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Compliance Information</b>: Is information regarding compliance shared openly with the appropriate company leaders?<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Compliance Resources</b>: Are there sufficient resources to see that the entire company understands compliance guidelines and appreciates compliance efforts?<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Compliance Audit</b>: Is there an objective authority who regularly evaluates the company for compliance standards?<br />
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Learn more at: <a href="http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/">http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/</a></span>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-71107105402360281822014-12-29T12:17:00.000-08:002015-01-06T12:17:58.774-08:00Compliance Training? You Do Not Have a Choice!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You do not have a choice…corporate compliance training is a must. <br />
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Yes, we know it is not as sexy as landing a new client or rolling out a new product, but think of the alternative. Do you really want the hassle and expense of possible lawsuits and the damage it can do to your company’s reputation? And, yes, we know that, to be effective, your managers have to be fully supportive…otherwise the policies you have put in place will be undermined by non-adherence and employees will see a lack of rigor in the standards you set.<br />
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So what is on the positive side of a comprehensive, effective compliance initiative? <br />
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The overall fostering of a high performance culture where every employee is treated with respect, where employees are promoted on the basis of their skills rather than unfair bias, where the relationship between employees and managers is positive, and where ethical standards are lived every day. And to add to the healthy culture, the byproducts of compliance with workplace laws are improved productivity and higher employee morale. <br />
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Learn more at: <a href="http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/">http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-15860847241903586452014-11-30T13:34:00.000-08:002014-12-03T13:36:45.632-08:006 Ways to Alienate Your Employees<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The best way to maintain productivity and employee job satisfaction is to foster an open, trusting, collaborative environment. Corporate compliance training will tell you that this is the best way to prevent costly and embarrassing legal problems. <br />
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Avoid these six employee relation no-no’s and you will be well on your way to a positive workplace atmosphere.<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Unclear responsibilities and expectations</b>. How can your employees succeed if they are uncertain about what their job requires?<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>No understanding of how their contribution fits</b>. Give your team the big picture so they know that what they do matters.<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Micromanaging</b>. Show that you trust their work by allowing them space to do it. Constantly looking over their shoulder undermines their confidence and belittles their skill.<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Favoring one over another</b>. This is the fast-track way to create jealousy and resentment. Treat all employees fairly.<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Shutting down suggestions for improvement</b>. Instead, welcome ideas from your team. They have a front-line perspective that can greatly improve productivity.<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Isolation</b>. Frequent, open communication is the way to get to know your team members and to support them in good and bad times. </span></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336605924186256567.post-89486070760497897692014-10-31T13:41:00.000-07:002014-11-04T13:42:38.716-08:002 Smart Ways to Think About Corporate Compliance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The classic way to train pets is to provide the proverbial “carrot and stick.” The theory is that the fear of punishment along with the desire for reward will encourage the desired behavior. <br />
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The same analogy can apply to corporate behavior. This is the way corporate compliance training practitioners explain it.<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>The “stick”</b><br />
Every corporation, public and private, is subject to government regulations. From the Securities and Exchange rules that were tightened for publicly traded firms after the 2002 scandals infamously involving Enron, WorldCom and Tyco to the occupational health and safety laws that apply to all companies, there are penalties for non-compliance.<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>The “carrot”</b><br />
Some companies take justified pride in the values-based compliance programs that rely, not upon punishment, but on employees who are self-motivated and self-regulated. A New York think tank, the Ethisphere Institute, provides a list every year of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. A record-high 3,000 companies were nominated in 2011 which shows the desire of businesses to be recognized for high ethical standards and earn a coveted place on the list. First time recipients in 2011 included Adidas, Colgate-Palmolive, eBay and Microsoft.<br />
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How do you design and implement corporate compliance for your unique strategy, culture and talent?</span><div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Learn more at: <a href="http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/">http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/</a>
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As the world gets smaller and corporations grow their global markets, it gets increasingly difficult to keep abreast of all the laws that regulate trade and employee practices. Misconduct and noncompliance can put your company at risk for enforcement actions. Here are just two areas you need to cover as a responsible employer and company executive:<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Data privacy</b><br />
Facebook and Google’s inadequate user data protection led to FTC interference and subsequent settlements. Soon the health care and financial industries will need to have protections in place.<br />
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<li><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><b>Insider trading</b><br />
Who will soon forget the scandal involving Goldman Sachs, the trials and ensuing punishments of those involved?<br />
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<li><b>Education</b>. Customized training programs that take into account the systems already in place<br />
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<li><b>Leadership</b>. Management that role models compliance and appropriate behavior<br />
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<li><b>Reviews</b>. Ongoing audits of compliance…where the company measures up, where there is risk and where employees are unaware of appropriate behavior and consequences<br />
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<li><b>Current</b>. Training (at least annually) to keep abreast of new corporate regulations and instill respect across the board in the workplace <br />
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Learn more at: <a href="http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/">http://www.lsaglobal.com/corporate-compliance-training/</a>
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