As companies face more pressure to deliver short-term results, executives and employees may feel incentivised to use insider knowledge to protect or enhance personal wealth. Combatting insider trading within an organisation requires a combination of clear policies, strong internal controls, regular monitoring, and an ethical culture.
Aligning with company principles while staying true to your own values can be challenging, especially when there is a clash. We should find where our values and the company’s principles overlap. Balancing personal principles with company principles often involves negotiation, both within yourself and in your professional relationships.
Your watchful eyes are a powerful tool. Being vigilant is being continuously aware about what is happening around us. It does not mean that we need to consciously be aware of only illegal activity, but rather constantly scan the environment whether consciously or unconsciously, for anything that appears to be unusual or out of the ordinary, or contrary to acceptable behaviour.
Your watchful eyes are a powerful tool. Being vigilant is being continuously aware about what is happening around us. It does not mean that we need to consciously be aware of only illegal activity, but rather constantly scan the environment whether consciously or unconsciously, for anything that appears to be unusual or out of the ordinary, or contrary to acceptable behaviour.
It is always important to act with integrity, even when faced with difficult situations. Integrity in the workplace, either for individuals or the organisation itself, refers to a set of core values and attributes that guide individuals to act with honesty, trustworthiness and good judgement in their work.
Integrity in the workplace, either for individuals or the organisation itself, refers to a set of core values and attributes that guide individuals to act with honesty, trustworthiness and good judgement in their work.
It appears, on face value, that when crime sets in, criminals target the so-called “little guys”, the very people who do not have the resources to protect themselves. Current perceptions and heeding what is reported with increasing frequency, it seems that taking a moral stand, could get you killed!
As we all prepare for the death throes of 2020 in what has proved to be one of the most challenging of recent times, the Financial Action Task Force and Egmont Group recently published a report dealing with trade-based money laundering trends and developments aimed at challenges encountered by the public and private sectors.
WIIFM?
What’s in it for me? This acronym has become important in the business world. It’s the question all employees ask when they hear there is another piece of compliance training they need to complete by a specific date or a compulsory meeting or presentation that needs to be attended.
People, process and technology are some of the key components in the financial crime process control environment. Processes and technology do as they are programmed to do; people however are less predictable in following instructions. In the financial services industry, process control implementations typically address processes and technology, while the Change Management component and its focus on the human aspect of process change is receiving increased attention. But is change management enough?
The FATF (Financial Action Task Force) grey-listing of a country is a designation given to countries that do not fully comply with international standards for combating money laundering and terrorism financing.
We at FCRMC wish all our friends and business partners the very best as we navigate the new year together. 2023 promises to be an eventful year for both South Africa and those beyond our borders, through the rest of the continent.