Third party due diligence on anti-corruption after a vendor surprise
It is 9:12 a.m. when Léa, compliance officer at a fast-growing French engineering SME, receives a worried call from procurement.
Risk determination in ISO 37001, a field story
In the winter of 2020, the aviation giant Airbus agreed to pay more than €3.6 billion in combined penalties to France, the United Kingdom, and the United States after a sprawling foreign-bribery investigation (Le Monde, Les Echos, US DOJ).
How can AI simplify dramatically compliance risk management?
Maria, the compliance officer of a 500-employee manufacturing group in Lyon, starts every quarter with the same ritual: download thousands of invoices, chase department heads for policy acknowledgments, and pray that nothing slips through the cracks before the external auditors a
From red flags to trust: vendor risk management
Imagine a large European company faces allegations that one of its subcontractors was involved in forced labor on a construction site in 2023. The fallout travels faster than the facts.
Build a Compliance Program That Auditors Trust
Building a compliance program that inspires immediate confidence from external auditors is no longer a nice-to-have. It is table stakes for organizations that operate in multiple jurisdictions or plan to scale quickly without incurring regulatory drag.