Year: 2020

The gap between the issuance date of a law and the effective date is called vacatio legis. The reason, in general, for a law not to enter into force on the date of its publication is because the legislator wishes to provide society with time enough to become aware and prepared to respect its content.

The compliance officer is briefly the facilitator in consolidating a culture of compliance within the organization, and should be the first to set an example, with respect to behaviors and attitudes when interacting with internal and external clients.

Regardless of whether an employee is hired under an employment contract or just by signing in the employment and social security card, his / her initial duty of loyalty to the company is not challenged, which after all, pays his / her compensation for their services and waits in return for his / her commitment to the development of the corporation’s business.

On the afternoon of April 15th, a webinar was held with the topic “Compliance Investigation”, led by Alexandre Dalmasso, partner and responsible for the Ethics and Compliance Practice Group. The webinar aims to discuss the best practices and main challenges for successful compliance investigations, unraveling the investigation phases, identifying gaps in the process and how to implement improvements based on the results obtained.

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At the beginning of the millennium, when the so-called 1st compliance wave occurred, a document started to gain evidence: the Code of Conduct.