Licks Attorneys’ Compliance Blog

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.

Some time ago, I came across an unusual situation … there was a company that allowed its employees to use a taxi as a mean of transportation due to some need related to the company’s business. There were no major controls and, oddly enough, a receipt from the taxi was not even required for accountability.

Although several governments are striving to combat and mitigate corruption and its consequences, since talking about eradicating corruption is an almost utopian task, it is important to know the world´s players in this fight.