BY BLANDINE CORDIER-PALASSE, La Revue RH&M n°84 – 01/2022 When we talk about CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) (Corporate Social Responsibility) or sustainable development, we immediately think of environmental and social environmental and social issues. However, governance is just as fundamental governance is just as fundamental because without it, there can be no sustainably successful company. […]
Category: Compliance
Category: Compliance
A “surprise” decision of the French Supreme Court, taken in November 2020, directly affects certain M&A transactions. It modifies the mapping of risks incurred by the buyer by adding an additional dose in the area of compliance. Explanations. Does anyone remember the time when a financial audit and a few legal investigations were all that […]
Since 2009, the Grands Prix de la Transparence have rewarded the quality of information provided by SBF 120 companies, based on four pillars: accessibility, accuracy, comparability and availability. Why transparency? Because, according to the Scientific Committee of the Grands Prix, it is “a factor in the sustainable development of a company”. Fable, didactic and less […]
BY PHILIPPE MONTIGNY AND BLANDINE CORDIER-PALASSE, Mergers & Acquisitions Magazine – 01/2010 Recently, the issue of foreign bribery has been considered a major risk for companies, particularly in the context of M&A processes. Today, a French company that pays an undue commission in the context of a foreign contract, directly or through a subsidiary or […]
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Compliance 20 years on
More and more managers are realizing that compliance is not just another constraint, but rather a formidable lever for organizational efficiency and business performance, an asset in a globalized world where the trust factor is key and transparency fundamental. Hot topics such as business integrity, manager effectiveness, data management, investigations, pandemic impacts, corporate ethics culture […]
The health and economic crisis has only reinforced the social and societal responsibility of companies. As part of our work, we have interviewed CEOs, chairmen of boards of directors, audit committees, ethics and CSR committees of various sizes and in various sectors of activity about the role of governance bodies in corporate compliance. They are […]