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Education I just spent some quality time at a major university law school and at an accelerated high school discussing ethics, corruption and fraud.  The reception I received was stunning.  From [...]

I worked in China a number of years ago and while it was corrupt then – it has, in my opinion, become markedly worse. I was asked: can one actually do business in China of any size and not [...]

NYSE Listing Exposes Foreign Firms to Liability For Corrupt Practices From a recent filing in US Courts: Broux v. PetroChina Co. Ltd., 13-cv-06180, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New [...]

How Rampant Bribery Is Corrupting U.S. Immigration Integrity? We recently came across an article, entitled HOW RAMPANT BRIBERY IS CORRUPTING U.S. IMMIGRATION INTEGRITY. This article described two [...]

Corruption vs. Our Tasks When I was asked to look at corruption and Executive Protectors (EPs), I was thinking about the EP being corrupt and selling information (and, yes, this does happen).  [...]

Money For Corruption and Homes Scott Free Money from corrupt players in Latin America, China and the Middle East are flooding into the US real estate market. Now to be sure, while a lot of the [...]

Coin Dealer Hung Out On A Shingle For Home Loan Fraud? Recently one of our consultants was asked to opine on the subject of Customer Due Diligence concerning a financial transaction that was, [...]

Corporate Excuses to Avoid Compliance and Ethics Programs by Michael Volkov Change is difficult. I understand that. Business leaders know the importance of change, adaptation and innovation. [...]

Double Paradox: Rapid Growth and Rising Corruption in China Double Paradox: Rapid Growth and Rising Corruption in China by Andrew Wedeman  ISBN 978-0801477768 about 20 dollars. Dr. Wedeman has [...]

After having wandered around 40 or more countries in my career, it’s hard not to notice the differences in the way people live and work. While it’s my work that has taken me on these [...]