The Human Factor: Corporate Integrity Matters

Would you like look behind the scenes of sales and aftersales? Let's do that together with Simon Hartmann. He is an expert in sales and aftersales. With years of experience in the automotive industry in more than 40 foreign markets. Just a few highlights of our conversation with Simon «If you starting you approach with the risk assessment, I think you have done really your homework.» «It is very i...

Would you like to learn about cybersecurity and principles for board governance of cyber risk? Let's do that together with Daniel Dobrygowski. He is one of the founders of the Centre for Cybersecurity and the Head of Governance and Trust at the World Economic Forum. Most of his career he spent as an attorney in private practice. Mainly in litigation on antitrust, intellectual property, and privacy...

In this episode we talk about one very specific topic – or better initiative. The Fraud Week 2021 initiated by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) is starting on November 14. Fraud still costs at least 5% of the profit margin – every single year. Being aware when it comes to fraud patterns is important – not only once a year or during a specific week. Learn in this episode about th...

Would you like to learn about internal audit and integrity - not only when internal audit is conducting their audit plan – also the integrity we expect from internal auditors? Let's do that together with Gabrielle Rudolf von Rohr. She is the Head of the Cantonal Audit Office in Solothurn, Switzerland - for more than ten years and since 2015, she’s the President of Global Institute of Internal Audi...

If you have ever asked yourself about the risk of being biased, you might be interested in this episode today. While everybody is talking about social engineering from external parties, I focus on how also board are engineered. Engineered by our colleagues: Consciously and unconsciously and their behaviour or simply biased by our own beliefs... WHY Being biased could be dangerous and that is the m...

Would you like to learn about the insights and perspectives of an international global expert in internal audit? Let's do that together with Salih Ahmed Islam. With more than 25 years of professional experience in internal audit he masters as a leader and role model the textile, iron and steel, petroleum, construction, FMCG and retail industries. WHY He is one of the experts when it comes to manag...

How do you behave when they enter the Internet? Do you change your identity and above all your behavior within seconds? Most of us would deny this. We behave like we do in real offline life. Why? Because we have acquired all these rules, norms, and beliefs over decades. For good and bad…. In today’s episode, we talk about the different territories – offline and online – and having our behavior in...

When it comes to the hiring process of key personnel the responsibility increases with the level that person will have within the organization. The more power a role has the higher the risk for the organization. In this episode, I will focus on asking the right questions when potential successors of a powerful role are interviewed. WHY The more power a person has within an organization, the higher...

Have you ever asked yourself what the impact of the internal audit is when it comes to cyber security? Depending on your current role you might have different answers, and, in this episode, we will talk about the role internal audit has on cyber security. WHY The cyber territory was and often still is a topic allocated to IT only. In my world of Corporate Integrity, Governance, Risk, and often als...

Would you like to learn about the perspectives and experiences of an international global head of compliance and data privacy? Let's do that together with Deepa. She's the global head of compliance and data privacy at Sonova in Switzerland. Deepas job as a compliance officer, both at Sonova and other organizations in the past involves establishing ethical standards and integrity platforms in large...

What are the relevant areas depending on each other when it comes to organizational crises in the field of integrity and why? Just upfront- I broke it down to four key areas. Knowing that there were others too and analyzed it from different perspectives. As a board member, advisor, and entrepreneur with an investigative background. And if you would also like to reflect on what are the interconnect...

For some, it is the absolute highlight and for the others a nightmare. The fact-finding report and especially the writing process. Being aware of some typical pitfalls is crucial – for all the stakeholders. And as always, they have different perspectives and positions to look at it. For an investigator, it is the final product. Whether you are an investigator or recipient of that report – the disc...

There are a lot of colours around when we talk about crime and cyber security. White and black when we are in the cyber territory. White and blue when we talk about crime. Today we talk about the broader one. The one related to crime. If you are interested in the difference – this episode gives you the insights and background. WHY Differentiating the terms white-collar and blue-collar crime is imp...

When we talk about what should be done to reach the next maturity level– often the focus is rather on our teams and employees than on the boards. How about the boards? Especially the boards actionability? There are practical approaches to strengthen the boards actionability. And with that – the entire organisation they serve to! WHY Without actionability we are having boat with a dysfunctional sea...

It is unquestionable that the completeness of the risk landscape is one of the key success factors. But also a moving target. What was not on the radar a few weeks a go needds highest attention now. We all learned that - latest when COVID-19 changed from a risk to the event. An event which was on the risk landscapes of many organisations and also by the research teams. Not only the board of direct...

As member of a board – no matter whether it is a management or the non-executive board – whether you have one or two tier boards we have the responsibility that the strategy follows the vision and the tactics the strategy. The role of being a sponsor within the organisation is not new and there are many different forms and terms for that specific and important role. Especially when it comes to pro...

There are people in the room poisoning the organisation. If they are sitting on your C-suite - it will negatively impact the vision but not only that. By understanding and identifying the red flags of such distracting traits you protect the organisations vision, strategy, and culture. It is worth to do so! WHY As member of a board – no matter whether it is a management or the non-executive board –...

Are you prepared for the worst or avoiding to even think about it? Doesn’t matter what position are in right now. This episode will give you the elements needed to be prepared for the worst and when I talk about the “worst” it is related to Non-compliance Fraud White-collar crime Or a cyber attack The incidents which are happening all the time and are hardly discussed... WHY Actionability is what...

Resilience is one of the terms we read and hear more often than ever before. If you would like to have a look behind the scenes of what it means for Corporate leaders and how you could make resilience work for you This episode will give you food for thoughts. And of course the possibility to start right afterwards. At the end it is all about implementing what makes you successful. WHY First, why s...

No matter what you envision – there is a specific moment when you realise – we all need allies. Have you every thought about who you allies are? How they became your allies? Or maybe who could be my allies to have the impact you want to have? It is very interesting to see how these allies also transform over the time and depending on your and their vision to accomplish. The next minutes are spent...

There isn’t anybody else understanding your business model better than you and your team. Correct? What kind of insights would you receive if the business model would be analysed from a completely different perspective? For example, focusing what could harm the successful implementation of your vision. Identifying the core sectors of your business model when it comes to protect the most valuable a...

When we talk about cyber security, this includes protection in the social structures of the Internet. It is about protecting people from the violation of physical or mental integrity. Accordingly, security is a broader view than crime. Cybersecurity encompasses more than cybercrime. “The absence of security begins where an individual suffers harm or is likely to suffer harm.” Violation of physical...

Raising awareness – also when it comes to topics like biases – is where everything starts. Without being aware of xyz no transformation can happen. Therefore, I am convinced that with your personal awareness of being biased the protection already starts. And if you extend it to your team, your organisation, you have a powerful tool at hand which is understood and supported. That is what you need t...

We cannot deny the changes and additional requirements. Therefore, I am convinced that it needs some reflection and review of the investigations process too. The use cases and examples of the last few months demonstrated a wide variety of maturity level of the teams conducting investigations. And by saying that, these different set-ups and processes were raised by one of the peers of the Corporate...

I would like to focus on three aspects how the fraud industry was and is affected by the pandemic Fraud Risks Anti-Fraud Programs Investigations Fraud Risks When it comes to the question how the pandemic affected the different risks of becoming a victim there were different areas to be taken up How was the risk landscape and risk management setup “before”? How did the landscape change? Where do we...