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The Integrity Initiative
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The Integrity Initiative is a nonpartisan organization whose sole purpose is to level the playing field for businesses through employing ethical business standards and practices. Our efforts will not only complement and supplement the current thrusts of the new administration to more aggressively address corruption but will also ensure that the private sector will do its part in cleaning up its own ranks and building a level playing field.
Chief data officers deliver value!
The data-driven approach requires an emphasis on securing data and analytics leadership. While not every business may need a chief data officer, leadership in data and analytics can however help the enterprise use data as an asset and develop a modern approach to planning.
Powerful analytics in integrated compliance management
There are many compelling ways to make a solid case for deploying powerful analytics within your compliance program. As a Bloomberg article put it, compliance programs “like everything else in the 21st century must be data-driven”.
Anti-corruption, data protection and compliance technology
IT’S hard to read media without running into a new story about different kinds of corruption, collusion and…
Money laundering–as part of corruption–is blooming
This week I would like to focus on money laundering, which forms part of the corruption menu. Unfortunately,…
We need whistle-blowers–but they have to be protected!
Representatives of the private sector were invited to a dialogue with the chairman and the commissioners of the…
Do you really care about digital privacy?
FOLLOWING the Facebook data security issue with Cambridge Analytics and others, we are all receiving e-mails from Twitter, Facebook,…
Corruption in 2018: Will we see change?
Over the last two years, scandals unveiled by the publication of the Panama and Paradise Papers grabbed headlines,…
Risk Assessment/ Penetration tests/ Ethical hacking
Whether we like it or not, compliance and ethics management cannot be ignored when doing business locally and/or…
Data-Protection Compliance: Failure will be costly
Data protection is in the news daily. Reports on data breaches are common and the damages involved are…
Challenge for data-protection officers: Breaking down the walls
The world of data security is a highly complex and fluid environment where businesses must set in place…
Judicial Issues and Corruption
During the very well attended Arangkada Forum on September 14, there was much focus on sectors with substantial…
What do you do when compliance issues arise?
There is no doubt that organizations and their managers are more and more exposed to compliance breaches, be…
What do you do when compliance issues arise?
There is no doubt that organizations and their managers are more and more exposed to compliance breaches, be…
Risk assessments needed in anticorruption and data-privacy protection
PERFORMING effective risk assessments can be a difficult art to master. The very phrase—“compliance risk assessment”—can encompass a wide…
Personal and Institutional Integrity
A person is said to have integrity if his or her actions are consistent with his or her…
AntiCorruption: voluntary necessity or explicit choice?
By Henry J. Schumacher Although corporate social responsibility (CSR) seems to have become a buzzword in recent years,…
Fighting corruption
By Henry J. Schumacher | Special to the BusinessMirror Consequences of corruption We can say with some certainty…
Subverting corruption
By Henry J. Schumacher | Special to the BusinessMirror When corruption has become systemic, it resembles organized crime.…
Why does corruption survive?
We (European Chamber of Commerce and Makati Business Club) formed the Integrity Initiative in 2010. Looking back, we…
The Integrity Initiative: What is corruption?
While the Integrity Initiative Inc. focuses on a variety of behaviors, like long-term sustainability over short-term gain,the main…
Culture of integrity and level playing field
Leveling the playing field and building a culture of integrity. With these objectives in mind, the Makati Business…