INSIGHTS
The Book Cooking Club – Fraud & corruption
11 April 2023
This week's selection covers all things fraud and corruption; from bribery’s impact on society to fraudulent statements used to cover up misconducts or mislead investors…
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The Book Cooking Club – Madoff
4 April 2023
Two years ago, Bernard Madoff died in prison after confessing to engineering the biggest Ponzi-scheme in history. We looked at five books focusing on this ...
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The Book Cooking Club – Enron
27 March 2023
More than 20 years after this epic bankruptcy, the Enron fall is still the benchmark reference for accounting scandals and fraudulent financial misstatements. We listed ...
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The Book Cooking Club – Investigative Journalists
21 March 2023
This week, we are presenting a selection of five books written by award winning investigative journalists. They present months (sometimes years) of relentless search for ...
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The Book Cooking Club – Convicted criminals
14 March 2023
This week, we are presenting a selection of 5 books written by convicted white collar criminals. All of these stories lead us to wonder: “what ...
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The Book Cooking Club – Whistleblowers
7 March 2023
We are starting a series of reading recommendations focusing on white collar crime. Whether you are an avid reader of true crime stories or a ...
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5 practical tips for internal investigators
28 February 2023
I started internal investigations over 15 years ago. Here's what I wish I knew back then.
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How to be “investigation-ready”
20 February 2023
An investigation plan does not have to be complex or sophisticated. It just has to be pre-defined in order to minimize the level of improvisation. ...
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6 essential steps for internal investigations
13 February 2023
What are the key steps to a successful and robust internal investigation? Investigations are not linear processes; they are iterative by nature. However, there are ...
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8 success factors for an internal investigation
7 February 2023
Do you know what makes an internal investigation successful ? We go through 8 factors that can help you achieve the right results.
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The three laws of organizational integrity
9 January 2023
What if the expectations from employees could be summarized in three directives ? This article and video present a parallel between Isaac Asimov’s “three laws ...
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Focus on IFRC’s event – Preventing corruption in humanitarian operations
13 December 2022
Organizations should not be over confident about their control system, but rather take a hard look at their culture, which is shaped by power dynamics
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It doesn’t take a government official to tango… or to corrupt
1 December 2022
It takes two to tango and to corrupt, but none of these activities necessarily require a government official to be involved.
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Investigating with integrity: four potential biases of the internal investigator
1 November 2022
Are you aware of the four of the biases that may affect professional investigators in their activities? Taking these potential weaknesses into account in our ...
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