The Human Factor: Corporate Integrity Matters

In todays episode we talk about how to deal with our own human behaviour in interviews.

When it comes to the art of investigating the facts – interviews are one of the core disciplines with the inherent challenge of human behaviour on different levels.

WHY

Understanding the power of human behaviour in interviews, is one of the key success factors for individuals in-charge with the interview process.

We can make a step into more clarity and transparency by asking the right questions in the right setting and even more factors for an effective interview process.

IMPORTANT LINKS AND MENTIONS

Episode 014 - How to conduct fraud investigations in a remote environment

Episode 044 - How to keep the big picture during an investigation

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Thank you for joining me on this episode of THE HUMAN FACTOR– Corporate Integrity Matters. If you enjoyed this episode, please share, subscribe and review on Apple Podcasts or Google Play Music so more people can enjoy the upcoming episodes.

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Further information about Corporate Integrity can be found on www.corporateintegrityconcepts.com

And if you are interested in becoming part of the amazing movement, join us on www.corporateintegrityacademy.com.

Would you like to take a closer look to cyber security? Let's do that together with Vilius Benetis.

Vilius is the Director at NRD Cyber Security in Lithuania and brings more than twenty years of relevant experience in his field. He is also serving as a board member at North European Cybersecurity Cluster called NECC lectures and is invited as speaker all over the world.

His commitment and professionality is highly appreciated.

Just a few highlights of our conversation with Vilius:

Integrity means trust and the good faith, which brings up the possibility of communicating and resolving what's happening and which behaviour is appropriate.

IMPORTANT LINKS AND MENTIONS

If you would like to learn more about cyber security the following episodes might be also of interest:

Episode 16: Check your security in the cyber territory

Episode 20: How to prepare for incidents? Secure actionability!

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Thank you for joining me on this episode of THE HUMAN FACTOR – Corporate Integrity Matters.

If you enjoyed this episode, please share, subscribe and review on Apple Podcasts or Google Play Music so more people can enjoy the upcoming episodes.

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Further information about Corporate Integrity can be found on www.corporateintegrityconcepts.com

And if you are interested in becoming part of the amazing movement, join us on www.corporateintegrityacademy.com

In todays episode we talk about one of the non-delegable responsibilities of executives: risk management as an activity undertaken to support the strategy.

WHY

One of the issues that is often seen in risk (and performance) management initiatives is a lack of clarity around the strategy and objectives.

The initiatives – not only in risk management - lack a strategic context. And as discussed in Episode 44, the big picture plays an important role again.

The question asked is “what are our risks” but not “what are we trying to achieve and therefore what are the inherent risks”.

With losing that close connection to the strategy and objectives, hardly and risk management initiative can become a success for the organisation.

IMPORTANT LINKS AND MENTIONS

Episode 44: How to keep the big picture during an investigation

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Thank you for joining me on this episode of THE HUMAN FACTOR – Corporate Integrity Matters.

If you enjoyed this episode, please share, subscribe and review on Apple Podcasts or Google Play Music so more people can enjoy the upcoming episodes.

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Would you like to learn about practical insights and perspectives of quality management, sustainability, and safety?

Let's do that together with Kathrin Cornelius. She brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in global industrial companies. like Siemens and Thyssenkrupp.

Next to that she chairs the Swiss Management Organization Chapter of Central Switzerland and lectures at different business schools.

She says from herself that compliance is one of the most important topics that drives her.

IMPORTANT LINKS AND MENTIONS

If you would like to learn more about about ethical behaviour and code of conduct, the following episodes might be also of interest:

Episode 008: Common pitfalls for corporates on ethical behaviour

Episode 010: Why the Code of Conduct is not an alibi

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Thank you for joining me on this episode of THE HUMAN FACTOR – Corporate Integrity Matters. If you enjoyed this episode, please share, subscribe, and review on Apple Podcasts or Google Play Music so more people can enjoy the upcoming episodes.

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Further information about Corporate Integrity can be found on www.corporateintegrityconcepts.com

And if you are interested in becoming part of the amazing movement, join us www.corporateintegrityacademy.com

If you are leading large internal or external investigation you know about the importance of keeping the big picture. But how to manage it in times when exactly that key element seems to be a challenge?

In today’s episode three ares are introduced when the big picture could be at risk.

WHY

No matter what project (and it is not only related to investigations) is on your top priority list, the ability to keep the big picture helps any leader on a daily basis and enables profound decision-making processes for the ones responsible.

IMPORTANT LINKS AND MENTIONS

The following episode might be also of interest for you:

Episode 26: Fact Finding: The 5 pitfalls of Report writing

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Thank you for joining me on this episode of THE HUMAN FACTOR – Corporate Integrity Matters. If you enjoyed this episode, please share, subscribe, and review on Apple Podcasts or Google Play Music so more people can enjoy the upcoming episodes.

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Further information about Corporate Integrity can be found on www.corporateintegrityconcepts.com

And if you are interested in becoming part of the amazing movement, join us www.corporateintegrityacademy.com

Would you like to learn about the insights and experiences in public procurement law reform, legislation drafting, ethics and compliance advisory activity?

Let's do that together with Francesca Calise who never looked for a job but always wants to make the difference.

She was and is in legal, a procurement officer in international organizations such as the UN, the EU, the EBRD and others, in different countries and multicultural contexts (e.g., Albania, Kosovo, Haiti, Poland, Lebanon and London).

And Francesca has an advanced degree in international law and is a qualified lawyer.

Just a few highlights of our conversation with Francesca

“I don't feel like I could ever compromise my integrity.”

“Don't let people lose trust in what you do.”

“The more you train people to be a “person of integrity” the less risk you face.”

IMPORTANT LINKS AND MENTIONS

If you would like to learn more about code of conduct, ethical behaviour and compliance, the following episodes might be also of interest:

Episode 003: Is compliance in crises needed?

Episode 008: Common pitfalls for corporates on ethical behaviour.

Episode 010: Why the Code of Conduct is not an alibi.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING, SUBSCRIBING AND REVIEWING

Thank you for joining me on this episode of THE HUMAN FACTOR – Corporate Integrity Matters. If you enjoyed this episode, please share, subscribe, and review on Apple Podcasts or Google Play Music so more people can enjoy the upcoming episodes.

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Let me know what topic you would like to have on spot– via [email protected]

Further information about Corporate Integrity can be found on www.corporateintegrityconcepts.com

And if you are interested in becoming part of the amazing movement, join us www.corporateintegrityacademy.com

Preventing fraud increases profitability and that is one of the most underestimated results in the mindset of the C-level.

Are you curious how to improve your profitability by preventing fraud and fostering a culture of integrity?

Learn in this episode how you are able to boost your profit with six practical pillars.

1. Establishing and implementing strong, understandable, and practical internal policies
2. Update relevant training
3. Establish a reporting process
4. Set and “rolemodel” the tone at the top
5. Check what you hire
6. Be consistent, transparent and fair

WHY

It seems to be obvious and is easily understood that any kind of incident in non-compliance and fraud costs and it is reflected in several studies, also in the report to the nation of the ACFE, 5% of the yearly margin is spent to fraud.

Should we spend this portion or should we better invest it?

IMPORTANT LINKS AND MENTIONS

The followig episodes might be also of interest for you when you care about protecting your organisations most precious assets:

Episode 08: Common pitfalls for corporates on ethical behaviour

Episode 18: Build impactful alliances on corporate level

Episode 21: The type of characteristics not needed at C-Level

Episode 30: The one crucial question when hiring key personnel

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Thank you for joining me on this episode of THE HUMAN FACTOR – Corporate Integrity Matters. If you enjoyed this episode, please share, subscribe, and review on Apple Podcasts or Google Play Music so more people can enjoy the upcoming episodes.

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Further information about Corporate Integrity can be found on www.corporateintegrityconcepts.com

And if you are interested in becoming part of the amazing movement, join us www.corporateintegrityacademy.com

Would you like to learn about practical insights and perspectives of fraud, leading and managing global investigations?

Let's do that together with Mary Breslin. She is an expert in internal audit, fraud, accounting and management with more than 25 years of experience.

She has led fraud investigations in numerous countries spanning six continents.

She also gained her experience with working for global companies like Costco, Barclay’s Capital, ConocoPhillips, and Boart Longyear.

Just a few quotes of our conversation with Mary

"A lot of organizations are resistant to training."

"And I do think that organizational culture, but also country culture, plays a really huge role how fraud is perceived."

"Culture is the single greatest driving force for behaviour."

More interesting statements to be found directly in the interview with Mary Breslin in this episode.

IMPORTANT LINKS AND MENTIONS

If you would like to learn more about about fraud, ethical behaviour and investigations the following episodes might be also of interest:

Episode 002: Why we are fraud risk factors?

Episode 008: Common pitfalls for corporates on ethical behaviour

Episode 010: Why the Code of Conduct is not an alibi.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING, SUBSCRIBING AND REVIEWING

Thank you for joining me on this episode of THE HUMAN FACTOR – Corporate Integrity Matters. If you enjoyed this episode, please share, subscribe, and review on Apple Podcasts or Google Play Music so more people can enjoy the upcoming episodes.

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Let me know what topic you would like to have on spot– via [email protected]

Further information about Corporate Integrity can be found on www.corporateintegrityconcepts.com

And if you are interested in becoming part of the amazing movement, join us www.corporateintegrityacademy.com

Analysing our first 39 episodes of our podcast we launched in 2021 it was interesting to see what you as our listeners downloaded most.

And here you see the top tree topics of 2021:

1. Fraud
2. Crises
3. Compliance

These topics were the ones resonating most.

Therefore - after a short reflection on where we stand now – in January 2022 – you have the chance to listen to the main parts of these three episodes in our todays Special Edition.

With these three episodes we cover the following aspects you can directly use in our role as leader:

The tool: which is the fraud triangle

The leadership part: where we reflect the impact, the so called “human factor”

And the bigger question we all must ask ourselves: Is compliance in crises needed?

THANK YOU FOR SHARING, SUBSCRIBING AND REVIEWING

Thank you for joining me on this episode of THE HUMAN FACTOR – Corporate Integrity Matters. If you enjoyed this episode, please share, subscribe, and review on Apple Podcasts or Google Play Music so more people can enjoy the upcoming episodes.

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Further information about Corporate Integrity can be found on www.corporateintegrityconcepts.com

And if you are interested in becoming part of the amazing movement, join us www.corporateintegrityacademy.com

Did you ever reflect on the expectations you have when it comes to the integrity of the team of external auditors of your organisation?

The role of external auditors includes much more than just the signed report at the end of an audit cycle.

Today I will talk about the value I see in external audit – when you have the right team on-site.

WHY

Auditors can bring added value in different areas to the organisation. But when the culture of integrity does not fit, the auditors create an additional risk to the organisation.

It is important to have the right team of external auditor onsite and integrity is also key in the team of external auditors.

It is the boards duty to ensure the quality of the external auditors.

KEY MESSAGES

The biggest mistakes happen in the planning of the audit which includes the process of identifying the right expertise of the team.

Without “understanding client’s business” the engagement is at risk from the perspective of the Board of Directors and the organisation.

Looking at recent cases like Wirecard for example rise the question how the risk mapping and planning of the audits were conducted and how deep the understanding of the clients’ business was.

IMPORTANT LINKS AND MENTIONS

If you would like to learn more about the Wirecard case please follow the link.

If you are interested about the Internal Audits’ impact in Cyber Security then listen to episode 29.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING, SUBSCRIBING AND REVIEWING

Thank you for joining me on this episode of THE HUMAN FACTOR – Corporate Integrity Matters.

If you enjoyed this episode, please share, subscribe, and review on Apple Podcasts or Google Play Music so more people can enjoy the upcoming episodes.

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YOU ARE IMPORTANT

Let me know what topic you would like to have on spot–via [email protected].

Further information about Corporate Integrity can be found on www.corporateintegrityconcepts.com

And if you are interested in becoming part of the amazing movement, join us www.corporateintegrityacademy.com.