Comments for Richard's Blog http://septiagroup.com/blog Working to ensure integrity Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:30:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Do we penalize ethical behavior? by Do We Penalize Ethical Behaviour? « Gower Publishing's Blog http://septiagroup.com/blog/?p=347&cpage=1#comment-867 Do We Penalize Ethical Behaviour? « Gower Publishing's Blog Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:30:11 +0000 http://septiagroup.com/blog/?p=347#comment-867 [...] and, forthcoming, Bad Governance and Good Intent) poses a very interesting conundrum on his blog. He argues that despite paying lip service to governance, companies condone sharp practice and, [...]

]]> Comment on The Management Fraud Paradox by Peter Goldmann CFE http://septiagroup.com/blog/?p=338&cpage=1#comment-666 Peter Goldmann CFE Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:23:42 +0000 http://septiagroup.com/blog/?p=338#comment-666 Awareness is indeed a huge contributor to keeping management honest. However, that awareness must extend THROUGHOUT the organization–not just among the board, audit committee and senior management. The folks who “own” the business processes–middle managers, supervisors AND their subordinates always know where the bodies are buried. They need to be taught to blow the whistle and then the board must protect their anonymity and confidentiality

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