Kathleen Coughlan

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Each of the ‘Big Four’ publicly disclose sexual misconduct firings, embracing transparency.

The Financial Times reported that PwC, EY, KPMG and Deloitte (Britain’s four largest accounting firms) fired dozens of their partners in the last...

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Background Screening Inside Candidates: When Background Screening an Inside Candidate, You Might Want to Check Your Own Files

The first in the series of mishaps at University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine occurred in March 2016, when the school’s then-dean...

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Questionable college degrees on the resumes of the powerful

Cristina Cifuentes, premier of Madrid, has returned to King Juan Carlos University the master’s degree in public law that she was awarded in 2012,...

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Pre-Employment Check: Even a “rigorous pre-employment check” can miss it

A business that forces out an employee for questionable behavior often tries to keep the news from outsiders, including prospective future employers...

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The former boxer may regret saying, “You can call me Floyd Crypto Mayweather from now on.”

When federal authorities recently charged two 20-something cryptocurrency promoters with lying to investors, it was “a harsh awakening for...

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SEC Challenges Kinross For Not Doing Source Inquiries and Other Enhanced Due-Diligence.

When operating a gold mine in an African country known for corruption, try to be thorough in doing due-diligence on your contractors. If you skip...

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If you falsify your resume, and then do well at your job, the lies might go undiscovered for years.

Once someone gets his or her first job based on a fraudulent CV, promotions or moves to new employers can come easily, and without any reexamination...

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Compliance executives accountable for not terminating accused third parties

Federal prosecutors have held a former compliance chief for MoneyGram International Inc. personally responsible for failing to adequately enforce...

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#MeToo is also an earthquake for the due-diligence business

Corporate boards of directors are requiring that candidates for C-suite jobs be vetted more heavily than in the past to make sure they haven’t...

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Failing to properly vet prospective employees can endanger the workforce

A Texas jury awarded a $1.2-million verdict against a metal-fabrication company after one of its employees shot and killed another employee on the...

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