Annual Training Is Not Enough

            “The frequency of the reminder is key in reinforcing messages, even if it’s just to contact the Legal/Compliance Department” says Farzad Barkhordari, founder and CEO of Click 4 Compliance.

How To Use Compliance Tune Ups

Compliance Tune Ups are designed to be issued monthly or quarterly to reinforce teachings from your Code of Conduct or other policies. From e-newsletters to social media reminders, these short programs provide an efficient way to build upon the messages taught in longer compliance courses. Before international travel, the holiday season or a sales kick off, Tune Ups could be issued as a reminder for various compliance issues. By highlighting key topics periodically, Compliance Tune Ups provide a high impact message that can be completed in minutes.

Topics include: Anti-Corruption/Bribery/FCPA/Gifts/Travel/Third Parties, Conflict of Interest, Export Compliance, Harassment Prevention, Respect in the Workplace, Privacy/InfoSec, and Social Media.

About Click for Compliance 

Reston, Virginia-based Click 4 Compliance provides best-in-class online training for companies seeking to reduce their compliance risks.  Click 4 Compliance offers high quality, practical, cost-efficient programs without the confusing “legal-ese.”

May 20-22, 2013 - Washington, DC

Click 4 Compliance is the premier online compliance training provider.  We are based in the Washington, DC metro area and can assist with your corporate compliance training initiatives and risky business scenarios, resolve compliance training challenges and meet compliance training goals within your organization.  All in a practical, cost-effective way, without “Legal-ese.” 

Third Parties – First Steps 

How many?  That’s a nice first question to ask.  We have clients that are not sure.   A few hundred, a few thousand, not really sure.  Often overwhelmed at that first task, they procrastinate.  As the headlines show, now is not the time to delay understanding and improving your global compliance efforts.  

An easy approach is start with understanding how many 3rd parties you work with.  You can help out by grouping them into buckets:  Supply side (vendors, suppliers, outsourcing companies) and Sell side (distributors, resellers, agents, representatives, subcontractors, brokers, etc.).     Sometimes, nomenclature can help – spell out the exact list of 3rd party “types” you are looking for – that will help with language barriers and regional naming conventions.  You can then ask for general groupings based on geography (APAC, Americas, EMEA – or however you divide the world).  If you are worried about a particular high risk country -an easy example is China for corruption or trade compliance – then start there.

The key is to start.  Don’t get overwhelmed and procrastinate, but get started.  Understanding your risks is the first step to reducing your risks.  This will not count as a “risk assessment” but it certainly is one of the first and necessary steps.  We’ll pick up on this in more detail and can add in more steps.  But in the meantime, don’t ignore compliance, Click 4 Compliance.

February 26-28, 2013
Saddlebrook Resort, Tampa Bay, FL

Click 4 Compliance is pleased to sponsor and attend IQPC’s GRC Exchange as the premier compliance training solution provider.  Farzad Barkhordari, C4C’s CEO and Founder and Rob Dimino, C4C’s recent addition to our Sales team will represent Click 4 Compliance and lend their expertise to the delegation of 50+ executives from Fortune 1000 companies on best practices to address corporate compliance training initiatives and risky business scenarios, resolve compliance training challenges and meet compliance training goals within your organization.

November 15-16, 2012
Gaylord National Resort & Conference Center, Washington, DC

Join Click 4 Compliance’s CEO & Founder, Farzad Barkhordari and hundreds of other in-house counsel and ethics & compliance executives as they attend this informative event bringing to light the continued challenges compliance officers face in the current anti-corruption regulatory and enforcement landscape as well as the latest compliance developments and trends.

4 Webinar times from which to choose:

Tuesday, November 13, 2012                                  Thursday, November 15, 2012

11:00–11:45am EST    Register                                11:00–11:45am EST    Register  

3:00-3:45pm EST    Register                                     3:00-3:45pm EST    Register

The Webinar will be led by Traci Coughlan, Vice-President of Distribution & Business Strategy at Click 4 Compliance and former Associate General Counsel and Senior Compliance Director at Sun Microsystems.

Topics Include:

• Curriculum Planning: Legal Risk Assessment Profile
• Content: Make Training Meaningful to Employees
• Taking a World View: Global Approach & Reach
• “Marketing” the Program within Your Company
• Knowledge Retention: Return on Investment
• Client Approach & Demonstration

 “Building on the anti-corruption/bribery version of the app that we launched in May, 2012, we now have 10 compliance topics in a customizable format so companies can include their logos, policies, and links.  There is even a “Report It” button that can link to their compliance database” said Farzad Barkhordari, founder and CEO of Click 4 Compliance.

 “It gives them easy-to-follow compliance tips and reminders with everyday business scenarios right on their phones.  Topics include Conflicts of Interest, Privacy/Data Breach, Antitrust, Social Media, Trade Compliance, Harassment Prevention, etc.”  Mr. Barkhordari continued.

 Search for “Click 4 Compliance” in the iTunes App Store for the C4C Mobile Compliance Officer App Free Download and contact us for your company-customized version.

 This C4C Mobile Compliance Officer App is Click 4 Compliance’s way of extending its vision of bringing practical, interactive, cost-effective compliance information to companies and their employees around the globe – from elearning to mobile apps.

 About Click for Compliance 

Reston, Virginia-based Click 4 Compliance provides best-in-class online training for companies seeking to reduce their compliance risks.  Courses are written by experts in the field with experience in both leading global law firms and Global 500 companies.

October 28-30, 2012
Palm Beach Gardens, FL – PGA National Resort & Spa

Join Click 4 Compliance’s CEO & Founder, Farzad Barkhordari as he leads and moderates an informative discussion of the current anti-corruption compliance landscape and building a global anti-corruption policy acknowledging regional polices and national standards through the seminar:

Lessons Learned, Enforcement Trends, and Changing Regulatory Requirements in Global Anti-Corruption

This session will address the following topics:

• How do you update anti-corruption policies and programs to incorporate various international antibribery regulations while still meeting national standards and regulations?

• Which is preferable: a uniform global anti-corruption policy, several regional policies, or an FCPA-specific policy?

• When subject to the UK Bribery Act, how can you best ensure extra-territorial compliance?

• What do the enforcement trends for FCPA and other key anti-bribery/anti-corruption regulations mean for your company’s employees and senior leadership?

• How do you develop a risk-based sanctions program in today’s rapidly changing world of OFAC sanctions?

• What are some effective methods in developing a regionally based compliance training program as part of a larger global training program?

October 14-16 2012
Las Vegas, NV – ARIA in Las Vegas

Click 4 Compliance is thrilled to be exhibiting at this leading Compliance & Ethics event hosted by the SCCE that addresses the challenges and risks in the current compliance landscape that all companies must not ignore!

As the leader in online compliance training, come speak with Click 4 Compliance executives in person to determine how our suite of online compliance training courses, including Global Anti-Corruption / Bribery (FCPA, OECD & UK Act), Code of Conduct training, Social Media, Global Antitrust & Competition, Harassment, Discrimination & Retaliation, HIPAA Basics, Privacy & Data Protection, Protecting Confidential Information courses and more… can meet your needs and help you to achieve your corporate compliance goals.  Ask us about our new customizable Mobile Compliance Officer App for compliance policies at your employees’ fingertips!

Come visit the Click 4 Compliance Booth!