Corporate Integrity – A Toolkit for Managing Beyond Compliance

Donna Kennedy-Glans & Bob Schulz have put together a comprehensive toolkit for managing Corporate Integrity beyond compliance.

Many companies already know about the value of implementing an “ethics and integrity program” and they have created elaborate ethical policies to protect themselves from compliance related issues. However, they often fall short when aligning their “corporate walk with their corporate talk.”

Corporate Integrity – A Toolkit for Managing Beyond Compliance is a great book to help organizations align their “corporate walk with their corporate talk.” The authors state,

“Compliance is a minimum standard of corporate performance and is often insufficient response to a corporation’s integrity values” and

“Overall, this is a practical how-to book that tailors, aligns, and consolidates business tools that enable companies to effectively and efficiently operationalize business integrity values.”

Corporate Integrity is divided into three parts:

Part 1: New Frontiers in Managing Corporate Integrity

Part 2: Process for Managing corporate Integrity and Scenario Applications

Part 3: The Road Ahead For Corporate Integrity

Each part has detailed Business Tools that will allow you to measure, monitor, and manage integrity. Some of the tools outlined in this book are:

• The Integrity Ladder

• Stakeholder Grid and Impact Assessment Tool

• The Integrity Grid

• Permeation of Change Model

• Adapted Best Practices Tool

• Benchmarking Practices

• Community Investment Strategy Tool

I would highly recommend this book, Corporate Integrity, to any Ethics Professional interested in improving their Compliance and Ethics Program.

By: Joseph Dustin

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Principles of Fraud Examination 2nd edition by Joseph T. Wells

Joseph T. Wells is a master at communicating fraud examinations techniques to those interested in Occupational Fraud and Abuse. The Book, Principles of Fraud Examination, starts off with a basic overview of the history of Occupational Fraud and Abuse. Touching up on subjects like Donald Cressey’s Fraud Triangle, Dr. W. Steve Albrecht’s Fraud Scale, Richard C. Hollinger’s and the Hollinger-Clark Study, and a ton of statistics from the 2006 National Fraud Survey conducted by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. (ACFE)

The book is well laid out with three main categories of occupational Fraud and Abuse (Corruption, Asset Misappropriations, and Fraudulent Statements). The book then breaks each section down further into specific areas to help Fraud Examiners categorize each type of fraud. Each chapter ends with a summary, essential terms, review questions, discussion issues, and endnotes. Perhaps the most useful tool for fraud examiners is the addition of Proactive Computer Audit Tests for detecting the many of the different types of fraud. These tests will provide details that can help an organization detect occupational Fraud and Abuse.

While some books about fraud can get boring, Principles of Fraud Examination 2^nd edition, keeps you entertained by giving real world examples pulled from different areas in the financial world. Joseph T. Wells brings Occupational Fraud to life with his enthusiasm and dedication in Fraud Examination. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a better understanding of Occupational Fraud and Abuse.

By: Joseph Dustin

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