It’s good for your employees – and your business The good news is that in the past decade, we’ve seen an increasing acceptance of ‘mental health issues’ in the workplace: You’re no longer risking your career if you admit that you need time off to deal with depression, or suffer from seasonal affective disorder, or… Read more »
Some findings in a new report may surprise you We recently wrote about the need for fraud investigation teams in virtually all businesses – and that in most small and mid-sized organizations, there simply aren’t sufficient internal resources to deal with occupational fraud. One of the things we heard most often about that piece… Read more »
. . . Price is important. So are a lot of other factors. No one likes it, but it’s part of business: Sooner or later, almost every company finds that it needs to conduct an investigation to uncover potential wrongdoing by management, employees, suppliers, vendors or other third parties. Investigations… Read more »
Choosing a local partner can mean better results The past few years have seen a trend towards big companies who provide employment/background screening and corporate investigations on a national level, and on the surface this can make sense: If you’re a company with multiple locations across Canada, partnering with a single supplier means a… Read more »
No two corporate fraud and corruption investigations are the same: Some involve people, some involve processes, and still others involve outside companies or individuals. But no matter what kind of investigation you’re conducting, there are some steps that we know – from our 27+ years in business – are… Read more »
. . . . . PART I: Don’t let violence take your workplace by surprise When we’re engaged by a client to conduct an investigation or provide security after a major incidence of violence in the workplace, we often hear the same comment: “We were taken by surprise – we never imagined something like… Read more »
Whether or not they’re using company computers may be irrelevant. You’ve heard cybersecurity experts, corporate investigators and HR managers say it a million times: The biggest threat to corporate security are employees who haven’t been properly trained and/or don’t understand the risks. And that’s true. However, while many companies focus on the obvious types of… Read more »
Corporate investigations needs to stay ahead of the technology curve These days, there’s a lot of emphasis on cyber crime and the serious, business-debilitating repercussions that can happen when organizations find themselves the target of cyber attacks or computer-based fraud by employees. And there’s no question that as more companies depend on web-based applications… Read more »
Fraud happens in organizations. It’s important to be prepared. You gain an interesting perspective, working in corporate investigations and labour relations as long as we have. Most of the time, we see the best of people: Employees who truly come to work every day wanting to work hard and do the right thing; employees who… Read more »
Part II: Assessing the exterior physical environment In Part I of this series, we addressed the importance of putting a threat assessment team in place to ensure that workplace violence is minimized. Today we’re going to review one of the key factors in managing the risk of workplace violence: The physical environment. Of course every… Read more »
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