Webinar: Driving Business Value Through Investigations
Learn how management techniques and processes can help assure that the investigation process survives as an embedded, yet independent, business function.
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Held on: December 5, 2006
Duration: 1 hour
Presenters:
Meric Bloch, Global Vice President and Investigative Counsel, Adecco S.A.
Dan Karson, Executive Managing Director and Counsel, Kroll
Who Attended:
- Compliance Officer
- Human Resource Professionals
- General Counsel
- Chief Compliance Officer
- Operations Process Improvement Professionals
Until recently, the internal-investigations function of a compliance office was often treated as an afterthought. Whistleblower hotlines and online ethics training shared most of the spotlight. In many companies, significant investigations were farmed out to outside counsel, and the investigation of less-significant cases was not much more than just memorializing what happened for the compliance office’s file.
As more investigations are being handled in-house, a competent investigation staff not only needs to be proficient in investigations techniques, it requires compliance officers to ensure that the investigation process survives the company’s internal political forces.
Mr. Bloch talked about management of the investigative process within the corporate environment. The focus was directed to the management techniques and processes which can help assure that the investigation process survives as an embedded, yet independent, business function.
That said, the best defense is prevention. Dan Karson, of Kroll, discussed the business value that adequate processes and practices can have to the enterprise by avoiding the problem in the first place. Mr. Karson’s presentation included the importance of conducting background checks. Topics covered:
- The mind set of management when it comes to investigations
- Using investigations as business intelligence
- Integrating the process with other key departments and their limitations
- What to do with your findings (reports, bulletins and counseling)
- Proactive marketing (i.e. risk audits)
Takeaways:
- Insights into how business executives may view your functions
- Steps to ensure you learn of incidents when they arise
- Ways to market the value of investigation findings.
Presenters:
Meric Bloch is Global Vice President and Investigative Counsel in the Office of Business Ethics and Compliance of Adecco S.A., the world’s leader in human resources and staffing services with 6,600 locations in over 70 countries and territories. Mr. Bloch conducts internal investigations, manages the internal-investigations process throughout the company, and trains employees in key internal departments to conduct investigations. He also speaks frequently within Adecco and to compliance professionals on such topics as business ethics, investigative techniques, and lessons learned from earlier business investigations.
Daniel Karson is Executive Managing Director and Counsel of Kroll, a leading global risk consulting
company headquartered in New York with offices in more than 65 cities and over 25 countries. Based in the New York office, Dan has more than 30 years’ experience directing investigations of business crimes and regulatory violations. His practice areas include major fraud investigations and cases involving litigation support, contests for corporate control, crisis management, asset searches, gray market diversion and due diligence.
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