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| The SEC Wants Your Company to Be 'Cultured' |
 For many corporate counsels, "culture" and "compliance" seem to be mutually exclusive concepts. Where's the best place to start in assessing the impact of the company's culture on the ability of the company to stay out of trouble? -- By David Gebler
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IRS Finds $345B Tax Gap in 2001
The Internal Revenue Service said taxpayers shortchanged the government by $345 billion in 2001, with the biggest problem among people failing to report income from business ventures.
Why CFOs Leave
While most CFOs leave for positive reasons, such as retirement or a better offer elsewhere, 11 percent leave because they don't see eye to eye with the board or CEO, and five percent due to compliance pressures and deadlines, a survey says.
Companies Admit to Poor Risk Management
Many corporate leaders lack confidence in their organization's risk management controls, but they're taking steps to improve, according to a Protiviti study.
Enron Trial: Day-by-Day Briefing
Get briefed on the important court happenings in the fraud trial of former Enron executives Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay.
Opinion Poll
Do you think 'complex' accounting rules give companies the opportunity -- or make it easier for them -- to commit accounting fraud? Results
New Poll: Are you following the Enron fraud trial of Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling? Vote Now
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About Working Values
Working Values, Ltd., a SmartPros company, has earned a reputation as a worldwide leader in helping organizations align workplace behavior with their values and standards. We take clients beyond generic compliance to create ethics initiatives that address their unique cultural attributes. The results are learning and communication programs that are meaningful to employees' daily lives, and result in meaningful changes to the organization and how others regard it.
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