Handbook of Compliance and Integrity Management: Theory and Practice

Handbook of Compliance & Integrity Management: Theory and Practice is the first resource to provide a scientific analysis of the nature of compliance. It examines the subject from such crucial and varied perspectives as ethics, behavioral science, risk management, accounting, and European and international law. Much more than a critical approach to the existing practice of supervision, it provides a wealth of information, guidance, and valuable insights for the day-to-day work of compliance officers.

With chapters contributed by lecturers of VU University Amsterdam s flourishing post-doctoral Executive Master Program in Compliance and Integrity Management which fosters alternatives such as greater trust in self-regulation and market discipline the book explores such aspects of compliance and integrity management as the following:

What s in this book:

monitoring risk compliance and integrity;

stakeholder and reputation management;

conflicts of interest;

anti-bribery;

export controls;

extraterritorial jurisdiction of U.S. legislation;

fraud;

duty of care;

market abuse;

privacy; and

competition.

The analysis throughout is supported by a comprehensive study of the literature concerning the raison d'être of supervision and regulation.

How this will help you:

Meeting the need for an in-depth analysis of the expanding field of compliance and integrity management, this book is a milestone in a field that is rapidly growing in importance across a wide spectrum of business and professional activity. It will prove an essential practical resource for company or institutional officers worldwide in setting up a compliance function in their organization.

Well known as a consultant in compliance-related matters, Sylvie C. Bleker-van Eyk is currently Senior Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers Forensic Services, Chair of the Supervisory Committee on Monitoring Anti Money Laundering Policy at WODC, the Research and Documentation Centre of the Netherlands Ministry of Security and Justice, and Professor and Program Director of Postgraduate Education in Compliance and Integrity Management at VU University Amsterdam. Raf A. M. Houben is Head of Compliance and Security at HDI Global SE The Netherlands in Rotterdam, and program coordinator and lecturer at the same Postgraduate Education in Amsterdam.