ATE - Escalating Compliance Challenges for Supply and Marketing Chains

Governments at home and abroad increasingly look to corporations to solve international problems. The compliance burden is substantial and growing. Not only must companies ensure that their own employees do not violate anti-bribery and anti-money laundering laws, sanctions and export regulations, they must vet and monitor their supply and marketing chains for potential misconduct.A new California law requires disclosure with respect to forced and trafficked labor in the supply chain and, any day now, we'll learn more about the government's expectations with respect to 'conflict minerals'. At the same time, companies must ensure that they're not working with anyone on any of the hundreds of international watchlists. How can companies remain both compliant and competitive? Listen to this one-hour webinar on compliance challenges, recent benchmarking by TRACE and one proposed solution based on social media principles.Our Experts:Alexandra Wrage is the president of TRACE. She is also the author of Bribery and Extortion: Undermining Business, Governments and Security and the host of the training DVD Toxic Transactions: Bribery, Extortion and the High Price of Bad Business produced by NBC. Ms. Wrage has written three compliance guidebooks and is a guest blogger on the Huffington Post. She speaks frequently on topics of international law, innovative compliance initiatives and the hidden costs of corruption.\r
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Ms. Wrage currently serves on the Independent Governance Committee (IGC) of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), football's governing body. She has previously served as Chair of the Anti-Corruption Committee of the ABA's International Section and Chair of the International Legal Affairs Committee of the Association of Corporate Counsel. She has participated in anti-bribery working groups with the OECD and the UN Global Compact. Ms. Wrage was named one of the 'Canadians Changing the World' by the Toronto Globe and Mail in 2011 and one of Maryland's Most Admired CEOs in 2012 by the Daily Record.\r
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Prior to founding TRACE, Ms. Wrage was international counsel at Northrop Grumman where she was responsible for managing and improving the company's compliance program, including policy revisions, training, monitoring and board briefings.\r
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Ms. Wrage, a Canadian, studied law at Kings College, Cambridge University. She lives now in Annapolis, Maryland, with her husband and two sons.