August 17, 2026 Boards and senior decision makers are surrounded by information. They receive reports, presentations, risk assessments, legal opinions, audit findings, forecasts, dashboards, and recommendations. They also ask questions. Yet neither the volume of information nor the existence of questions guarantees a sound decision. A critical issue is often...
Mike Masoud | July 15, 2026 Money laundering risk is not limited to banks, casinos, or financial institutions. Ordinary businesses may also be misused to move, disguise, justify, or return illicit funds. The risk may appear in a customer payment, vendor invoice, refund request, third-party payment, or transaction that seems...
Mike J. Masoud | July 3, 2026 Governance failure does not always begin with silence. Sometimes it begins with questions that sound responsible but fail to test the substance of what matters. “Was it approved?”“Was the policy followed?”“Was the report submitted?”“Did management review it?” These questions may be useful, but...
Mike Masoud | June 20, 2026 A company can have a 100% training completion rate and still be indicted six months later. That isn’t a coincidence. It’s a predictable outcome of how most anti-corruption training is built. Thousands of organizations require this training every year. Employees attend. Certificates are issued....
Mike Masoud | June 17, 2026 Five Takeaways for Boards and Management Low reporting numbers are not automatic evidence of integrity. They may indicate fear, silence, distrust, or lack of confidence in the process. Supervisors often determine whether concerns are escalated or buried before they ever reach the formal reporting...
By Mike Masoud, June 10, 2026, Published on The AACI Blog Organizations invest heavily in governance. They establish boards of directors. They adopt policies and procedures. They create internal controls, compliance programs, risk management frameworks, ethics initiatives, reporting mechanisms, and oversight committees. Regulators often encourage or require these structures, and...
Why senior appointments are a governance decision, not an HR one — and what boards must do differently Mike Masoud | June 3, 2026 Five Takeaways for Board Members Five Takeaways for Board Members A poor senior hiring decision can import corruption risk before any transaction, approval, or policy breach...
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