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10 Oct

Malta Chamber: The Ten Principles of Fighting Corruption

Posted by The AACI Academia, Business Ethics, CACF, CACM, Costs of Corruption, Ethics, Governance, Internal Control, Opinions, Principles of Fighting Corruption

October 10, 2020 The American Anti-Corruption Institute (AACI) presented the ten principles of fighting corruption at the Malta Chamber on October 8, 2020. In an online webinar panel setting, the event was in cooperation with Malta Chamber and GetGovernanz. Mike J. Masoud, CPA, CACM, CFE, MBA, The AACI’s Director of the […]

09 Oct

There Is Corruption But Also Hope

Posted by The AACI Ethics, Governance, Human rights, Internal Control, Opinions, Principles of Fighting Corruption

Technical StaffOctober 9, 2020 Mr. Masoud, the Sr. Director of The AACI in the Middle East and Africa, published an opinion in the Times of Malta under the title of this post. It is obvious that the fight against corruption is an ongoing one that requires all the nation’s collective […]

25 Sep

Volkswagen Emissions Scandal

Posted by The AACI Business Ethics, Costs of Corruption, Ethics, Governance

September 25, 2020Technical Staff A German court ruled that VW must pay for the damages it caused to its customers due to the fraud it committed via the emission scandal. Since September 18, 2020, when VE admitted to its fraud, we had serious doubts that there must be a wrongful […]

25 Sep

FinCEN Files: Key Findings

Posted by The AACI Business Ethics, FinCEN Files, Human rights, Internal Control, Opinions, whistleblowing

September 25, 2020Technical Staff The following are key findings of the FinCEN Files probe as published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). We credit the ICIJ for these findings and present them on our blog to share with our constituents to obtain a comprehensive overview of the revelations […]

25 Sep

FinCen Files Probe

Posted by The AACI Business Ethics, FinCEN Files, Governance, Internal Control

September 25, 2020Technical Staff An investigation by the International Consortium of Independent Journalists (ICIJ) uncovers the “role of global banks in industrial-scale money laundering — and the bloodshed and suffering that flow in its wake.” 1 This scandal is the tip of the iceberg in a rickety global banking system […]

24 Sep

The FinCEN Files Scandal: The Untold Stoy of the HSBC

Posted by The AACI FinCEN Files, whistleblowing

September 24, 2020 The untold story of the HSBC as revealed by the BuzzFeed News and International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is shocking, revealing, extremely serious, and alarming. Key Findings by the ICIJ HSBC moved dirty money while on probation for previous laundering lapses. The bank moved millions of […]

24 Sep

Effective and Good Governance

Posted by The AACI Academia, Business Ethics, CACM, Ethics, Governance, Internal Control, Opinions, Principles of Fighting Corruption

Mike J. MasoudSeptember 21, 2020 It is the third principle of the ten principles of fighting corruption. The following image shows these principles that form the benchmark for assessing and testing the effectiveness of fighting corruption strategies, policies, or plans. The shortest and most inclusive definition of governance is “the […]