Professional Ethics: Improving Psychological Safety in the Workplace

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Professional Ethics: Improving Psychological Safety in the Workplace

As a keynote speaker at the 2021 ACFE Fraud Conference Canada, Garth Sheriff, CPA ,CA, CIA, and founder of Sheriff Consulting, turned the audience’s attention to the topic of psychological safety. Acknowledging that many audience members may not have heard that term before, Sheriff chose to define it through a number of examples that painted clear images of how psychological safety impacts a workplace.

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Tech Expert Takara Small Encourages Proactive Thinking Towards Fraud and Risk

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Tech Expert Takara Small Encourages Proactive Thinking Towards Fraud and Risk

Takara Small, a technology expert, journalist, podcaster and media personality, took the virtual stage during the ACFE’s 2021 Fraud Conference Canada to discuss the importance of a proactive approach toward minimizing fraud risk. Her presentation engaged virtual attendees and emphasized due diligence and education.

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What an FBI Section Chief Has Learned Investigating Virtual Currencies

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What an FBI Section Chief Has Learned Investigating Virtual Currencies

At this year’s virtual 2021 ACFE Government Anti-Fraud Summit, attendees walked away with a wealth of knowledge on fighting fraud in law enforcement and government agencies. The opening keynote address was given by Aaron Tapp, section chief of the financial crimes section of the FBI. Tapp’s position grants him the unique ability to oversee all of the FBI’s financial crimes programs — and his past experience as a special agent connected him with agents around the globe to detect, disrupt and prosecute those who fund terrorism.

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Experts to Discuss Emerging Technology, Ethical Decision Making, Burnout and More at Canadian Anti-Fraud Conference

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Experts to Discuss Emerging Technology, Ethical Decision Making, Burnout and More at Canadian Anti-Fraud Conference

Hundreds of anti-fraud professionals will hear from director and CEO of FINTRAC Sarah Paquet, tech journalist Takara Small, Gold AE whistleblower Andre Gauthier and more at the virtual 2021 ACFE Fraud Conference Canada, November 7-10.

One of the speakers, Garth Sheriff, CPA, CA, CIA, will discuss the pivotal role psychological safety plays in preventing fraud in organizations. Sheriff, the founder of Sheriff Consulting, told the ACFE that employees need to have psychological safety in order to maintain an ethical culture. “Psychological safety is a shared belief that a team and organization are safe for interpersonal risk-taking,” Sheriff said. “There are numerous examples … in which pervasive low psychological safety within an organization can cause an individual's ethical decision-making system, or that provided by their profession, to retreat in fear.”

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What We Can Learn From the Wirecard Whistleblower

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What We Can Learn From the Wirecard Whistleblower

The Wirecard scandal was one of Germany’s biggest accounting frauds, and many anti-fraud professionals followed the saga of its crash with baited breath. It makes sense, then, that virtual attendees of the ACFE Fraud Conference Asia-Pacific eagerly attended the conversation between Pav Gill, a lawyer best known as the Wirecard whistleblower, and Stefania Palma, a Financial Times Singapore correspondent who helped Gill break the story.

Wirecard, a German payment processor and financial services provider, crashed in 2020 after admitting to a €1.9 billion misrepresentation of funds. While the fraud rocked the fintech world at large, it also forever altered the life of Gill and his former colleagues. Given his significant role in the company’s downfall, Gill offered valuable insight during his conversation with Palma, which offered a platform for him to share his story and to address the lessons learned.

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An Introduction Into Australian Standard 8001:2021

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An Introduction Into Australian Standard 8001:2021

Roger Darvall-Stevens took the virtual stage at this year’s ACFE Fraud Conference Asia-Pacific in late September to discuss Australia’s recent updates to their fraud and corruption control standards. As the national head of fraud & forensic services for RSM Australia, Darvall-Stevens provided an elucidating introduction to Australian Standard 8001:2021, which provides a foundation for fraud and corruption control, prevention, detection and response.

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Wirecard Whistleblower Encourages Governments to Create Independent Whistleblowing Bodies

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Wirecard Whistleblower Encourages Governments to Create Independent Whistleblowing Bodies

Pav Gill, a former Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance lawyer, is best known for being the whistleblower who exposed Wirecard — one of Europe's greatest financial scandals. He will join other whistleblowers and leaders in the anti-fraud field as a keynote speaker for the virtual 2021 ACFE Fraud Conference Asia-Pacific, 22-24 September.

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