The gap between the issuance date of a law and the effective date is called vacatio legis. The reason, in general, for a law not to enter into force on the date of its publication is because the legislator wishes to provide society with time enough to become aware and prepared to respect its content.

The compliance officer is briefly the facilitator in consolidating a culture of compliance within the organization, and should be the first to set an example, with respect to behaviors and attitudes when interacting with internal and external clients.

Regardless of whether an employee is hired under an employment contract or just by signing in the employment and social security card, his / her initial duty of loyalty to the company is not challenged, which after all, pays his / her compensation for their services and waits in return for his / her commitment to the development of the corporation's business.

On the afternoon of April 15th, a webinar was held with the topic "Compliance Investigation", led by Alexandre Dalmasso, partner and responsible for the Ethics and Compliance Practice Group. The webinar aims to discuss the best practices and main challenges for successful compliance investigations, unraveling the investigation phases, identifying gaps in the process and how to implement improvements based on the results obtained.

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At the beginning of the millennium, when the so-called 1st compliance wave occurred, a document started to gain evidence: the Code of Conduct.

Some time ago, I came across an unusual situation ... there was a company that allowed its employees to use a taxi as a mean of transportation due to some need related to the company's business. There were no major controls and, oddly enough, a receipt from the taxi was not even required for accountability.

Although several governments are striving to combat and mitigate corruption and its consequences, since talking about eradicating corruption is an almost utopian task, it is important to know the world´s players in this fight.

Corruption Perceptions Index or simply CPI is an index created by a non-governmental organization named Transparency International (www.transparency.org), which, among other purposes, has set out to monitor countries' progress in fighting corruption around the world.

Red flags mean situations that deserve special attention and that must be carefully observed by managers and, mandatorily, by compliance officers and auditors. In short, they are warning signs, which should not and cannot be ignored.

This is certainly a question that concerns many managers and even many compliance officers or even those responsible for providing guidance within an organization.

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On the afternoon of February 19th, 2020, a webinar was held with the topic "Critical Points in the LGDP Suitability Process". Speakers of the webinar were: Alexandre Dalmasso, responsible for the Compliance area and lawyer Douglas Leite, our data privacy leader. The speakers used their experience in LGPD compliance projects to draw the audience's attention to the critical success factors in implementing a similar project.

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My name is Alexandre Dalmasso,  I have a law degree specializing in compliance. I started to interact with issues related to ethics and compliance in 2002, but only in 2005 is when I started to work totally dedicated to the topic. In Brazil, the topic called the attention of countless professionals over the past few years with the rampant growth of several training and certification courses, which is a great indicator for a country that has been trying to get rid of the taint of corruption in order to allow the sustained growth of the economy and foster the increase in employment and entrepreneurship opportunities.