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Beginner-friendlyCompliance: how a rule gets followed
Work out where a rule comes from, how a company turns it into something a hand does, which rules every organisation meets, and what happens when one is broken.
4 chapters · 15 lessons · about 69 min in total
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Chapter 1Where a rule comes from4 lessons · about 18 min
01A rule does nothing by itself
Tell apart a rule on paper from a rule being followed, and spot the gap between them.
About 5 min
02Law, watcher, policy, desk
Trace a rule from Parliament to the person whose hand does the job, and name each step.
About 5 min
03A fine that is a share
Work out why a fine is written as a share of what a company earns, and what a licence is worth.
About 5 min
04One watcher for each trade
Sort who watches what, and spot the three tools every watcher has.
About 5 min
Chapter 2How a company builds it4 lessons · about 18 min
05Start where the risk is
Work out a rule's risk before and after a control, and say where the attention goes.
About 5 min
06Three lines
Tell apart who does the work, who checks it, and who checks the checkers.
About 5 min
07Written, taught, proved
Trace a rule from a policy to a trained hand to a record, and spot where the proof goes missing.
About 5 min
08The target beats the rule
Work out how a sales target can overrule a written rule, using what happened at Wells Fargo.
About 5 min
Chapter 3The rules everyone meets4 lessons · about 19 min
09Personal data has rules
Spot what counts as personal data, and work out what the 72-hour clock and the 4-in-100 fine do.
About 5 min
10A gift, a bribe, or a conflict
Tell a gift from a bribe, spot a conflict of interest, and name the six things a company must have.
About 5 min
11Washing dirty money
Put the three stages of money laundering in order, and spot where a bank is meant to notice.
About 5 min
12Fixing the price together
Work out what a cartel does to a price, and why the first to confess pays nothing.
About 5 min
Chapter 4When it goes wrong3 lessons · about 14 min
13Someone speaks up
Trace what happens to a report from the inside, and work out why a tip finds more than an audit.
About 5 min
14The ladder of enforcement
Put a watcher's steps in order, and tell a deal from a trial.
About 5 min
15One scandal, taken apart
Take the Volkswagen diesel case apart with everything in the course: the rule, the lines, the target, the tip and the ladder.
About 5 min