As an interface between the specialist departments and the management, compliance officers take care of the optimal flow of information between the company management and the specialist areas. From the differentiated competences to the different requirements for confidentiality, the officer must therefore take a look at everything.
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Maintain legal compliance
In order to ensure smooth business operations and maintain the legal conformity of a company, the compliance officer should not be involved in the company's own legal department as this can lead to conflicts of interest.
The optimal position of the compliance officer is therefore directly under the management of the company in order to ensure independence and a direct reporting to the management. Reports can thus reach the management bluntly.
Compliance officers are first responsible for the legal compliance of a company and its business processes.
Rechtsanwalt Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak, LL.M.
Tasks of the Compliance Officer
The tasks of the Compliance Officer are complex:
- Ensure compliance with legal and ethical requirements in the company by monitoring all operational processes and processes through a compliance management platform
- Research, collection and analysis of data and information to control the flow of information
- Ensure smooth business operations through continuous information flow and compliance risk analysis
- Information about legal innovations and changes to the compliance guidelines through training and training of staff
- Interface function as a point of contact between department heads and top management
- Examination for legal certainty of the directives applied by means of controlling through regular analysis
Continue to develop. From a seminar for beginners to training on the path to becoming a compliance specialist, we offer various levels.
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The IT compliance is legal
Just call us. We are happy to advise you. Legal, internal and contractual regulations prevail in the area of IT landscape. With the term IT compliance, we can describe compliance with the regulations in corporate management. Compliance in itself simply means that the applicable legal rules and recognized social values and norms within the framework of all corporate...
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Incentives in the Compliance Management System
We are represented throughout Germany. Visit our headquarters and our branches. An incentive is something that arouses interest. Incentives can motivate people to do something, for example in material or financial form. Our company law practice is not only at your side, but we support you in the implementation of compliance management as well as...
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Hidden values in the law
Practising compliance in a company does not mean adhering rigidly to paragraphs and regulations. Even if something is in accordance with the rules, it can still be immoral or immoral. This dilemma leads to compliance failing if it is directed solely at rules. As is well known, pure compliance management lacks a sense of enforcement of unknown values....
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Creating synergies through a culture of trust
Take a pinch of value-based compliance beginnings and a few standards-based compliance principles and we already have highly efficient compliance management for a company. In fact, both values and standards can strengthen a company's compliance management in a properly coordinated manner. Companies should therefore create a culture of trust and strengthen self-responsibility through compliance management. Values and standards should be in line with each other....
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External rules and one's own morality
If a misconduct generally contradicts one's own morality and that of the environment, this can prevent wrong conduct. Values and rules that are commonly used in a society form morality. People see moral action as just and agree with it. Purpose of morality In a society, ethical and moral values control the conduct of people's lives. Morality...
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Compliance Officer with Liability and Responsibility
With directors-and-officers insurance (directors-and-officers insurance, organ or manager liability insurance), a company can protect its compliance officer in the civil context. After all, the compliance officer is liable and responsible. A D&O insurance is a property liability insurance and belongs to professional liability insurance. The Chief Compliance Officer bears the highest liability risk. Lawyer Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak, LL.M. Insurance A D&O insurance includes a company for its institutions...
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Become a compliance officer with experience
Business administration, computer science, law – who wants to become a compliance officer creates a good foundation with a legal, business or information science degree. The more professional experience a compliance officer presents, the more salary he can demand. Lawyer Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak, LL.M. Gain experience A compliance officer should be familiar with the company in which he wants to perform the function as a compliance officer....
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Knowledge and skills of a compliance officer
Legal understanding, entrepreneurial understanding and security in the handling of data – these are the most important characteristics of a compliance officer. In addition, however, there is still further knowledge and skills that are among the requirements for a compliance officer. Strategic thinking is an ability that no compliance officer should lack. Lawyer Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak, LL.M. We offer you a further education...
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First Compliance Steps of a Compliance Officer
The first compliance steps of a compliance officer include the establishment of a compliance management system. For some companies, compliance is something completely new and they are just familiar with taking first compliance steps. Other companies have already established a fully-fledged compliance management system. We're professionals. Use a first compliance consultation. Compliance Analysis The compliance officer first deals with...
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Internal Compliance Officer
The larger the company, the more comprehensive the compliance requirements. A single internal compliance officer can therefore be required quickly. Finally, compliance is branched out into all areas of the company where laws and regulations prevail. Already in the light of the existing regulatory density for companies and entrepreneurs, cross-border activities, increasing regulation and, in particular, special liability for management bodies, today...