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This Preventing Discrimination and Harassment training course will help you recognize discrimination, harassment and retaliation and deal with them appropriately. It will address the following issues:(1) Why do you need to be concerned about discrimination, harassment and retaliation? (2) What are the key laws and policies that you need to be aware of? (3) What must you, as a supervisory employee, do to comply with and carry out our organization's responsibilities under these laws and policies?

This Internal Controls training course is intended to increase your awareness and understanding of internal controls — what they are, why we have them, and how they affect your day-to-day job responsibilities.

To access the Internal Controls Training Course, visit <a href=http://www.ethicsxchange.com/topic/35539-internal-controls>www.acc.com/…;.

This Hazard Communication (HazCom) training course provides the information and training on HazCom required by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and many states' laws. After completing some basic material, quizzes and exercises, you'll play a game that will test you on the key topics.

Come and hear experts discuss how to avoid becoming a target of the regulators, i.e., EEOC or DOL. The panelists will address how to best respond to a systemic discrimination or class claim investigation from the agencies, including a discussion of their subpoena power and the subject matters on which they have been focusing over the past year.

The recession is causing every industry to rethink its strategy on generating income and revenue. The nonprofit sector is no exception. In fact, some would argue that the philanthropic dollar has never been more competitive. In light of this economic environment, venture philanthropy is on the rise and the savvy in-house practitioner needs to be prepared to assist clients in structuring nontraditional revenue-generating relationships, while protecting the corporation’s brand, tax status and its resources.

A powerpoint presentation on privilege in the international arena.

Under the Obama administration, companies should expect to see a shift in OSHA's emphasis toward greater standards enforcement and away from voluntary partnerships. Employers should prepare for the agency to focus on OSHA recordkeeping, new safety and health standards, a Federal ergonomics standard, and ongoing Congressional debate to the OSH Act. This session will also address actions that in-house counsel can take today to remain on top of the changes and assure compliance.

Gone global? More and more companies are stretching their operations across the world; in-house employment lawyers can no longer afford to be experts only in US employment law. Instead, those who work for multinational companies must be able to manage complex multijurisdictional human resources projects, as well as employment issues arising in many countries simultaneously. This panel will address some of the key challenges such as managing global reductions in force, and provide advice on best practices.

Since the 2004 revisions to the US Sentencing Guidelines, many companies have invested significant time, energy and funds to enhance their internal ethics and compliance programs and infrastructures to ensure that they are effective at detecting and deterring criminal and unethical conduct.

Sarbanes Oxley gave jurisdiction over whistleblower complaints brought under this statute to OSHA and provides that corporate employees can file a complaint if they reasonably believe they were retaliated against for disclosing conduct that violates any provision of federal law relating to fraud against shareholders. Well, you just received a notice from OSHA notifying your company it is a respondent. What next? Learn the developments in SOX whistleblower case law, and strategies for managing whistleblower complaints to avoid high-profile litigation.

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