A riveting look at the perpetrators, victims, and whistleblowers behind financial crimes, from forensic accounting expert and documentarian Kelly Richmond Pope. Have you ever wondered why Bernie Madoff thought he could brazenly steal his clients' money? Or why investors were so easily duped by Elizabeth Holmes? Or how courageous people like Jeffrey Wigand are willing to become whistleblowers and put their careers on the line? Fraud is everywhere, from Nigerian "princes," embezzlers, and Ponzi schemers to corporate giants like Enron and Volkswagen. And fraud is costly. Each year, consumers, small businesses, governments, and corporations lose trillions of dollars to financial crime. We're so accustomed to hearing about fraud that our abilities to identify it and speak about it are limited. No more. In "Fool Me Once," renowned forensic accounting expert Kelly Richmond Pope shows fraud in action, uncovering what makes perps tick, victims so gullible, and whistleblowers so morally righteous, while also encouraging us to look at our own behaviors and motivations in the hope of protecting ourselves and our companies. By the time you finish this book, you'll have a better understanding of--and perhaps even compassion for--perpetrators, a renewed connection to victims, and an appreciation for those who blow the whistle. Filled with fascinating stories and insightful analysis, "Fool Me Once" will open your eyes and challenge your thinking. It will inspire you to question your own preconceived notions about fraud. It will challenge your beliefs about yourself and other people. And it will help you understand a phenomenon that most of us fail to grasp--until it's too late.

CPE: 2 hours

Field of Study: Behavioral Ethics

Knowledge Level: Basic

Prerequisites: None

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. The presentation will discuss the changes in the ESG compliance landscape the roles both Internal Audit and GRC must fill for their companies.

The learning objectives for this session are: 

1. Educate on the ESG compliance requirements
2. Present the role internal audit should play in ESG, including specific actions that should be taken
3. Describe how ESG fits into GRC, including specific actions that should be taken

CPE: 1 hour

Field of Study: Auditing

Knowledge Level: Basic, Intermediate

Prerequisites: None

Built strategically, an environmental, social and governance (ESG) program creates valuable impact within your organization. As many companies begin their journey, they face the challenge of aligning their organizational and ESG strategies, while recognizing the material issues and risks that present. In this session, risk advisory and ESG specialists will discuss how to align your organization’s strategy with your ESG priorities through an interconnected approach that supports the execution of strategic initiatives, when implemented in a coordinated effort.

After completing this session, participants should be able to:

1. Understand how to prioritize ESG strategy and applicable material issues relevant to your organization 
2. Identify effective ESG strategies, the impacts, opportunities and risks to your organization 
3. Examine how to assess the risks and opportunities the material issues present, and leading practices to manage these risks and optimize opportunities

CPE: 1 hour

Field of Study: Auditing

Knowledge Level: Basic

Prerequisites: None

Investigate an ethical dilemma with Red Flag Mania, where you and your team determine the outcome. Lives are at stake, but so is the bottom line. As an excutive, your decisions matter. Time is ticking, the company is burning through money, and stakeholders are at odds. Choose your own adventure, the ultimate decisions are in your hands.

CPE: 2 hours

Field of Study: Behavioral Ethics

Knowledge Level: Basic

Prerequisites: None

With diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) awareness rising worldwide, organizations that nurture a fair workplace will thrive. Internal audit (IA) has the skill set to help organizations track their DEI goals, advise on tackling cognitive biases, and accelerate building an all-inclusive culture.
This session will focus on the topics covered in the recently published series produced jointly by Deloitte, the Internal Audit Foundation, and The Institute of Internal Auditors (The IIA) on internal audit’s opportunity and obligation to nurture an inclusive culture by starting within its own function.
The goal of the session is to highlight the role of IA to aid in the broader organization DEI Strategy / priorities, as well as what IA departments can do to foster DEI within their own function.

Upon completion of this session, you will be able to:

1. Learn more about the current DEI landscape.
2. Discover how IA can leverage their skills to support DEI initiatives within their organization. 
3. Explore how internal auditors can continue to foster DEI within their own function.

CPE: 1 hour

Field of Study: Auditing

Knowledge Level: Intermediate

Prerequisites: None

There is an estimated 7.9 Trillion dollars of lost productivity in the workplace due to disengagement.

How do we make work, less work? 

We are in the midst of a crisis of commitment in the workplace—organizations are searching for engaged employees (“talent”) and employees are looking for a place to thrive. Both are struggling. What if the issue isn’t good or bad culture, but the fit between our ideal work way of working day-to-day and that of the companies we join. If we fit, we hum, we connect, we create momentum and do our best work with grace and ease because our creative energy is not eaten up in coordination cost and deciphering how to be a success–we just are. But the wrong fit has serious consequences. It can erode performance, drive up frustration, and steal our competence. The good news is, there is a way forward. Through his decades of experience and exhaustive research, including in-depth interviews with knowledge workers and leaders from all walks of life, Dr. Martin guides talent and organizations to find right fit.

The point. When the way a company works matches the natural preferences of its talent, the result is pure magic. To get there, we need to be much clearer about our work principles, practices and platforms, especially in a hybrid world.

CPE: 1 hour

Field of Study: Personnel/Human Resources

Knowledge Level: Basic

Prerequisites: None