While the report presents interesting statistical factors and underscores the need for BDs to stay on top of compliance, beyond the nature of exhortation there is little of value in the suggested ways to improve compliance.

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Councils' compliance with the best- value rule would also be checked using a beefed-up version of the Audit Commission's annual comparisons of their costs and efficiency.

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The Audit Commission's report warned the Labour-controlled council it must improve in its compliance with contract procedure rules, demonstrating good value for money, reporting to elected members and dealing with whistleblowers.

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What is the value to your company of instituting a compliance regime that covers the business-critical process of e-discovery.

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Most definitions place significant emphasis on enterprise value preservation, which largely comprises of rules, regulatory compliance, risk management, and other types of watchdog activities.

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This leaves expensive, robust compliance programs collecting dust, while violations continue to fester, eroding shareholder value.

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Wall Street has plenty of compliance and monitoring systems, and regularly trots out its risk valuation models when talking about daily value at risk in trading operations.

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