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With you for over 10 years – committed to compliance and integrity!
Na Skladnem zajtrku z informacijskim pooblaščencem, ki je potekal 4. marca, se nam je kot gost pridružil mag. Andrej Tomšič, namestnik informacijske pooblaščenke RS. Pogovarjali smo se o aktualnih vprašanjih varstva osebnih podatkov in vlogi funkcije skladnosti pri zagotavljanju zakonite in odgovorne obdelave podatkov v organizacijah.
V pogovoru smo se dotaknili predvsem: aktualnih izzivov pri izvajanju pravil varstva osebnih podatkov v praksi, pričakovanj nadzornega organa do organizacij in njihovih notranjih kontrol, sodelovanja med funkcijo skladnosti, pravno službo in pooblaščencem za varstvo podatkov (DPO), ter pomena preventive, ozaveščanja in notranjih mehanizmov za zmanjševanje tveganj.
Razprava je pokazala, kako pomemben je odprt dialog med regulatorji in strokovnjaki iz prakse, saj prav takšne izmenjave pomagajo bolje razumeti pričakovanja nadzornih organov ter krepiti učinkovite sisteme skladnosti v organizacijah.
Piše: Lili Preinfalk, študentka Pravne Fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani, v okviru prakse pri EISEP
Na srečanju članic in članov strokovne skupnosti EISEP Skladni zajtrk smo gostili Suzano Gerner, psihologinjo, performance coachinjo in trenerko komunikacijskih veščin in mag. Aleša Vičiča, poslovnega in športnega psihologa in TEDx govorca.
Predsednica EISEP, Andrijana Bergant je naprej predstavila ključne ugotovitve aktualne raziskave Corporate Compliance Insights. in se nato v panelu z gostoma pogovarjala o tem:
Kaj sploh pomeni (psihološka) odpornost in kaj vključuje?
Ali se odpornosti lahko naučimo?
Razumevanje vzorcev v medsebojnih poslovnih interakcijah in kako nas spretna komunikacija varuje.
Kako ločiti stres od stresorjev in kako jih obvladovati?
Ali poklic pooblaščenca za skladnost – zaradi svoje narave – pritegne ljudi, ki smo osebnostno bolj nagnjeni k prevzemanju prevelike odgovornosti?
Katere psihološke, vedenjsko-kognitivne in komunikacijske tehnike lahko uporabimo za večjo psihološko trdnost v našem poklicu?
Na tokratnem srečanju se nam je v prvem delu pridružil podpredsednik ICA, Tim Tyler, ki je govoril o upravljanju tveganj v svetu nestabilnosti, negotovosti, kompleksnosti in dvoumnosti (vključno s tveganji zaradi digitalnih sredstev). Obenem pa ste dobili tudi ključne informacije o mednarodnih strokovnih kvalifikacijah s področja skladnosti, ki jih podeljuje ICA, v sodelovanju z univerzo v Manchestru (Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester).
Na prednovoletnem Skladnem zajtrku smo se skupaj s karizmatično olimpijko in psihologinjo dosežkov, Sara Isakovic podali na osebno pot do zmage, kjer smo delili svoje cilje za leto 2024, odpirali vrata v svet motivacije ter izvedeli principe vrhunskih dosežkov ob ohranjanju dobrega mentalnega in duševnega počutja.
Na srečanju nam je Sara delila dragocene nasvete o obvladovanju stresnih trenutkov s tem, kako ključno je usmeriti pozornost na pravilno dihanje in nam predstavila pozitivne vplive čuječnosti na naše fizično in duševno zdravje.
Na vprašanje Andrijana Bergant, LLB, MBA, AICA o 5 najbolj priporočenih metodah, ki jih lahko uporabljamo za krepitev psihološke odpornosti, je Sara priporočila naslednje:
Srečanje smo zaključili s prazničnim druženjem in drug drugega navdihnili za smele načrte v 2024! Hvala vsem, ki ste se pridružili temu čudovitemu dogodku in delili svoje misli ter izkušnje!
At the last event in 2020, the Compliance Breakfast, on December 16, 2020, we virtually discussed whistle-blowing in Slovenia in the light of the current situation. Above all, we were interested in how we deal with whistle-blowing practice in companies and what is the role of compliance professionals in this. In addition, we debated about the readiness of Slovenian organizations for the EU Directive on the whistle-blower’s protection. Ivan Gale joined us as the main guest of the event. At the end, we also wrote down some compliant New Year's vows.
In Zagreb and Ljubljana, we reunited a community of compliance professionals from Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia, who strive for higher professional achievements, with the aim of a more detailed presentation of internationally recognized, professional qualifications in the field of business compliance and financial crime prevention, presented to us by Andrew Clark, MA , from the International Compliance Association ( ICA) . Read more here.
The last event of the 2019, the Compliance breakfast, took place on Thursday, December 19, in Cafe Slamič, on Kersnikova ulica in Ljubljana. In the pre-New Year's atmosphere, professionals who presented the compliance programs in their companies, joined us: mag. Mojca Logar, Head of Law / Compliance, LIDL Slovenija, d.o.o. k.d., mag. Andrej Šercer, Director of Risk Management and Compliance, Vzajemna zdravstvena zavarovalnica, d.v.z. and Rok Praprotnik, AICA, Director of Compliance and Integrity, NLB d.d. You can read more about them here. At the end, we discussed plans for 2020 and looked at the overall state of compliance practices in Slovenia, based on a pilot survey.
See more photos in the gallery.
The presentations used by our guest Andrew Clarke at the event are available here: ICA Hot Topic AML Feb19.Slovenia in Slovenia March 19 ICA Briefing Event slides . See also a short video and photos from Zagreb and Ljubljana below.
Two events took place in Zagreb and Ljubljana, which were intended for a detailed presentation of the certification programs that are available in Slovenia from 2018 onwards. Tom Perry from ICA and Jonathan Bowdler from ICT also presented the benefits of membership in the global ICA compliance community. Jonathan Bowdler, who has a 17-year career in compliance, also shared with us his views on the “culture of compliance” and what the role of compliance professionals is in it. We are proud to have connected the local community of compliance professionals with these reputable and experienced international organizations.
Our guest this time was Ms. Jenny Schmigale , Compliance Manager at Scandlines. In addition to compliance management, she is also responsible for risk management in the company and for coordinating the field of internal audit.
In the company of fellow risk managers and internal auditors, we discussed with the guest the importance of the tone from the top and how we can help the management to provide it both at the preventive level and at specific events. (14-12-17)
This time we invited journalists.
• What should compliance pay attention to when building a risk protection system in relation to the general public? Do we understand the role and effects of social media well enough?
• How do journalists think about what they are most interested in and what they expect in case of detected violations?
• Are they also interested in good stories and how to communicate them?
• Can we rely on objective and credible reporting in our environment?
• What impression do familiar stories from the front pages leave us? How can the compliance profession contribute to building trust?
We talked about this and other things with coffee and croissants with Anžet Voh Boštic, an investigative journalist and the founder and editor-in-chief of Pod črto. (26-11-17)
This time the theme of the Compliance Breakfast was “Compliance 2.0”, which is a term that is supposed to mean a new stage in the development of the profession and the profession of compliance. We have focused on the trends for the profession of compliance and the development and change of good practices of compliance and business ethics.
With us was guest Annie Wartanian Reisinger, a law graduate from Georgetown Law School in Washington, D.C. For the past decade, she has been practicing law in Washington and in an international setting. She specializes in anti-corruption legislation, export control, investigations and compliance, and works in law firms as well as a lawyer for Fortune 50 companies. (19.06.2017)
At EICE, we strive to create opportunities for dialogue with various stakeholders, including regulators, so that we can better understand their expectations regarding the role of compliance and business ethics experts. At the same time, we have the opportunity to present our work and the challenges we face. We therefore invited regulators from various fields, such as insurance, banking, securities markets, as well as personal data protection, market and labor inspections, etc., to Compliance breakfast.
The invitation was kindly accepted by dr. Mojca Piškurić from the Insurance Supervision Agency, mag. Andrej Tomšič, Deputy Information Commissioner and Tomaž Rotovnik from the Bank of Slovenia, and representatives of the ATVP were also present.
The focus of the debate, led by Andrijana Bergant, was that banks should further emphasize their compliance and ethics efforts in their risk management reports, and that continued (diplomatic) efforts should be made to ensure the independence of the function in order to be the regulator's attention focused on "market conduct" in the field of insurance, and that the IP Office will want a lot of cooperation with the commissioners who will be responsible for the protection of personal data under the forthcoming regulations. (24/03/2017)
Last Compliance breakfast of 2017 was moderated by Mateja Geržina, Director for Human Resources and Compliance from the holding company Triglav INT. In the company of Tatjana Habjan, an experienced auditor, and Matjaž Hafner, a compliance expert, she led a discussion on various aspects of cooperation between the two functions. We extracted the goals we pursue in this collaboration, shared different views and experiences, and debated about dividing lines and points of contact between the two functions. At the end, we drew 5 conclusions regarding the opportunity for even better cooperation between the compliance and internal audit functions in 2017, taking into account trends and current and changing challenges of the environment in which we operate.
The compliance function and the implemented system of comprehensive risk management are indispensable components of a successful corporate governance system. Therefore, this time, in co-organization with the SI.RISK Association, we talked about:
Participants were mostly from the financial sector, energy, telecommunications and insurance; Compliance breakfast, 10.03.2016
In a pleasant morning atmosphere, we debated the current case of Volkswagen. EICE guest, Boštjan Okorn, explained the essence of the fraud committed by the named corporation. The heart of the problem is that we do not have adequate legislation in the field of car exhaust pollution in Europe and much less control. This is also why the fraud was only discovered by a US regulator.
Participants agreed that the corporation took advantage of the t.i. gray box, unfortunately not in a way to act fair (“even if no one is watching”), but by deception. The entire automotive industry has a chance to reflect on how they will act in the future in the case of gray fields, even though some big competitors are currently only dealing with mutual accusations and conspiracy theories. The VW affair is probably just the tip of the iceberg (or an era as one of the participants sympathetically mistaken)? The majority opinion was that, at least in Europe, VW would not suffer any serious consequences, as consumers would forget the scam and continue to trust this brand of vehicle. In addition, Andrijana Bergant shared with the participants what she was particularly inspired by as a specialist in compliance and ethics and her seven New Year's vows. Of the latter, we highlight the two most interesting: a greater presence in the field, among co-workers and middle management, and the need to be prepared to accept all the consequences of their actions, especially unpopular ones. (04.12.2015)
At morning coffee and croissants, we debated the position of the compliance function in relation to the governing bodies. How do members of management bodies understand its role in companies and what do we expect from each other?
This time we therefore invited the CEOs as guests, who are those stakeholders with whom compliance officers simply need to work well and effectively. The keynote speakers, Mr. Krun Abramovich and Mrs. Katja Jelerčič, were asked questions such as: what is the understanding of the compliance function in companies, what are the differences and connections between the concepts of compliance and ethics, what do members of management expect from compliance experts, etc.
Mr. Abramović sincerely emphasized that his first and most important goal is profitable business, and that he lacks more opportunities for flexible rewarding or disciplining of employees in case of non-compliant conduct. Mrs. Jelerčič spoke openly about the efforts of our only mutual health insurance company to continue building a healthy corporate culture and to improve its reputation, which has been severely affected by the inconsistent practices of the former management of the insurance company. We also talked about how to prevent or manage the inevitable conflict of interest in situations where management is not fully committed to compliant and / or ethical conduct. It is good practice for the compliance officer to always have a direct reporting line to the supervisory board. On the other hand, participants were of the opinion that such a practice is not always the best, and that in certain cases the management should be the first and only one with which the compliance officer communicates and cooperates, even if they do not agree in certain situations. (01/06/2015)
At the meeting entitled "How does the compliance officer report on his work?" the guests, Gregor Strehovec from SKB banka d.d. Ljubljana and Rok Praprotnik from NLB d.d., presented their experience in reporting on their work. Gregor started reporting at a time when the awareness of compliance was still quite modest, so he relied mainly on the experience of colleagues from a foreign parent company. However, he soon found that the reporting system actually allowed him to design content according to his feelings, to set goals for himself and to present his work in some way through reports, so he strived and also managed to have a high level of autonomy when reporting and is also trusted by the management and supervisory bodies. However, Rok began with reporting in his organization at a time, when the level of awareness of the advantages and importance of an effective compliance policy was already at a much higher level. Nevertheless, he noted that management and control bodies are traditionally still mostly interested in the situation regarding abuses, fraud and other events that have already taken place. However, he himself began to draw attention to prevention and the future, also through his reports.
Participants agreed that through reports, compliance officers can make an important contribution to assessing the effectiveness of compliance, as well as to understand the role of this function within the company. In this way, reporting is also addressed in the guidelines for compliance management systems, ISO 19600: 2014. Without reporting, we cannot even talk about sustainable compliance and ethics. Of course, there are also challenges, e.g. “Self-censorship”, reporting on (in) sufficient resources, etc., which are completely solvable in this profession, but it is true that - unfortunately or fortunately - mostly only in the long run. (26.03.2015)
On 18 December 2014, EICE organized the first professional meeting in Ljubljana, Compliance breakfast, the theme of which was “Does managing conflicts of interest take away all personal contacts and all the fun?”
Of course, the answer to such an absolute question is NO. At the first Compliance breakfast, we debated with a 360-degree approach about what are the challenges in managing conflicts of interest regarding such a human, everyday and traditional component of business relationships - gifting and hospitality. Should the company set absolute limits on unacceptable gifts, or should it rely (only) on the judgment and self-control of employees? What are the intermediate paths and nuances, what are our experiences, views and expectations regarding the regulation of this area in the organization, as well as the business compliance function in general, and how should this function prove its effectiveness?
In a pleasant and less formal spirit, we had a one-and-a-half-hour discussion on this, which was started by four ladies with their introductory speech:
- Cvetka Selšek, President of the Board of SKB
- Ksenija Butenko Černe, Member of the Board Leka, responsible for the business compliance function
- Barbara Rudmann, member of the board of directors of Johnson & Johnson SE Europe and head of business compliance for the healthcare business and
- Tjaša Kolenc Filipčič, president of the young managers section at the Manager Association.
The discussion was moderated by Andrijana Bergant.
Cvetka Selšek emphasized that, as with other things, common sense must be used in business gifts. Ksenija Butenko Černe pointed out that it is important and efficient that the purchasing and sales functions in the company are strictly separated. Barbara Rudmann presented an interesting practice, namely that the company does not gift its business partners at all, but despite this limitation, it still tries to motivate its sales staff. Tjaša Kolenc Filipčič pointed out the marketing aspect of this kind of behavior, namely that it is possible to convince the business and wider social environment even with a good story that such a way is better for everyone. (19-12-14)
