Is Australia doing enough to prevent corruption? Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (2018) suggests a Federal ICAC might help. By Scott McLintock, Director, CurbyPartners Transparency International recently released the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2018 (see link here to the results). The CPI ranks the perceived corruption levels that exists in the public sector across…
Language throws up red flags in Dawson case By Paul Curby, Director, CurbyPartners CurbyMcLintock Partner, Paul Curby, featured in episode 15 of the award winning true crime podcast, ‘The Teacher’s Pet’, created and produced by Hedley Thomas (see link here to episode 15 of The Teacher’s Pet). The podcast investigates the 36 year unsolved disappearance of…
A ‘Speak Up’ Culture – a value proposition By Scott McLintock, Director, CurbyPartners As a value proposition, investing in your corporate culture is as important as research and development, marketing and service delivery. This article touches on the benefits of having a hotline as a pillar of a strong ethics and compliance program driving solid…
The Cost of Lies By Paul Curby, Director, CurbyPartners No-one likes to lie. It is difficult for people to lie. Most people won’t directly lie, when confronted, they just won’t tell the whole truth. They want to offer the listener or reader, a version of events and make it believable. Typically, when someone tells a…
ACFE 2018 Report to the NationsThe ACFE has recently released their 2018 report to the Nations. This document reports in detail on occupational fraud. Some key points in the document are: 10th edition of the largest global study on occupational fraud 2,690 real cases of occupational fraud Data from 125 countries 23 major industry categories…
