Certificate in Corporate Compliance

Students will learn to:

• Articulate the goals of an internal investigation and the various steps necessary to achieve those goals
• Identify actions that ought to be taken at the outset of an investigation to preserve documents and confidentiality and prevent further liability risks
• Appreciate the nature and extent of legal constraints on conducting investigatory interviews
• Analyze what, if any, actions to take on the basis of the facts uncovered during an internal investigation
• Describe potential variations in state and national laws potentially affecting workplace investigations

Students will learn to:

• Identify key sources of law applicable to the Internet as a decentered, community-standards focused network system
• Assess risks to cybersecurity from mismanagement, crime, terrorism, and war
• Evaluate proposed changes in the law related to cybersecurity and assess their implications for the industry and civil society

Prerequisite: INDL7550 Cybersecurity I

Students will learn to:

• Apply industry-leading data security and privacy compliance frameworks to realistic examples
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative cyber risk assessments and transfer cyber risks
• Prepare for and comply with legal requirements relating to data breaches and other legal process for digital information

Students will learn to:

• Apply the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to different business practices and technologies
• Incorporate key principles of European human rights law into an analysis of data protection practices and policies
• Anticipate future directions in the evolution of European data protection and information privacy law

Students will learn to:

• Analyze the operations of banks and financial institutions to determine whether they are in compliance with the provisions of the Money Laundering Control Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, and associated regulations
• Identify best practices in the financial services and banking sectors in addressing concerns about financial crimes, including “know your customer” programs and associated reporting systems
• Identify red flags in banking and financial services accounts and transactions that necessitate further investigation of customers, with particular reference to politically exposed persons, correspondent banking, and trade finance transactions at the international and domestic levels

Students will learn to:

• Evaluate how complex privacy regulations apply to particular types of financial institutions and transactions
• Recognize triggers for the various disclosures, notices, and reports required by the major statutory regimes
• Asses potential legal liability stemming from privacy and security breaches and design appropriate responses

Students will learn to:

• Identify red flags in business activities that would require further assessment for compliance with anti-corruption laws
• Analyze company activities to determine whether they violate the U.S Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the UK Bribery Act, or other laws
• Articulate the key elements of a global anti-corruption compliance program

Students will learn to:

• Assess governmental compliance rules and regulations
• Analyze existing case authority in implementing current and future compliance policies
• Formulate conceptual frameworks for future compliance strategies in corporate governance

Students will learn to:

• Identify the basic legal issues that arise in starting, operating, and terminating a business
• Evaluate the legal obligations of agents, partners, and corporate officers and directors
• Propose terms to be incorporated into articles, agreements, or bylaws to solve particular business or organizational problems

Students will learn to:

• Identify situations in which important employee protections — including antidiscrimination, leave, and wage and hour protections — may be implicated in employment decisions
• Analyze potential legal claims and defenses arising in an array of work-related circumstances
• Apply risk-management strategies to address or reduce potential legal risks