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U.S. law strictly prohibits offering or receiving bribes and gifts when doing commerce with people in or from foreign countries. This course provides a comprehensive overview of the FCPA. Portuguese-Brazilian version of the "The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) - An Overview" course.

Decision-making is a daily occurrence in the workplace. Making ethical decisions is important for everyone within an organization and those they serve. As a leader in the organization, we must ensure our team members are aware of the proper procedures for ethical decision-making and the numerous consequences that can occur if they are not followed. Big or small, an unethical decision can have a huge impact on the organization.

Equip employees to make the right choices in tough ethical situations. This updated eLearning course will help your employees learn how to recognize the most common business ethics and compliance situations they face every day. It provides a clear, easy-to-use model that will help them think things through to arrive at the most appropriate choice of action to take, ensuring the integrity of your organization. This is a Portuguese-Brazilian version of the "A.C.T. with Integrity™ Real Situations for Discussion".

Wage and hour laws were created in accordance with federal and state laws and are designed to take care of our employees. These policies apply to everyone within the organization and give management the opportunity to address issues immediately, which helps create an atmosphere of fairness for everyone.

Whistleblowers perform an important service by bringing to light allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement and by reporting what they reasonably believe to be evidence of wrongdoing. They must not be subject to or threatened with reprisal for doing so. Employees who blow the whistle play a critical role in keeping our organization’s programs and operations honest, efficient, and accountable. Federal laws (such as the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act) strongly encourage employees to disclose wrongdoing and protect whistleblowers from retaliation.

When employees fail to behave ethically and violate organizational policy, you must act swiftly to address the behavior and take the appropriate disciplinary action. Doing so will help protect the organization and avoid sending the wrong message throughout the workforce. Promptly responding to violations of policy is one of many ethical issues that come up in the workplace.

Ethics concern an individual's moral judgments about right and wrong. Decisions taken within an organization may be made by individuals or groups, but whoever makes them will be influenced by the culture of the company. One area of concern within many organizations is the gathering of competitive information. Collecting information about your competitors makes good business sense. However, you must do so in an ethical and reasonable way. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen. If you ever find yourself in this situation, it helps to know how to act.

More employee lawsuits are being won on grounds of retaliation than for any other reason. Remember, retaliation means “revenge.” In employment law, it involves an employer taking an adverse action against an employee who has engaged in a legal activity—an activity that the law believes is in the public interest. When your company is sued for unlawful retaliation, it doesn't matter if you're right or wrong. If you go to trial, what matters is how the situation looks to a jury.

Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting systems, networks, programs, devices and data from cyber-attacks. These attacks are usually aimed at accessing, changing, or destroying sensitive information; extorting money from users; or interrupting normal business processes. By understanding terminology, possible targets and the consequences of cyber-attacks, we can all minimize the potential impacts, gain value in your cybersecurity efforts, and even prevent future attacks.

New Micro-Learning! Although living our daily lives with ethics and integrity may seem simple enough, often times we can find ourselves in difficult situations when making the right decision is not always easy or clear. You will face choices every single day that impact your success, and the success of your organization.