Like most large multinational companies, Dell Inc. engages with many third parties across its business and around the world. And that means Dell’s chief compliance counsel, Joseph Burke, has his hands full on most days making sure those third parties are trustworthy.
That’s why Dell and Burke, the company’s global coordinator of compliance counsel, have turned to a risk-sorting system that helps them put the most company resources where the risks are highest — and save when it determines the risks are lower. The idea seems to meet with government approval. In its latest guidance on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the U.S. Department of Justice says that the “assessment of risk is fundamental to developing a strong compliance program.”
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