Eye on Compliance 2012
Soft controls On Thursday 9 February 2012, Ernst & Young organised the seventh edition of the annual Eye on Compliance event. This years' topic was ”Soft Controls”. The day was chaired by Angelique Keijsers, partner Fraud Investigations & Dispute Services / Compliance Services. Angelique opened the seminar by pointing out the increasing number of rules and regulations, the importance of self regulatory norms and how risks can be managed through hard and soft controls respectively.
Our guest speakers, Ronald Jeurissen, Jeroen Brabers and Bianca Bernecker shared their insights and experience regarding the design and implementation of soft controls. They addressed questions such as “What are soft controls?” and “How do you assess the need for soft controls within your organisation?”. These presentations were followed by a panel discussion on the topic. Wijand Nuyts, head of the "Culture, Organisational Behaviour & Integrity” department at the Dutch Central Bank and Ronald Meeder, Director Business Management Rabobank Amstel and Vecht, joined Angelique Keijsers and Jeroen Brabers in this very interesting discussion.
Ronald Jeurissen
Ronald Jeurissen, professor of Business Ethics at Nyenrode University described amongst others the nature of soft controls and how effectiveness of soft controls can be measured.
Jeroen Brabers and Bianca Bernecker
Jeroen Brabers, director of integrity at TNT Express, and Bianca Bernecker, integrity training specialist at TNT, provided the business perspective. They provided insight on how soft controls work in a company with a track-record in integrity matters such as TNT Express.
You can find the full program here.
