Corporate Compliance Plan Riordan

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Corporate Compliance Plan - Riordan
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Corporate Compliance Plan – Riordan

      MEMORANDUM
      To: Corporate Officers, Directors
      From: Dr. Michael Riordan
      Cc: Lowell Bradford
      Re: Corporate Compliance Officer

      Since its conception Riordan has taken all the necessary precautions to ensure that our organization complies with all legal matters as it concerns to our organization. As our business requirements change it is imperative that our organization remains focused and ensures that all departments are in compliant within the laws that govern our business. At the suggestion of our corporation’s legal counsel Litteral & Finkel, we will be establishing a new position Corporate Compliance Officer (CCO) to our team who will report directly to Lowell Bradford, Chief Legal Counsel (CLC).
      Good corporate governance practices lead to better compliance, but more importantly these behaviors lead to better organizational operation and increased shareholder and stakeholder confidence because of the increased visibility and monitoring that is put in place. Corporate governance is a term that embodies all of the process, policies, procedures and records that an organization uses to make decisions and carry those decisions out.(yahoo groups, 2009, p. 1). The CCO will work directly with the Litteral & Finkel to establish a Corporate Compliance Plan that will address key legal liability areas using the following as a guideline.

Alternative Dispute Resolution
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