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“May you live in interesting times” is, I believe, an old chinese curse. I do not know how interesting you judge recent events in world banking to have been but many commentators have called them “unprecedented” and are in little doubt that they presage bad times to come.
The old adage- what goes up must come down - teaches us that nothing continues unchanged over time. And bearing in mind that chickens always come home to roost should we not have been prepared for this turn of events? Easy to say now but when the good times were rolling a fear of missing the gravy train seems to have had a seductive effect. The boundaries of what was deemed acceptable became more and more stretched and less and less notice was given to the problems being stored up. Apparent freedom to do anything we want was over-ridden by a fear that we should do as everyone else or we might lose out. Sheep-like, keen to get on the bandwagon, many of us followed those who promised the earth, did not question what was happening and chose not to think about the consequences. If everyone is doing it, it must be OK. Right? Wrong.
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Articles of interest |
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Conflict in the Workplace
HERE IS THE CITY NEWS, 18 November 2008
Economy Promises to Fuel Résumé Fraud
The Wall Street Journal, 17 November 2008
The secret credit agency
guardian.co.uk, 15 November 2008
Prepare for more information access requests businesses told
shoosmiths, 11 November 2008
IT contractors left out in the cold by the credit crunch
Press Release, 7 November 2008
Government departments lose £4.3m to staff fraud
Personneltoday.com, 4 November 2008
Iran minister sacked over forgery
BBC.co.uk, 4 November 2008
Thirty organisations are under ICO investigation over data breaches
out-law.com, 29 October 2008
Employee fraud rises as credit crunch hits
Personneltoday.com, 1 September 2008
Dean resigns for role in granting unearned degree
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 19 August 2008
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Conferences & Events |
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The FSA has said, "Once an employee has attained competence, a firm must
ensure that the employee remains competent ... It is important that
training to maintain competence is effective and purposeful".
Conference and events from CIFAS:
CIFAS Data Security Seminar with Field Fisher Waterhouse
CIFAS Office, London, 10 December 2008
CIFAS Two-Day Conference and Exhibition: Raising Performance in a Changing Fraud Landscape
The Belfry, West Midlands, 18-19 March 2009
For more information for the above events, please contact: dean.bove@cifas.org.uk
Organisational Restructuring
JSB Training and Development, London, 2 - 3 December 2008
Annual HR Planner
Field Fisher Waterhouse, London, 21 January 2009
Mitigating People Risk: Applying Theory to Practice
Securities & Investment Institute, London, 24 February 2009
The Role of HR in Mergers and Acquisitions
JSB Training and Development, London, 25-26 February 2009
Challenging Conversations - how to handle them effectively
HDA, London, 26 February 2009
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