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By Debra Rade on March 12, 2013
Another word of warning, especially to smaller businesses. The phishers are trolling for you, placing new lures for their malware (malicious software) aimed toward your computer. Larger and global companies tend to have more sophisticated spam detection but the “spaminator” doesn’t always work at your local Outlook mailbox. Here is the most recent attempt […]
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By Debra Rade on November 30, 2012
Does your business swim in a pond that is likely to be phished? Will your business be the target of hackers? What are the chances of your company getting scammed in Internet schemes? Are you or your employees likely to be duped into revealing personal or confidential information which a scammer can use illicitly? What […]
Posted in Corporate Governance, Policies & Compliance, General Counsel & Corporate, Not for Profit | Tagged BBB, better business bureau, board of directors, CEO, compliance, director, general counsel, governance, phish, phishing
By Debra Rade on February 28, 2012
Has Dodd-Frank spawned a cottage industry of fraudsters? The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports its staff is receiving numerous complaints about whistleblowers. Well, not real whistleblowers. Fictional whistleblowers and fraudsters. And they will call you or e-mail you at the office or at home. Seems SEC staff is rather inundated with complaints about […]
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By Debra Rade on December 24, 2011
It’s a “real life” Christmas story for members of the Board of Chicagoland Toys for Tots. According to a Chicago Sun Times report (12/20/11), the story began in April 2011 when the Board learned that at least $25,000 had been embezzled. Ordinarily, the charity buys about 20,000 toys each Christmas and distributes them to Chicagoland’s […]
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By Debra Rade on June 2, 2011
Referencing the beginning of the 2011 hurricane season, the Internal Revenue Service encourages individuals and businesses to safeguard their tax and business records against natural disasters by taking several simple steps discussed below. It’s ironic that the IRS is referencing hurricane season when the significant devastation from deadly tornadoes has been most prominent in […]
Posted in Corporate Governance, Policies & Compliance, General Counsel & Corporate, Not for Profit | Tagged #business records, #hurricane, #IRS, #records retention, #tornado
By Debra Rade on January 20, 2011
It’s not unusual for not for profit board members to fail to scrutinize the financials. This isn’t good. There are likely several reasons why this routinely happen. After all, many NFP directors: are not compensated for their work; see their primary responsibility on the board as attracting new members, helping to seek more contributions and […]
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