VinciWorks’ first course on the Modern Slavery Act, Modern Slavery: Preventing Exploitation, focuses on giving staff a broad overview and introduction to forced labour and other abuses that the new Act was designed to tackle. Our next Modern Slavery Act course is at an advanced level aimed at those who have already completed the introductory course or need more in-depth training. Modern Slavery: Practical Steps for Procurement is tailored to the supply chain side of a business, giving procurement teams real-life scenarios and practical steps to identify and act on modern slavery abuses across all parts of the supply chain.

Countries with a high risk of modern slavery

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Our course highlights the countries where workers have the highest risk of being held as slaves.

Learn from real-life examples

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Learn how to spot signs of modern slavery from real-life examples

Interactive review questions

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Participants can review what they have learnt with interactive scenarios and real examples

Participants will gain an understanding of the supply chain hot spots, such as third party suppliers, outsourcing and international supply chain issues, as well as expanded red flags and abuse indicators. Upon completing the course, participants will be better equipped to ask the right questions to their suppliers. Here are some of the features of the new online course on modern slavery.

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Administrators can now force any user to reset their password when they next login to the Learning Management System (LMS).

This is useful in a variety of cases, such as:

  • If you add a user with a temporary password
  • If a user has a very simple password that you would like them to change
  • Periodic cyber-security clean-up.

To access this feature, click on ‘Add New User’ or select a user and choose ‘Edit User’ in the menu. There you will find a tick-box to force password reset.

Force password reset

You can also force a firm-wide password reset. Email our support team for further instructions.

Firms that license the Continuing Competence Module (CCM) now have the ability to create a separate login page for the CCM. This enables firms to create a fully immersive continuing competence experience that is separate from regular online training. On the ‘competence only’ login page, users focus on the reflection and planning stages of their learning before diving directly into their learning record.

This login page can be created through a straightforward modification to the regular LMS hyperlink.

How to create the direct hyperlink

To do so, simply append competencylogin.aspx to the end of the regular link. The new link should look something like this:

https://LINK-TO-THE-LMS/competencylogin.aspx

Note: Firms that use Single Sign On should append ssocompetencylogin.aspx.

When a user logs into the system with this URL, they should see the Continuing Competence Module:

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Searching and filtering in the LMS is now much more powerful. Administrators can perform multiple searches, make selections and perform actions on those selections. The LMS retains selections throughout multiple searches.

How to take advantage of this feature

One common way to use this feature is for enrolling multiple users in a course. You can search for a user, tick their box and then search for another user. You can do this multiple times without being concerned that your selection will be forgotten.

Selection retained on search

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the new EU-wide law that comes into force from 25 May 2016. As this is a piece of EU legislation, there is now uncertainty about whether the regulation will be adopted in the UK, or whether the UK government will produce its own version.

But even if the regulation is ignored by UK authorities, all British companies that trade with EU countries must abide by the legislation. So what is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – and what impact will it have on UK organisations?

GDPR in a nutshell

The GDPR has been created by the European Commission to strengthen data protection for individuals within the EU. A key aim is to give citizens control of their personal data and to simplify the regulations for international businesses. The new regulation replaces the data protection directive (95/46/EC) and was adopted on 27 April 2016, entering application on 25 May 2018.

The GDPR applies to both controllers and processors of data. Controllers are organisations that determine how and why personal data is processed; the processor acts under the controller’s guidance.

Data protection rights for individuals

Individuals’ rights have been expanded under the GDPR. Key rights for individuals include:

  • Right to be informed – of how their data will be processed and used
  • Right of access – to their personal data
  • Right of rectification – if data is incomplete or incorrect
  • Right to erasure – also known as the right to be forgotten
  • Right to restrict processing – gives people to the right to block processing of their data
  • Right to data portability – people can move, copy or transfer the data
  • Right to object – to their personal data being processed
  • Rights related to automated decision making and profiling – gives people the right to not be subject to a decision based on automated decision making (i.e. not involving human intervention)

Obligations for data controllers and processors

GDPR also expands protections for individuals by increasing the requirements for organisations that control and process personal data:

Accountability and governance – “You are expected to put into place comprehensive but proportionate governance measures. Good practice tools that the ICO has championed for a long time such as privacy impact assessments and privacy by design are now legally required in certain circumstances.” – Information Commissioner’s Office

Breach notification – under GDPR, organisations will be obliged to notify relevant authorities of certain types of data breaches.

Transfer of data – GDPR includes a restriction on the transfer of personal data to countries outside the EU. This ensures that the protection of the GDPR is not undermined.

Is your organisation prepared to meet the requirements of GDPR, and do your employees understand the implications of the new legislation? Will the new rules create new work for your organisation – or will you be able to meet the new standards with ease?

You can find out by taking our FREE GDPR online training course. This GDPR eLearning module provides answers to questions including:

  • What does the GDPR mean for you?
  • How does it apply to the UK post Brexit?
  • Will the DPA change?
  • What will you need to do differently?

Ernst & Young released their Global Fraud Survey at the end of 2016. What can we learn from this research into 2,800 senior executives, spanning 62 countries?

The good news is that most respondents view fighting corruption as a priority, with 91% stating that it’s important to know the ‘ultimate beneficial ownership of the entities they do business with’. And 83% support the trend towards prosecuting individual executives for corporate corruption, believing that this is an effective deterrent.

However, fraud and corruption still appears to be widespread – 39% consider both to happen widely in their country.

Respondents justify unethical behaviour

Remarkably, a significant minority of executives (36%) believe that unethical behaviour can be justified if it improves their company’s performance. One third would be willing to justify unethical behaviour during an economic downturn. An alarming number of CFOs and finance directors would justify unethical conduct such as offering entertainment, gifts or cash bribes. This admission may alarm many organisations who might view their financial leaders as ‘safe hands’ – the least likely to put the company at risk. And while these results vary regionally, the data is a worrying reminder that organisations must never be complacent.

Prosecutions target responsible individuals

The Global Fraud Survey reminds us that board members and senior managers are increasingly in the spotlight, and are likely to be held accountable for issues that once would have been blamed on the company. It’s becoming much harder for executives to hide behind the walls of their employers, with legislators now going after culpable individuals.

Yates Memo

This view is reinforced by the Yates Memo, written by Deputy Attorney General of the United States, Sally Yates: “One of the most effective ways to combat corporate misconduct is by seeking accountability from the individuals who perpetrated the wrongdoing. Such accountability is important for several reasons: it deters future illegal activity, it incentivizes changes in corporate behaviour, it ensures that the proper parties are held responsible for their actions, and it promotes the public’s confidence in our justice system.”

This means that board members and senior executives must be confident in their procedures for preventing and detecting fraud, and confident in their ability to demonstrate these processes.

Whistleblower’s reluctance

Hotlines for whistleblowing are commonly available (55%) but the research suggests that many employees are reluctant to use these services, with 37% citing loyalty to their colleagues, or loyalty to the company, as reasons for not reporting incidents of fraud, bribery and corruption.

While the Ernst & Young survey offers some signs of hope, it also brings a stark reminder of the powerful forces that can tempt good people to make bad decisions. It’s a timely reminder of the need to remain vigilant – even when fraud and corruption seem like other people’s problems.

Data Protection: Privacy at Work

VinciWorks has just released the only data protection course your company needs. This course
combines the latest in policy and law with best practice guidelines for data protection. It provides real-world scenarios, interactive features and review questions to test participants’ understanding of key points. To begin, an interactive game will guide users through the complex web of decisions that every business must make when it comes to implementing data protection policies, providing a deeper understanding of the core issues.

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Course modules such as Protecting Personal Data are chosen based on each users needs

Industry and Role-specific Customisable Course

This 20-minute course is our most customisable yet. At the start of the course, each user specifies their individual role, responsibilities, location, and more to create a user-specific learning plan. With over 1,000 different course options available, anyone in your organisation can take this data protection course.

After taking the course users will:

  • Understand how data protection affects real-world scenarios, with review questions to test participants’ understanding of key points
  • Know the latest in policy and law with best practice guidelines for data protection
  • Know how to comply with data protection laws for the user’s specific role in your organisation
  • Learn how changes to regulation like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) affect their work

The Christmas and New Year break tends to be a time when we take stock of our lives – and employers can find that staff have spent the holidays brooding over problems at work or even dusting off the cv and looking for a new job. So what can organisations do to make sure everyone’s on board.

Modern Slavery Freedom

Section 54 – What Does It Mean For My Business?

The Modern Slavery Act has been in force for little over a year. Some large corporations are already finding it difficult to keep track of modern slavery in their supply chains. For example, in June 2016, farmers Jaqueline Judge and Darrell Houghton were found guilty of trafficking Lithuanian workers to the UK and exploiting them as modern slaves. These men were expected to travel the country to catch chickens and often had lunch breaks and facilities such as toilet breaks withheld from them. This blog sheds some light on section 54 of The Modern Slavery Act.

Section 54, Part 1 – 4: Transparency in Supply Chains

Part 1 – 4 of The Act explains who is required by law to provide a statement and when it must be updated. If your organisation provides a good or service and has an annual turnover of at least £36 million, you are required to create an annual Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement. Here, a slavery and human trafficking statement is defined as a document detailing the steps the organisation has taken to ensure human trafficking and slavery does not take place in its supply chain or business. The statement should be updated each financial year and refer to the previous financial year.

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