The past few years have been a turbulent time for the international bank causing unparalleled financial and reputational damage as a result of a number of events of severe divergence and fraud on the CSR framework at HSBC and the global standards that HSBC abide by. HSBC was a case study for the United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) looking at U.S. Vulnerabilities to Money Laundering and Terrorist financing. Described by chairman Douglas Flint as the toughest in HSBC’s history the PSI concluded that HSBC, and its U.S. affiliate, exposed the U.S. financial system to a “wide array of money laundering, drug trafficking, and terrorist financing risks due to poor anti-money laundering (AML) controls” (United States …show more content…
communities to dubious personnel, entities and activities from known high-risk locations. The investigation identified that in 2010 HSBC was cited by the federal regulator, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), for a number of severe AML deficiencies, including a failure to monitor $60 trillion in wire transfer and account activity, a backlog of 17,000 unreviewed account alerts regarding potentially suspicious activity, and a failure to conduct AML due diligence before opening accounts for HSBC affiliates (United States Senate 2012). The PSI also found that the OCC had failed to take a single enforcement action against the bank over the previous six years, despite strong evidence of AML problems (United States Senate …show more content…
Specifically, the events were a deviation from the Strategy, Community and Sustainability dimensions of the HSBC CSR framework. As outlined earlier in the report Strategy, Community and Sustainability form important dimensions of the CSR framework. The strategy dimension specifically articulates that the HSBC’s approach to doing business relies on four pillars that ensure it delivers value to customers, shareholders and the community. The four pillars are illustrated in Figure 1. The incidents including AML deficiencies, conducting business with high-risk affiliates, circumventing OFAC conditions and conducting business with terrorists are in breach of these pillars due to conducting business outside of the group’s risk appetite, failing in the application of values and furthermore putting the long-term sustainability of the business at
Prior to Fuller’s transfer, management at the Carson’s location was poorly run using the classical approach. While this approach can be successful, management has to find a good middle ground between caring for the company and caring about their employees. A traditional classical approach recognizes that there are five important factors to running a successful business (Miller, 19). According to text, these factors are planning, organizing, command, coordination and control (Miller, 19-20). These factors can be seen when you look at Third Bank as a whole. In the study, the CEO saw the issues in his company and put a plan together to improve. He had meetings with management, like fuller, to organize a solution. He then commanded all locations
Wells Fargo account fraud scandal One of the most recent white-collar crimes involved Wells Fargo, a banking and financial services provider. In 2016, San Francisco-based bank Wells Fargo (WFC) employees secretly created millions of unauthorized bank and credit card accounts without permission of their customers. Opening about 1.5 million fraudulent deposit accounts and submitting 565,443 credit card applications allowed Wells Fargo employees to boost their sales targets and receive bonuses. Consequently, customers were wrongly charged fees for accounts they did not know existed. In this business crime scenario, Wells Fargo is involved in paying $185 million in fines and refunding $5 million to affected customers.
One of the most recent white-collar crime involved Wells Fargo, a banking and financial services provider. In 2016 San-Francisco based bank Wells Fargo (WFC) employees secretly created millions of unauthorized bank and credit card accounts without permission of their customers. Opening about 1.5 million fraudulent deposit accounts and submitting 565,443 credit card applications allowed Wells Fargo employees to boost their sales targets and receive bonuses. Consequently, customers were wrongly charged fees for accounts they did not know existed. In this business crime scenario, Wells Fargo involved to pay $185 million in fines and refund $5 million to affected customers. Also, around 5,300
This case is based on Mrs. Jennifer Sharkey, who sued J.P. Morgan & Co. (JCMC), Mr. Kenny, Mr. Green, and Mrs. Lassiter, alleging breach of contract and violations of the SOX anti-retaliation statute. The facts started when Mrs. Sharkey was assigned to a Suspect Client 's account where members of JPMC expressed to her their concern regarding to this account because they suspected that the Suspect Client was involved in illegal activities. After Mrs. Sharkey’s investigation, she claimed that she informed her conclusions to superiors Mr. Kenny, Mr. Green, and Mrs. Lassiter, of the Suspect Client 's potential unlawful activities, such as: money laundering, mail fraud, bank engaged in fraud, and violations of federal securities laws. After
The cons to the argument for saying the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is obsolete is discussed in the article With Wal-Mart Claims, Greater Attention on a Law by Charlie Savage. In this article Charlie Savage argues that the FCPA has always been a useful tool in stopping corruption but in recent years with companies becoming more globalized other countries gradually adopted similar laws, the United States has started to enforce it more strictly. The dollar amount of fines imposed by the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission has increased even more, including a record-setting $800 million paid by Siemens in 2008. Enforcement under the act has soared, from just two enforcement actions in 2004 to 48 in 2010. There are currently at least 100 open investigations, specialists estimate.
In the Frontline documentary “The Madoff Affair”, it is revealed and painfully evident that the ability to predict, prevent, and prosecute white collar crime is flawed and highly complicated even for the government. Frontline takes a look at the first global Ponzi scheme in history and helps create a better understanding of the illegal conduct that led to the rise and fall of Bernie Madoff and those associated with his empire (Frontline, 2017). When the leadership at the top of any organization is founded on lies, secrecy, and empowered by the leaders within the industry, the corruption is deep and difficult to prosecute. The largest stock market fraud in history reinforces the need for better government regulations, enforcement of the regulations, and oversight, especially in it’s own backyard (Yang, 2014).
In 2008 the worst financial crisis since the great depression hit and left many people wondering who should be responsible. Many Americans supported the prosecution of Wall Street. To this day there have still not been any arrests of any executive on Wall Street for the financial collapse. Many analysts point out that greed of executives was one of the many factors in the crisis. I will talk about subprime loans, ill-intent, punishments, and white collar crime.
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act’s policies haven’t really been implemented to the extent that regulators would have liked. Although the legislation takes many steps in addressing systematic risks in the United States financial system and improving coordination among regulators, some critics believe that alternative options might have been more effective. The coming years will give us a better understanding of how well the Dodd-Frank Act addressed these concerns.
In this paper I will identify and analyze the Wells Fargo scandal as it pertains to the breakdown of leadership and ethics. I will first identify and analyze the event and discuss the challenges and conflicts the scandal presented. Then I will evaluate the issue by explaining why the issue has interest and concern to stakeholders followed by discussing the challenges presented to individuals and/or organizations around this case. Lastly, I will recommend action steps that should be taken to those involved as well as discuss what I have learned from exploring this topic.
The large-scale multinational financial giants are probably represented by the renowned investment banks such as Goldman Sachs, UBS, D...
These CIBC clients entrusted the bank with their sensitive personal information in order to feel secure and to obtain the peace of mind that their financial affairs were protected by a well respected Canadian Bank. The financial information dealt particularly with RRSP plans and other investments which the clients rely on and save for in their retirement years. Rather than bringing them peace of mind that their financial affairs were protected, thousands of people now find that their sensitive information has carelessly been disclosed to unauthorized third-parties and possibly many other random unauthorized civilians.
In the government’s reaction to 9/11 came The Patriot Act. The Patriot Act is a law passed by the government to strengthen domestic security and broaden the powers of law-enforcement agencies with regards to identifying and stopping terrorists. Title three has provisions requiring banks to take steps to prevent money laundering (Ed Grabianowski). To better understand imagine the owner of an Arabic restaurant owner making money off of Americans a...
In this case study it was stated that there were a problem happen in the outsourcing for the Royal Bank of Scotland. What happen was there were an error that happen during the routine software upgrade that cause million of that bank customer cant access to their account. The error happen when one junior technician in India was accidently wiped all the information during the routine software upgrade. The member of staff that was working under the program for the Royal Bank of Scotland, NatWest and Ulster Bank and it was based in Hyderabad, India.
Offshore banking is the action of having a bank account outside of the country of residence. Since its start, offshore banking has become a considerably lucrative business. Many of those who take part in offshore banking are looking for a secure location to place their income or seize the opportunity of having lower taxes. However, there are those who misuse the privilege of a foreign bank and use the business ventures for illegal actions rather than the original purpose of the dealings. Offshore banks seem to have an impartial acceptance of quite a few clients within the bank that create a lower standard of ethics in contrast to the ethics meant to be held—this includes those of a political position. Furthermore, this has the potential to be detrimental to the economy.
Incidents of bribery, insider trading and money laundering represent significant concerns and they have resulted in strict law enforcement and the adoption ofethics programs in well over half of Western corporations. International public and private organizations now have an increased interest in ethical issues involving business, mainly in the field of corruption. The OECD and the International Chamber of Commerce are two exemplary organizations that have been combating extortion and bribery within the global marketplace. They are also indicative of the gradual agreement on some common, world-wide standards for global business