You Can’t Make a Smoothie Using Only Bananas: A Conversation about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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You Can’t Make a Smoothie Using Only Bananas: A Conversation about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

To be different in a homogenous environment can require wearing an “invisible jacket” – heavy, clunky and uncomfortable. You hide your true self in order to fit in, you code-switch to be accepted and not experience bias, and you return home at the end of the day exhausted from faking it to make it. This requirement is changing, as it should! But the change is a journey, and it takes all of us taking it one step forward at a time. Implementing DEI initiatives in the workplace helps increase creativity, attract talent and help with the bottom line by ensuring that everyone – everyone – feels safe, supported and like they belong. The ultimate goal of inclusion is allowing us to remove that invisible jacket and be seen for everything we are.

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How to Fall Victim to Investment Fraud 

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How to Fall Victim to Investment Fraud 

While we may think it is a safe bet to invest with large financial institutions, it’s important to remember that Bernie Madoff sold to individual investors and to large financial institutions. There's no safe haven in investment fraud, and it will take victims wherever it can as long as there is money to be made.

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Heard in the Halls: Many Facets of Fraud

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Heard in the Halls: Many Facets of Fraud

“This is my fourth year, it’s great to be back in person and see everyone. My coworkers are here with me who I haven’t seen in two years! I thought the session about having an independent monitor [5B: Making Lemonade from Lemons: How to Benefit from the Imposition of a Monitor] was a really informative session, it matches up really well with my work as fraud investigator. I’m also going to be presenting Wednesday [SS22: How to Eliminate Uncertainty in Your Audits and Investigations], it’s going to go over some fundamental building blocks of a solid audit.” — John Clabaugh, CFE, Investigative Consultant, Liberty Forensic Advisors

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Heard in the Halls: Past, Present and Future

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Heard in the Halls: Past, Present and Future

“I just graduated college in May, so I’m looking forward to the next step and careers I can go into. I love being here. It gets me into the mindset of where I want to go in my career. This is the environment to be in to see your future goals achieved. There's a lot of opportunities I didn’t know about before I got here.” — Kirra Clark, Student Intern, John J College of Criminal Justice

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Heard in the Halls: Looking Forward After Pre-Conference Sessions

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Heard in the Halls: Looking Forward After Pre-Conference Sessions

“Right now I couldn’t be better — I just won the raffle for the free CFE Prep Course so that will make the planning for the test easier now. I’m looking forward to [Shades of Green: The Rise of ESG Fraud panel]. When that one who popped up on the schedule my manager said ‘you have to attend that’ so I’m super excited not only because of my company but also myself that’s such a hot topic.”

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