Our Legal Area Associate, carmen zarzo, has taught in Castellón a session on “Models of organization and management that include the appropriate surveillance and control measures to prevent crimes or to reduce the risk of their commission in legal persons” organized by Business Association of Training Centers of the Province of Valencia (CECAP).
carmen zarzo He addressed the legal framework that introduced in Spain the criminal responsibility of legal persons in addition to the reform of the Criminal Code that encourages companies to implement effective compliance models.
In Spain, 78% of companies with more than 5 employees have a compliance function, this percentage is drastically reduced when we talk about companies with less than 000 employees, standing at 5% in companies with less than 000 38 employees.
It is undeniable the effort that SMEs - which constitute the bulk of our business fabric - are making to adopt these procedures in their midst, but there is still much work to be done to put us at the level of Anglo-Saxon culture countries, cradle in the 70s and 80 of these practices.
As he explained carmen zarzo, establishing a culture of criminal responsibility in the company is increasingly necessary in the business environment, prevent-detect-correct are basic steps to implement a criminal risk management system.
Our lawyer presented the work model developed by Tomarial and also explained success stories in its application.
The compliance area of tomarial has experienced remarkable growth in recent years. The professionals in this department address issues such as the development and implementation of compliance programs, risk analysis and assessment, compliance management, communication channel management, self-diagnosis and procedure manuals for the prevention of money laundering, among others.
