Actieplan
Het Australische KPMG presenteerde recent al een actieplan, als antwoord op de verschillende integriteitskwesties. Het kantoor erkent daarin tekortkomingen op het gebied van vertrouwelijkheid, objectiviteit, omgang met een klokkenluider en intern toezicht.
Het programma richt zich op verbeteringen in governance, bedrijfscultuur, ethiek en interne controles. Daarnaast pleit KPMG in het plan voor betere bescherming van klokkenluiders en hervormingen van het partnermodel, inclusief meer toezicht en aansprakelijkheid.
Immediate actions, third-party reviews and next steps
KPMG Australia (KPMG) plays an important role in capital markets, the economy and society. Many thousands of our people turn up to work every day to do purposeful work, in the right way, with integrity.
The Parliamentary Joint Committee into Corporations and Financial Services inquiry has shone the light on our failings, including unethical behaviour by senior people, and also the human impact of our handling of the whistleblower. We are now focused on ensuring none of this happens again.
We need to own and address these issues. These related to our use of confidential client information, integrity and objectivity of senior personnel, our engagement with a whistleblower and our oversight and management of these issues. We have not met our own expectations, or those of the whistleblower, clients and broader stakeholders.
These failings do not reflect the values of KPMG. We owe it to our people, clients and other stakeholders to understand these failings, learn from them and address them. We are committed to doing so.
Accountability has been taken for these failings, but we know we need to do more. That’s why KPMG is undertaking a program of work to identify and address issues to improve our firm. This program will cover our governance, culture and ethics, and controls.
We will also continue to advocate for strengthened whistleblower protections and partnership reform, including the establishment of Limited Liability Partnerships with corporate-style governance requirements, as seen in other jurisdictions. We believe these reforms will improve governance and accountability while better protecting those who speak up.
This Action Plan documents our approach to addressing these issues.
Governance actions include:
Culture and ethics actions include:
Controls actions include:
Strengthening the firm’s system of quality management, with a specific focus on controls related to compliance with professional and ethical standards.
Amending audit pursuit policies and procedures to strengthen ethical barriers.
Mandating firmwide training on client confidentiality, privacy and information protection, with additional targeted confidentiality training for all Audit partners and directors.
The Action Plan is intended to be a ‘live’ document, updated as findings and recommendations from the third-party reviews become available, or as new information comes to light. KPMG will engage a third-party to assess and assure progress against this Action Plan and will publish updates periodically.
These measures are in addition to the independent review announced by the Commonwealth Department of Finance, which KPMG welcomes and will cooperate with fully.
Some actions are subject to partner approval.
Download KPMG's Action Plan
https://kpmg.com/content/(...)edownload.inline.pdfThis Action Plan includes:
Immediate actions
that have already been identified and which we will begin to implement now
Third-party reviews
details of the third-party reviews to be undertaken, through which we expect to identify additional actions
Next steps
including how we will report on our progress in relation to this Action Plan.
Download
KPMG Australia Action Plan
https://kpmg.com/au/en/ab(...)c935-item-ffc593368eOp je eigen website zetten dat het totaal verrot is inclusief een verbeterplan
Dat zullen ze wel geheel vrijwillig hebben gedaan
Hier in Nederland nog niet daar staat nog steeds toon aangevend