The rating agency wants to hear about your enterprise risk management programs. Here's what S&P's analysts will be looking for.

The SEC is on the warpath against violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Are your programs up to scratch?

While the majority of CFOs, controllers, and other corporate finance executives agree that the turn of events within the last 60 days qualifies as historic, efforts to place it in greater context have given way to the more pressing day-to-day challenges that 2008 has so generously brought forth.

Managing enterprise risk still ranks low on finance executives' list of priorities. But it's a key differentiator of financially successful companies.

Between 30 percent and 50 percent of companies in every industry have reported being victimized by a fraud during the past two years, and whether it has been in physical assets or brand value, the take has never been greater. Steven Skalak, a PwC Advisory partner, offers some best practices for building a fraud-repellent company.

Former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chief accountant Lynn Turner shares his views on the subprime crisis's impact on corporate finance departments and other regulatory matters.

Audit committees are asking more from internal audit executives. And they're better informed than ever, thanks to the growing trend for audit committee members to serve on the boards of multiple companies.

For DRS Technologies, the tactical precision with which key risk and compliance decisions were made enabled internal audit to blossom.

As companies begin to monitor more closely their supply links abroad, new best practices for managing global supply chain risk are beginning to emerge.

Companies should be integrating exposure to global warming liability into their risk management programs, according to Rod Taylor, managing director with Aon's environmental services group. But it's doubtful that they can expect much help from their insurance providers in mitigating the risk.