Breaking Through the Knowledge Silos at Your Firm to Ensure Trade Compliance

Topic: International Trade

Is your company entangled in knowledge silos? Often, silos are put in place to provide safety from the sensitive information they contain from being accessed, whether nefariously or by chance. However, when it comes to trade compliance practices, knowledge silos may be inadvertently created within departments due to lack of information sharing, legacy information systems, and clusters of procedures that are not broadly applied, all of which are detrimental to companies, putting them at risk for violations.

Employees may go about doing their jobs and have access to a lot of information that may constitute “knowledge” whether they know it or not. Some of the information they are presented with may be meaningless within their daily responsibilities, however, certain details may point to potential export or sanctions risks.

Knowledge—as defined by BIS—includes knowing that a violation may occur, or awareness of a high probability of violation may occur in the present or future.  Many employees often do not recognize the importance of the evidence that they have been provided with, or that it creates knowledge. More importantly, because of this lack of awareness the information is not relayed to their designated compliance professional to conduct due diligence and assess any regulatory concerns.

Breakthrough the knowledge silos! Join us as our speakers discuss best practices for creating awareness across all departments regarding the acquisition of knowledge important for trade compliance, and developing communication practices that will reduce the risk of violation.

Our speakers include:

• Douglas Jacobson, Managing Partner — Jacobson Burton Kelley PLLC
• Julianne Perkins, Senior Director, Trade Controls and Compliance Program Management — CIRCOR International, Inc.
• Jorge Vera, Attorney — Jacobson Burton Kelley PLLC

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