Insight : Paul Eccleson

Paul Eccleson

Whistle-blowing: Good apples, bad apples and behavioural science

This blog series will explore sensitive questions around whistleblowing. It will consider the social and individual processes that surround deviant corporate behaviour and why these are strong barriers to ‘speaking up’. It will also ask how we can bring those barriers down. A field operation plan for whistle-blowers will also be built, sharing techniques that individuals can adopt to assist them in the face of corporate misdemeanours.....More

Written by Paul Eccleson on 31 August 2021

The qualities demanded of a GRC professional

An effective GRC practitioner must face problems rather than avoid them, hold to principles when it is easier to dodge them and challenge commonly accepted beliefs when needed. What psychological research tells us is that these qualities do not come naturally to us as humans.

Written by Paul Eccleson on Friday July 23, 2021

Compliance, bias and illogical decision-making

Most people understand and accept that human decision-making is tainted by bias. But what is less well-understood is how these human biases can creep into technology intended to streamline, improve or make fairer decisions made by machines.....More

Written by Paul Eccleson on 19 January 2021

How the art industry can adapt to the challenges of 5MLD

The most recent changes to the art market are significant. January 2020 saw the transposition of the EU Fifth Money Laundering Directive (5MLD) into UK law. After extensive consultation, and with HMRC as the regulator, art market participants (AMPs) face considerably more onerous anti money laundering (AML) requirements.

Written by Paul Eccleson on Wednesday September 2, 2020