AUSTIN,
Texas (10/3/2013)— The ACFE has announced a
partnership with Airbus to provide ethics and compliance training and certification
among its employees.
The
joint initiative makes Airbus the newest member of ACFE’s Corporate Alliance program,
started in 2011 to provide exclusive ethics and compliance training
opportunities and resources to organizations. It has quickly grown to include
partners from around the globe, including numerous Fortune Global 500 businesses.
ACFE
President and CEO James D. Ratley, CFE, said “the partnership with Airbus denotes
a strong commitment from the leading aircraft manufacturer to be on the leading
edge of ethics and compliance issues”.
“Participation
in the Corporate Alliance provides the training and resources needed to give a
corporate leader like Airbus the advantage in staying ahead of compliance and
risk issues,” Ratley said.
“This partnership demonstrates our strong commitment to
promote integrity, transparency and trust everywhere in the company,” said
Patrick Donovan, Airbus chief ethics & compliance officer.
“An
ethical company is a successful company, so promoting integrity and
transparency stays our main priority.”
About
the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Founded
in 1988, the ACFE is celebrating its 25th anniversary as the world's
largest anti-fraud organization and premier provider of anti-fraud training and
education. Together with nearly 70,000 members, the ACFE is reducing business
fraud worldwide and inspiring public confidence in the integrity and
objectivity within the profession. For more information, visit ACFE.com.
About Airbus
Airbus
is the world’s leading aircraft manufacturer, ranging in capacity from 100 to
more than 500 seats. Airbus is a global company, employing some 59,000 people
of over 100 different nationalities in design and manufacturing facilities in
France, Germany, the UK, and Spain, as well as subsidiaries in the U.S., China,
Japan and in the Middle East. In addition, it provides an international network
of customer support and training centres. Headquartered in Toulouse, France,
Airbus is an EADS company.
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