Trade Compliance
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You might need an export license (ways to export version)
This graphic one-pager shows your team how to spot trade-compliance issues when sharing with non-citizens. Just because you’re not handing it to a courier doesn't mean it’s not an export—but that’s not really intuitive. This...
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Going on a business trip? (Overseas travel checklist)
This piece is famous for a reason! These simple to-do's prepare your international travelers how to be safe and ethical abroad, without getting mired in legal details. This checklist covers the trade control, cybersecurity, privacy, anticorruption,...
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You might need an export license (deemed exports version)
This easy tool explains the completely non-intuitive concept of "deemed exports" in trade compliance. Focusing on deemed export elements that would surprise most employees, we’ve designed this piece to drive employees to seek help from compliance...
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Sourcing a product?
Sourcing products (or product components) from sanctioned or embargoed countries can be baaaad for business, so don’t roll the dice and assume your buyers will correctly remember which sources to avoid. Double down and give them this practical...
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Sending something internationally?
Do your employees know sending docs or materials abroad could get them into trouble? Make sure they know what to do.
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It doesn't need to go overseas to be an export
Easily educate your team on the basics of exports — and who can help if exports are involved.
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Commercial terms checklist
Deals are complicated. Help out your transactional team with this simple checklist of when to contact compliance during the deal process. This piece covers the front end: initial conversations between commercial teams. Which, incidentally, is when...
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Contract terms checklist
Want your transactional teams to think like compliance? Show them how with this thorough checklist for key terms required for every company contract. In the hurry to finish a deal, even the sharpest of transactional lawyers can miss important compliance...
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Demonstrating can be exporting
Trade compliance is complicated, but this bold and simple graphic helps your folks know that showing can be exporting.
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Do you know your international customers?
Some compliance teams have sophisticated software that checks for sanctions. But those of us who don’t have fancy pants spy-level programs need to do a little more digging to ensure that our international customers are legit. That’s...
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Managing a Joint Venture Partner?
Help your team know how to navigate day-to-day JV issues with this handy guide that hits all the key areas of corruption, trade compliance, conflicts, confidentiality and more—all so your team doesn’t have to do it from memory. It’s...
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Overseas Travel Module
Behold: a simple, immersive way to give your employees detailed guidance on overseas travel risk. It's set up to tie to other parts of your program and pairs well with our travel checklist and a nice pinot. As seen in the video tour of Design Club, this...
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Classify, Value, Ship
Trade compliance isn't easy or intuitive, but this graphic makes it that way.
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Petty Cash is Not for Import/Export or Handling Fees
It’s called “petty” cash, but it can cause big problems. Make it super easy for your team to remember: petty cash has a lot of uses, but never for handling fees.
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Third Party module
You just spent $200,000 on a third-party onboarding solution ... which will be worth zero if your business refuses to use it. Stick the landing with this live training deck that helps you manage business expectations. This 14-slide deck walks your...
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If they can see it or hear it, it might be an export
This graphic raises awareness that exports aren't obvious—any kind of access to documents or information can implicate trade compliance.
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Click-through guide: Is this person a government official?
Do all your folks know who’s considered a government official? No? Well, click-through guide to the rescue! Save the day with this 5-step interactive tool that offers one decision-point at a time to avoid information overload. Employees can...
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Unexpected Fee on Invoice
Help your people reviewing invoices avoid fraud or bribery by showing them what red flags look like—they'll love you for it! Use these graphics alongside our other invoice red flag pieces for a strategic campaign tackling this compliance priority.
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Exploring a potential partnership?
This easy checklist gets your business development folks ready to take on new partners the right way. While your deal team is busy working to close the deal on a new partnership, keep potential compliance problems at the fore with this easy-to-follow...
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Before you send that shipment, make sure it won't come back
This checklist helps sales staff evaluate whether an order is legit—or potentially channel stuffing. The incentive to sell as much product as possible is great for your business … until sales folks get too eager to get stuff out the door...
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Seeing can be exporting
This gripping visual brings home the non-intuitive fact that even visual access can constitute an export.
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Describing can be exporting
This bold tool illustrates that simply talking can implicate trade compliance.
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