The role of Human Resources in foreign trade compliance is typically restricted to developing and managing company policies and processes for screening potential employees and contractors against federal government lists designed to protect the United States and its allies from threats of proliferation, trafficking and terrorism.
Failures in screening processes can be the cause of government penalties — fines, losing export privileges, higher costs, shipment delays, incarceration; market consequences — losing customers and new business opportunities, and irreparable damage to corporate and individual reputations; and business ramifications — hiring people that cannot be used in their intended roles.
Companies with controlled goods
Human resource processes take on heightened levels of compliance and business risk for companies dealing with goods, technologies or services listed on the United States Munitions List (USML) or Commerce Control List (CCL).
These companies have the formidable task of establishing and managing walls around their controlled technologies, segregating them from ineligible employees, contractors and visitors, or going through licensing processes that can put projects months behind schedule if not anticipated. Human Resources' role is to ensure accurate determination of eligibility under Technology Control Plans that restrict access to export-controlled goods or technologies.
How we can Help
Visual Compliance provides robust, cost-effective automation solutions and regulatory content to manage all aspects of foreign trade and export control compliance. With over 30 years of experience helping companies easily gain control and visibility over their compliance issues and processes, our solutions are relied on by more than 4,000 companies at home, and abroad to:
- Conduct Restricted Party screening on potential employees, contractors, and visitors
- Search current Federal Export Control Regulations and Sanctions
- Automate compliant recording of travelling employee certifications and visitor access to controlled technologies
For more information, call toll-free 1-877-328-7866 and talk to one of our foreign trade compliance consultants. They'll help you analyze your requirements, evaluate your options, and provide focused demonstrations.
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