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Read the latest industry news and commentary on the best use of lie detector tests to solve real-world problems.

Business Rationale for Fighting Corruption

By Russ Warner, VP Marketing – While we know it takes a significant effort by individuals, it has been said that raising a child takes a community. The principle is that both individuals and groups are needed to challenge certain difficult tasks. Fighting corruption takes efforts by individuals and groups, and this ... Read More
March 24, 2014Russ Warner

Dirty Laundering Costs Developing Countries Billions

By Zaid Srourc, Marketing − Due to laundering, developing countries lose billions of dollars annually. Sadly, that money is routed to shady business deals by anonymous companies instead of funding public services like health care, food or national security. Parliament Plans to Reduce Laundering Recently, the European parliament started working on a new ... Read More
March 21, 2014Russ Warner

Pre-Employment Screening Saves on Costs of Employee Termination

By Russ Warner, VP Marketing – When hiring a new employee, organizations consider many factors. For one, a former criminal record can be considered. Ironically, if there is no evidence indicating criminal activity in the past or if an employee was terminated for dishonest activity but it is never disclosed, a ... Read More
March 19, 2014Russ Warner

When Should You Fire an Employee?

By Jeff Pizzino, APR, Corporate Communications – If you’re in business, you interact with people on a daily basis. It’s inescapable because you’ve got employees, co-workers, investors, clients, and customers all clamoring for your attention. And if you’re at the top of the food chain, you’ve got a management team to manage. ... Read More
March 17, 2014Jeff Pizzino

Deception Detection Technology Company Credibility Assessment Technologies Inc. Changes Name to Converus Inc.

The new company name, meaning “with truth,” more accurately represents the company’s mission of providing innovative technology for deception detection. Converus launches its first product, EyeDetect, in Mexico next month. EyeDetect, conceived in 2002 by the same scientists who invented the computerized polygraph in 1991, is an ocular-motor deception test ... Read More
March 17, 2014WebKeeper

How to Build the Perfect Lie Detector

By Andrew Crawford, Marketing – Can you imagine a world in which everyone told the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Robert Sczcerba of Forbes Magazine recently wrote how the world is heading in that direction with the quest for the perfect lie detector. There have been many technological ... Read More
March 14, 2014Russ Warner

Go Clean and Eliminate Corruption in Your Organization

By Russ Warner, VP Marketing – Organizations depend largely on honesty and integrity to keep themselves afloat. Honest business dealings allow organizations to create relationships of trust with customers and business partners and to engender profitability. As such, organizations that implement policies to keep themselves “clean” will be at an advantage. This ... Read More
March 12, 2014Russ Warner

Business Employee Theft – Statistics and Concerns

By Jeff Pizzino, APR, Corporate Communications – Concerning business fraud and corruption, much of it results from employee theft — whether it’s petty theft by a bottom-level employee or millions stolen by an executive, it’s the same. All forms of corruption damages the company by injuring its integrity and tarnishing its ... Read More
March 10, 2014Jeff Pizzino

Screen Employees to be Aware of Recidivism

By Russ Warner, VP Marketing – Anyone working in law enforcement, the justice system, or in corrections knows very well the rate of recidivism. Recidivism, a term referring to criminals repeating past crimes, is all too common in the world today. The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that ... Read More
March 7, 2014Russ Warner

Brain Scan: the Next Lie Detector?

By Jeff Pizzino, APR, Corporate Communications – For years, scientists have tried to use science to "read” people to determine truthfulness. For example, the polygraph has been used as a lie detector since 1939. Technology has also been used to analyze stress in a person¹s voice, to measure facial temperatures, and ... Read More
March 5, 2014Jeff Pizzino
 

Converus (“with truth”) provides scientifically validated credibility assessment technologies that help protect countries, corporations and communities from corruption, crime and threats.