The Canadian response to the Sarbanes‐Oxley Act: managing police resources; a competency‐based approach to staffing

Abstract

Examines how the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) successfully implemented a tailor‐made Human Resources (HR) management regime with fresh definitions of competences for the new Integrated Market Enforcement Teams (IMETs). Explains that the intention was to increase competences for investigation of white‐collar crime in the wake of corporate scandals in the USA, and thus to restore investor confidence in Canada’s capital market. Details the IMET pilot project, including selection of personnel from the RCMP for the six IMETs. Concludes that the new HR regime clearly has the ability to change how people are managed in the investigation field.

Citation

Sliter, J., Bouchard, C. and Bellemare, G. (2005), "The Canadian response to the Sarbanes‐Oxley Act: managing police resources; a competency‐based approach to staffing", Journal of Financial Crime, Vol. 12 No. 4, pp. 327-330. https://doi.org/10.1108/13590790510735294