The Association of Due Diligence Professionals
The First Professional Association Dedicated Exclusively to the Due Diligence Industry
A Non-Profit Organization
The New
Currency of Due Diligence
The Association of Due Diligence Professionals has unparalleled initiatives fostering innovations in due diligence education, science, training, testing, standards and professional certification. With a history dating back to 1984, The Association brings the qualities of traditional due diligence together with the vibrant, contemporary new diligence.
Mission
The
mission of The Association of Due Diligence Professionals is to advance
the field and disciplines of due diligence, and the practices of
professionals dedicated to due diligence success, through education,
standards, certification, research and support, with infrastructure to support and enable due diligence at both the global and local scale.
Purpose
- Global leadership and the central voice to represent the field
- Educate and support policy makers in business, government, non-profit and academia
- Establish and disseminate international standards, best practices and ethical practices for the field
- Advocate on issues of importance to the field, for the members and the public good
- Members have the prestige of being associated with the most important professional association, and the knowledge community of due diligence
- Professional development, education, standards, testing and certification programs for individuals and organizations
- Formally define the field of due diligence
- Provide awards and recognition programs for individuals and organizations
- Produce substantial research in the field and reverse the lack of sufficient research by conducting research, collecting data, providing grants, training people and organizations to conduct research
- Manage national, chapter, and virtual conferences, seminars and workshops, especially to provide professional development through online conferences, podcasting, webinars, telephone conferences, course systems and the other emerging communications technologies, following the trend away from historically expensive and time consuming national and local conferences and meetings, bringing the members’ needs to their home or work computer.
- Produce substantial scholarship in the field and reverse the lack of sufficient scholarship by academic organizations by researching due diligence, publicizing due diligence scholarship, collecting and analyzing local, national and international data through our research center, and disseminating due diligence research and scholarship to the Association members and to the education and policymaker communities.
- A comprehensive association that generates professional education, certification and professional development services to its members, rather than just another conference organizer
- Promote the general perception of the field as positive and comprehensive
- Reverse the status quo that has led to complacency and lack of innovation in the field
- Transcend the problems and failures of historic & traditional due diligence
-
Ally and work with other professional associations and other types of
organizations to advance the field and to serve our members
For more information, please email The Association of Due Diligence Professionals.
Some of the Categories of Due Diligence Covered by The Association
- Access Control Systems
- Accountants *
- Accounting *
- Accounting Services *
- Acquisitions
- Administration
- Adoption
- Advance planning
- Advertising
- Advertising Agencies
- Advertising Specialties
- Aerospace
- Agriculture
- Air Quality
- Aircraft
- Airports
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Analysis of Prospective Investments for Investors
- Analysis of Prospective Investors for Entrepreneurs
- Animals
- Annuities
- Anti-money laundering
- Antiques
- Antitrust
- Apparel
- Appellate
- Appraisal *
- Appraisals *
- Appraisers *
- Arbitration
- Architects *
- Architecture
- Armored vehicles
- Art
- Artificial Intelligence
- Asset Integration
- Asset/Liability Management
- Association Management *
- Associations *
- ASTM Standards (American Society for Testing & Materials) *
- Auctions
- Audit *
- Automation
- Automobile Loans
- Automobile Loans-Non-Prime
- Automobiles
- Aviation
- Backgrounds
- Bad Debt Recovery
- Bank ATM Cards
- Bank Card Equipment & Services
- Bank Equipment
- Bank Loans
- Banking *
- Banking risk
- Banking security
- Bankruptcy
- Banks
- Behavior
- Benchmarking
- Benefit Plans *
- Benefits
- Best Practices
- Biometric Identification
- Board of Directors
- Bookkeeping *
- Branding
- Brands
- Broadcasting
- Brokerages
- Brokers *
- Brownfields
- Budgets
- Budgets & Budgeting
- Business Analysis
- Business Brokers *
- Business Buyers
- Business Development
- Business Diagnostics
- Business Law *
- Business Plans
- Business Process Automation
- Business Process Management
- Business Processes
- Business Sellers
- Business Taxonomies
- Business Valuations *
- Buy-Sell Agreements
- Buy-Side Due Diligence
- Call Centers
- Capital
- Careers
- Cash Management
- Cataloging
- Central Banking *
- Charitable Giving
- Charities *
- Chemicals
- Children
- Citizenship
- Civic Organizations
- Civil Rights
- Clearing & Execution
- Coatings
- Coin & Currency
- Collaboration
- Collection & Collections
- Commercial Banking *
- Commercial Debt
- Commodities
- Communication
- Communication Systems
- Communications
- Company Succession
- Compensation
- Compensation Assessment
- Compensation Plans
- Competition
- Competition Analysis
- Competitive Intelligence *
- Compliance
- Computer Products
- Computers
- Conflicts of Interest Analysis
- Conservation
- Constitutional
- Construction
- Consulting Services
- Consumer Goods
- Consumer Issues
- Consumer Lending
- Content Management
- Contracting
- Copyrights
- Corporate Articles and Bylaws
- Corporate Counsel *
- Corporate Engineering
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Governance *
- Corporate Planning
- Corporate Re-Engineering
- Corporate Security
- Corporate Social Responsibility *
- Correspondent Banking *
- Cost Structures Assessment
- Costing
- Counterparty Exposure
- Counterfeiting
- Countertrade
- Country risk *
- Couriers
- Courts
- Credit
- Credit Card Fraud
- Credit Cards
- Credit Ratings
- Credit Requirements
- Credit Scoring
- Credit Unions *
- Creditor Litigation
- Creditors
- Criminal Justice
- Crops
- Cultural
- Cultural Due Diligence
- Culture
- Currencies
- Currency Risk
- Customer Retention
- Customer Satisfaction
- Customer Service
- Customer service efficiency
- Customs
- Data Communications
- Data Management
- Data Mining
- Data Processing
- Database Marketing
- Database Services
- Databases
- Dealerships
- Debt
- Debt Financing
- Debt Placement
- Debt restructuring
- Decision Making
- Design
- Desktop Publishing
- Disaster Recovery *
- Dispute resolution
- Diversity
- Document Flow
- Document Processing
- Documentation
- Documentation & Training
- Donations
- Due Diligence Cross-Border Issues
- Due diligence Documentation
- Due diligence Enhancement
- Due diligence Innovation
- Due diligence Issues in Different Geographies
- Due diligence Knowledge Frameworks
- Due diligence Practice Management
- Due diligence Process Design
- Due diligence Process Reliability
- Due diligence Process Testing
- Due Diligence Research
- Due Diligence Science
- Due diligence Standards
- Due diligence Technologies
- Economics
- Education *
- Elder and aging issues
- Elections
- Electronic Commerce
- Electronic funds transfer
- Electronic Products
- Emerging Markets
- Eminent Domain
- Employee Assessment
- Employee Handbooks
- Employee Hiring
- Employee Hiring and Retention Due Diligence
- Employee Motivation Assessment
- Employee Retention
- Employees
- Employment
- Employment Management
- Employment Services
- Energy
- Engineering *
- Engineering Services *
- Enterprise Relationships
- Enterprise Resource Planning
- Enterprise Risk
- Entertainment
- Entrepreneurs Analyzing Investors
- Environment
- Environmental Due Diligence *
- Environmental regulation
- Equipment Leasing
- Equity Investment
- Ergonomics
- Errors and Omissions
- ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plans) *
- Estates
- Ethical Sourcing
- Events
- Executive Decisions
- Executive Search
- Exit Planning
- Expert Witness
- Exploration
- Export
- Facilities
- Fairness Opinions
- Family
- Federal Government *
- Fiduciary Activities
- Finance *
- Financial
- Financial Engineering
- Financial History
- Financial History & Projections
- Financial Modeling
- Financial Projections
- Financial Risk Management
- Financial Services *
- Financing
- Fire Protection
- Firearms
- Follow-On Public Offerings
- Food
- Forecasting
- Foreign Exchange
- Forensic Accounting *
- Forestry
- Fractional Industry
- Franchise
- Fraud
- Fraud Analysis
- Fraud Control
- Fraud Prevention
- Freight Forwarding
- Frontier Markets
- Fund Behavior
- Fund Management
- Funds
- Funds Behavior
- Funds Transfer
- General Contracting
- General Systems
- Geology
- Gifts of Stock or Securities
- Global Finance
- Governance *
- Government *
- Grant Making
- Green Initiatives
- Growth Planning
- Health
- Healthcare
- Heavy Construction
- Hedge Funds
- Home Banking
- Home Improvements
- Homeland Security
- Hospitality
- Hotel Supply
- Hotels
- Human Capital
- Human Resource Administration
- Human Resources
- Human Resources Management
- Human Rights
- Identification of Fraud
- Identification of High Risk Persons/Entities
- Identity Theft
- Immigration
- Import
- Import/Export
- Improvement Impacts Analysis
- Improvements in Due Diligence Systems
- Information
- Information Access
- Information Flow
- Information Services
- Information Systems
- Information Technology *
- Infrastructure Development
- Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
- Innovation
- Inspection
- Insurance *
- Insurance Carriers *
- Insurance Claims Analysis
- Integration
- Intellectual Capital *
- Intellectual Capital Valuations
- Intellectual Property *
- Intellectual Property Protection
- Intellectual Property Valuations
- Intelligence
- Internal Communications
- International
- International Correspondent Banking
- International Due Diligence
- International Trade *
- International Trade Financing
- Internet
- Internet Banking
- Internet Communities
- Internet Information Providers
- Internet Services
- Interviewing
- Intranets
- Invention
- Inventions
- Investigation *
- Investigation of Fraud
- Investing
- Investment Banking
- Investment Documentation
- Investment Packaging
- Investment Services
- Investments
- Investors
- Investors Analyzing Prospective Investments
- ISO Standards (International Standards Organization) *
- ISOP Due Diligence (Incentive Stock Option Plans) *
- Issuance of Securities
- Judiciary - Country
- Judiciary - Federal
- Judiciary - Municipal
- Judiciary - State
- Justice *
- Juvenile Issues
- Key Individuals Analysis
- Knowledge Bases
- Knowledge Management
- Knowledge Mapping
- Labor
- Land Conservation
- Land Use
- Law *
- Law Enforcement *
- Lawyers *
- Leadership
- Leases
- Legal *
- Legal Counsel *
- Legal Ethics
- Legal Issues
- Legal Malpractice
- Legal Practices
- Legal Services *
- Legislation *
- Legislative Bodies
- Legislative Government
- Libraries
- Licensing *
- Liquidations
- Litigation
- Loan Origination
- Loan Processing
- Loan Servicing
- Loans
- Loans-Non-Prime
- Lobbying
- Long range planning
- Loss mitigation
- M&A *
- M&A Consulting Firms
- M&A Intermediaries
- Machinery
- Mailing Systems & Services
- Malpractice
- Management
- Management Consulting *
- Management Due Diligence
- Management Services
- Management Styles
- Managerial Skills Analysis
- Manufacturing *
- Mapping
- Maps
- Maritime
- Market Forecasting & Analysis
- Market Research
- Market Share Analysis
- Marketing
- Markets
- Media
- Medical Malpractice
- Medicine *
- Membership Organizations
- Merchandising
- Mergers
- Mergers & Acquisitions *
- Metrics
- Military
- Mineral Conservation
- Mining
- Monetary Authorities *
- Mortgages
- Motion Pictures
- Multi-Nationals
- Museums *
- Mutual Funds *
- Nanotechnology
- National Policy *
- National Security
- Native American *
- Natural Resources *
- New Product Launch
- New Products
- News *
- Newspapers
- Next Practices Implementation
- Non-Profit *
- Offshore Operations
- Oil and Gas *
- Operations
- Optimum Timing Development for Exit Planning
- Optimum Value Development of Transfer through Exit Planning
- Organizational Structure Assessment
- Organizing Information
- Outsourcing
- Packaging and Labeling Services
- Partners and Partnering
- Partnership Dissolutions
- Partnerships
- Patents *
- People
- Performance Analysis
- Performance Management
- Personnel Policies
- Petroleum Products Manufacturing *
- Pharmaceuticals *
- Pharmacy
- Photography *
- Physicians
- Physics *
- Planned Giving *
- Planning
- Plastics and Rubber Products
- Police *
- Policies
- Political risk
- Portals
- Portfolio
- Portfolio Management *
- Portfolios
- Post Acquisition
- Post Acquisition Integration
- Post Acquisition Planning
- Post-Investment
- Power Industry *
- Practice Management
- Pre-Employment
- Pre-Financing
- Pre-Investment
- Pre-IPO
- Pre-Transaction
- Pricing
- Pricing Strategy
- Printing
- Privacy
- Private Offerings
- Private Placements
- Pro Bono
- Probate
- Process Improvement
- Product Assessment
- Product Development
- Product Liability
- Product Planning *
- Product Assessment
- Productivity
- Products
- Products/Services
- Professional Education *
- Professional Services
- Profit Centers
- Profit Generators & Indicators
- Programming
- Project Management *
- Property Management
- Prosecution
- Prospective Investment
- Prospective Investor
- Psychology *
- Public Administration
- Public Finance
- Public Offerings
- Public Order
- Public Relations
- Public Safety
- Publishing *
- Purchasing *
- Quality
- Quality Assurance *
- Quality Control *
- Quantitative Assessments
- Ratings
- Real Estate *
- Real Estate Development
- Real Estate Investment
- Real Estate Services
- Real Property
- Records Management
- Recreation
- Recruiting
- Recycling
- Regulation
- Relationships
- Research
- Research & Development *
- Resorts
- Resource Management
- Restaurants
- Retail
- Return-On-Investment
- Rights issues
- Risk *
- Risk Management *
- Safe & Vault Equipment
- Safety
- Sales
- Sales of Businesses
- Savings Institutions
- Scenario Analysis
- Science *
- Scientific Research and Development Services *
- Scientific Services *
- Screening
- Search
- Search engines
- Searching
- Securities *
- Securities and Commodity Exchanges *
- Securities Brokerage *
- Securities Dealing
- Security *
- Security and Safety
- Security Guard Services
- Security Services
- Security Systems
- Security/Alarm Systems
- Security/Surveillance Systems
- Seminars
- Sensitivity analysis
- SEO
- Service Bureaus
- Shareholder Issues *
- Shelter
- Shipping
- Signature Verification
- Small Business
- Social Media
- Social Responsibility
- Software *
- Software development *
- Software Systems
- Software Validation & Verification
- SOX *
- Space
- Sports
- Staffing
- Standard Practices
- Standards *
- Start-ups
- Stock Transfer
- Stocks & Investments
- Strategic Business Planning Analysis
- Strategic Due Diligence
- Strategic Planning
- Strategy
- Strategy Redefinition
- Structure
- Subsea Operations
- Supplier Evaluation
- Suppliers & Vendors
- Supply Chain Management *
- Surety
- Surveillance Systems
- Swaps
- Systems
- Tactical Planning
- Tax *
- Tax issues
- Taxation
- Tax-free exchange
- Taxonomies
- Team Capabilities Assessment
- Team Development
- Team Technical Capabilities Assessment
- Technical Consulting Services
- Technical Services
- Technologies
- Technology
- Technology Licensing *
- Telecommunications
- Terrorism
- Third-World Issues
- Title Abstract and Settlement
- Tort *
- Trade *
- Trademarks *
- Trading
- Traffic Control
- Training *
- Transfer of Business Interests to Employees
- Transfer of Business Interests to Family
- Transfer of Business Interests to Outside Purchasers
- Transfer of Business Interests to Partners
- Transportation *
- Travel *
- Treasury *
- Trust Accounting
- Trust Services *
- Trusts
- Unauthorized Practices
- Utilities
- Valuation *
- Valuation Methods
- Valuations
- Valuing technology
- VC investments
- Vendor Due Diligence
- Venture Capital
- Venture Capitalists
- Vetting Business Plans
- Warehousing and Storage
- Waste Management and Remediation *
- Water Resources *
- Weather
- Web 2.0
- Web development
- Web Publishing
- Web Systems Management
- Wholesale Trade
- Wildlife Conservation *
- Wire Transfer
- Workers Compensation
- Workflow
- World Class Operations
- Zoning