ethics and compliance programs Archives - Corruption, Crime & Compliance

26 Jan, 2023

Webinar: Lessons Learned from 2022: Improving Your Ethics and Compliance Program

February 14, 2023 12 Noon EST Sign Up HERE The past year was a big year in ethics and compliance programs. Global companies face aggressive enforcement risks, including anti-corruption, sanctions, export controls, and antitrust. Adding to this situation, DOJ issued a new Corporate Enforcement Policy, which includes new and significant compliance program expectations. Chief compliance officers face heightened challenges and expectations from internal and external...

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26 Sep, 2017

The Five Most Important Issues for a CCO to Report to the Board

Chief compliance officers have to throw out their template for charts, diagrams and data that they use to report to the Audit/Compliance Committee and start over. Slick and colorful charts and diagrams are great but CCOs are ignoring the importance of an opportunity to educate and train the board on how to monitor and oversee a compliance program. So, let’s start over – what should...

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21 Nov, 2016

The Myths Surrounding Ethics and Compliance Programs

Chief compliance officers have a difficult job. That is a real profound grasp of the obvious. CCOs face an unending onslaught of tasks, risks and juggling of concerns and activities. On many respects, a CCO’s job is never done – once they accomplish a project, they have an unending list of tasks to address. CCOs are the unsung heroes of corporate governance. They get little...