Compliance Stuff

  Employee surveys have long been part of the compliance and ethics (C&E) landscape.  This post is offered as a brief introduction to practices and views relating to such surveys. Why survey Employee surveys can provide a broad array of information about many key C&E issues at a company.   Most prominently they can assist companies in understanding and addressing challenges relating to C&E culture . This can help in various aspects of program self-assessments – and thus be useful to boards and top managers, among others.   They can also help in program design and implementation in many other ways.  Among other things, survey data can play a significant role in a risk assessment. Note, too, that surveys can be used to obtain C&E information on a granular basis.  For large global companies this can be invaluable. In addition, the Department of Justice increasingly expects companies to provide data in enforcement matters . They have pushed us t...

  It’s not enough to have the right policies in place — you have to embed those policies into the fabric of your organization. In today’s fast-paced and interconnected business world,  ensuring compliance and building an ethical corporate culture  isn’t just a regulatory checkbox—it’s part of your organization’s DNA. Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC) has evolved from a back-office necessity to a front-line enabler, engaging everyone from employees to third-party partners in the process . This shift emphasizes that c ompliance and ethics must be woven into every aspect of the company’s operations, influencing attitudes, behavior, and, ultimately, organizational culture. At the core of this transformation is the concept of engagement, a critical trend shaping the future of GRC. In the modern organization, GRC is no longer the domain of just compliance officers or risk managers; it involves every employee, contractor, vendor, and partner across the extended e...