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Compliance Program Effectiveness Testing

Compliance Program Effectiveness Testing

Government agencies, investors, customers & auditors are all interested in whether your compliance program is working.

We can help you develop a sustainable self-testing framework to provide such program assurance.

Effectiveness Testing

challenge

Challenge

The purpose of a corporate compliance program is to prevent, detect and address criminal activity and other conduct contrary to a company’s values. During a criminal investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice will ask itself 3 fundamental questions when considering a compliance program:

1

Is the corporation’s compliance program well designed?

2

Is the program being applied earnestly and in good faith? In other words, is the program adequately resourced and empowered to function effectively?

3

Does the corporation’s compliance program work in practice?

Sustainability reporting commitments and global/sectoral audit standards similarly focus on demonstrating the effectiveness of compliance programs and stakeholder grievance mechanisms.

Solutions

Solutions

Integrity Bridge can undertake effectiveness testing of:

core compliance program elements such as compliance team independence & resourcing, speak up culture and conduct of investigations, incentives & discipline, mergers & acquisitions

all or targeted aspects of a given compliance program (e.g. anti-corruption) such as management commitment, risk assessment, policies & procedures, controls, training & guidance, monitoring & audit

programs that manage compliance risk for a given functional activity (e.g. use of sales representatives or government-facing suppliers, payment of charitable donations, participation in industry associations)

Ethics & Compliance Data Analytics

Relevant Resources

Integrity Bridge has established Applied Compliance, a new resource center for ethics & compliance professionals. We also include links to third-party websites containing webcasts, podcasts and other materials involving the Integrity Bridge CEO.