10-Hour Program

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Overview

Why you should attend

No matter how large or small your company (or client), paying careful attention to corporate compliance and ethics is no longer optional.
  • The regulatory environment has grown riskier and more complex for every organization, and smaller companies are not exempt.
  • Economic conditions are creating a host of challenges for compliance and ethics programs. In many companies, compliance programs are facing budget and staff cuts, and are expected to do more with less.
  • As “best practices” continue to develop, the expectations of government regulators have correspondingly been raised.
  • The public and the press will accept no excuses for corporate failures to follow legal requirements and conduct business with integrity.
In short, at no time has promoting and maintaining an ethical corporate culture been as challenging and as essential for a company’s survival, well-being, and success.

At the Corporate Compliance and Ethics Institute, a distinguished faculty, drawn from major corporations, compliance and ethics organizations, law firms and the government will provide you with the tools you need to meet today’s compliance and ethics challenges. Whether you are constructing a new program, or advancing an existing program, our panels of leading experts in the field will discuss how to ensure that your company’s program satisfies government standards and best practices expectations, and that it effectively reaches your employees. You’ll learn about current developments in compliance and ethics, along with practical tips and best practices on social media policies and training, compliance and ethics risk assessments, program structure and management, compliance and ethics training, auditing and monitoring, helpline and investigations procedures, reporting to the board and senior management on your program, international compliance challenges, and extending your compliance and ethics standards to third parties. The highly interactive format will allow you to benchmark on a real-time basis and learn best practices from your peers.

What you will learn

  • Implications of the Dodd-Frank whistleblower provisions for compliance and ethics programs
  • What the Justice Department is saying about compliance and ethics programs
  • Changes to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines that emphasize greater interaction with the Board of Directors and program assessment
  • Do more with less - adding value to your program despite budgetary constraints
  • Designing and conducting compliance risk assessments to obtain the most valuable information
  • Structuring your program so that it possesses appropriate independence and clout
  • The evolving role of the Board - avoiding the complacency traps where governance and compliance meet
  • Assessing your program for effectiveness and performing effective compliance audits
  • Investigating and managing allegations of wrongdoing in your organization
  • Best practices in compliance communications and training, including tools to help your program
  • Connect to employees of all ages
  • Global compliance expectations and best practices, including OECD guidance on anti-bribery compliance programs
  • Hypotheticals and interactive panels based on real-world scenarios, including the experiences of whistleblowers

Who should attend

The Institute will benefit anyone involved in any aspect of corporate compliance and ethics, including general counsel and other in-house counsel, compliance and ethics officers, compliance and ethics managers, business managers, internal audit and human resources personnel, risk managers, and outside counsel and consultants involved in advising on compliance and ethics subjects or programs.

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