13-Hour Program

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Overview

Why You Should Attend
Compliance and ethics programs are essential to the success and growth of any organization. Such programs allow organizations to identify and mitigate legal risks before they become serious problems. The effective compliance and ethics program also allows an organization of any size to establish itself as one that does business with integrity. This will not only avoid legal problems, but enable it to command the respect of employees, customers, suppliers, and government enforcement officials.  In this era of increasing transparency and expectations, not just having a program – but having a robust program – is critical.  PLI’s Compliance and Ethics Institute will help you get there.  At this program, a distinguished faculty, drawn from major corporations, academia, law firms and the government will provide you with the tools you need to create or enhance a compliance and ethics program.  The program is highly interactive and includes case studies, practical tools and real-time benchmarking with peers.   Whether you are constructing a new program or refining an existing one, our panels of experts will help ensure that your company’s program satisfies government standards and best practices expectations, and reaches the hearts and minds of your employees.

What You Will Learn

  • Recent developments in compliance and ethics, including guidance from the Department of Justice and real-world tools from leading organizations 
  • Understanding new compliance priorities in the Trump Administration
  • Designing and conducting effective compliance risk assessments that you can use to enhance your program 
  • Structuring your program for appropriate independence and authority 
  • The evolving role of the Board in overseeing and supporting a program and preventing governance failures  
  • Assessing your program and performing effective compliance audits 
  • Effective reporting structures and helpline best practices
  • Investigating and managing allegations of wrongdoing 
  • Best practices in compliance communications and training 
  • Mitigating the risks created by suppliers, agents and other third parties 
  • Global compliance expectations and best practices
  • Cybersecurity and social media compliance
  • Where employment law and compliance meet

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 and other members of the compliance and ethics departments of organizations, internal audit and human resources personnel, risk managers, outside counsel and consultants involved in advising on compliance and ethics subjects or programs, and government attorneys involved in review of compliance and ethics programs.

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