The Conference Board

Businesses Want More Effective Governmental Measures to Promote Ethics/Compliance Programs, Says Report from the Conference Board

Published in Law and Health Weekly, August 8th, 2009

Senior executives and corporate directors want to know the extent to which companies have benefited from implementing effective ethics and compliance ("E&C") programs, but such information is in short supply, according to a report released by The Conference Board, the leading global business research and membership association.

At least with respect to sentencing cases, this is because very few corporate defendants have received E&C program credit under the 1991 Corporate Sentencing Guidelines, according to government records. Since 1999, the Department of Justice has had a formal policy of considering ethics and compliance (E&C) programs when determining whether or not...

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Source: Law and Health Weekly (2009-08-08)

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