There’s never a convenient time to relax and stop talking about how valuable a robust ethics and compliance function is to an organization. With fall budget planning in full swing, now is a good time to consider some of the many business benefits of a strong ethical culture.

Reducing Instances

The “work” of compliance is reduced when a culture of strong ethics is in place. If employees have a deep appreciation of how the company defines ethical behavior and how it wants them to behave, organizations will have fewer instances of misconduct that trigger investigations, regulatory disclosures or internal control audits.