Debra Clements, chief administrative officer, general counsel and corporate secretary of the industrial manufacturer Milliken & Co., believes in having a robust ethics and compliance program, which has led to the company being named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute for 13 consecutive years.

In an email, Clements told Corporate Counsel how the Spartanburg, South Carolina-based company is committed to ethics and compliance and the challenges in the ethics and compliance space. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.