“I sleep like a baby, meaning I wake up every night screaming and crying.”

Those were the words of Larry Thompson, EVP. Government Affairs, GC and Corporate Secretary, PepsiCo., as he discussed the weight of ethics and compliance on the head of a general counsel at the opening session of the sixth annual Global Ethics Summit.

Randy Milch, EVP, Public Policy and GC, Verizon, echoed that sentiment, stating that sometimes, it seems like the entire world is out to get us. He says that protecting a company's reputation means you feel the weight of regulation, and that he feels the need to keep a finger on anything that could be a trouble spot.