A Code of Conduct underscores an organization's commitment to promoting compliance and ethics standards and serves as the foundation of an effective Compliance and Ethics programme for all employees.
Whether your organization is bound by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Securities and Exchange Commission guidances, stock exchange regulations, or other laws or regulations, your Audit Committees need to assure that good business practices are in place. For most organizatins this means that you have described and disclosed:
- a definition of honest and ethical conduct
- practices you will follow for compliance, disclosure, reporting and anonymous employee reporting
- accountability
There is a difference between merely writing and distributing a Code of Conduct, Code of Business Ethics or Code of Business Conduct and proactively communicating it to employees.
Learn more about the range of our Code of Conduct services that will help ensure your programme's success:
- Code Services - development, risk assessments, diagnostics, benchmarking and communications
- Code Training - communicating your values and expectations in memorable and meaningful ways
- Code Certification - confirming that employees understand your Code and have seen no suspected breaches of Code provisions
Our goal is to ensure that your Code of Conduct meets your business and organizational culture needs as well as laws and rgulations. Ask us about developing a program that's just right for you.
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