Reducing the Prospect of Criminal conduct

Does the program have compliance standards and procedures in place that can reasonably reduce the prospect of criminal conduct?

There are many components common to all seven of the guidelines for a quality ethics and compliance program. 

Ways to reasonably reduce the prospect of criminal conduct include the basics:

A Code of Conduct

Corporate policies and procedures

Assignment of a competent and respected ethics and compliance officer

Company hotline

Audits

Investigations

Education and training.

Specific tools and processes to assist in the basics include:

Ethics Training, Targeted Compliance training

Newsletters and other communications tools

Ethics and Compliance Website

Screening procedures prior to and during employment

Misconduct database management