Sustainable Compliance^SM

We at the Institute for Corporate Ethics and Governance are concerned about what we call sustainable compliance.

We believe that corporations need to institutionalize compliance. This requires that they realize at least two goals:

• corporations must direct the overall orientation of a compliance program toward the creation and maintenance of ethical organizational culture
• corporations must link compliance and the bottom-line.

Other industries have taught us that sustainable compliance aspires to more than regulatory minimalism. Rather, companies that sustain compliance over the long term create and nurture ethical organizational culture that rewards ethical leadership at all levels.

Such companies have found that this strategy not only reduces the likelihood of regulatory violations, it also leads to greater "buy-in" from employees and, over time, enhances morale, trust and the organization's reputation among its customers.

Values in Performance^SM

• sustainable compliance is a consequence of ethical culture
• ethical culture depends on ethical leadership
• ethical leadership is a product of ethical decision-making.

In short, ethical decision-making, leadership and culture form an integral whole that sustains compliance programs over the long-term.

Values in Performance^SM is a “blended learning,” interactive, case-based method. The training accomplishes four goals:

• trains Board members, managers and employees on how to recognize potential legal problems or ethical conflicts
• encourages them to discuss problems and concerns in an open, team environment
• shows managers and employees how to access and utilize the resources of the compliance infrastructure to solve problems
• demonstrates how to develop the  characteristics of ethical leaders.

Values in Performance^SM provides proven tangible benefits. It will improve your organization’s business relationships and reputation. It will also help prevent wrongdoing, while creating a workplace environment that fosters pride and a sense of value and purpose.