Once again it’s time for our annual review of trends and events that will impact your Ethics and Compliance (E&C) program in the year ahead.

This year presents a unique challenge. We are preparing our predictions before the dust has settled from the recent U.S. election. It’s likely that the election will have an impact on regulatory and enforcement efforts in the coming year and beyond, but at this time it is difficult to know what the impact may be and how it will affect the work of ethics and compliance officers.

While changes are likely, many of the challenges we face are unlikely to be affected at least in the near term. For this reason we are confident in our predictions and recommendations. We’ve talked with industry experts, our colleagues at NAVEX Global, and ethics and compliance professionals from our more than 12,500 client organizations and based on their input, we’ve selected the Top 10 Predictions and Recommendations for 2017.