Mike Volkov has said, “Even when a company does all the right things at the senior management level, the real issue is whether or not that culture has embedded itself in middle and lower management. A company’s culture is reflected in the values and beliefs that exist throughout the company.” To fully operationalize your compliance program, you must articulate the message of ethical values and doing business in compliance and then drive that message from the top down throughout your See more +

Mike Volkov has said, “Even when a company does all the right things at the senior management level, the real issue is whether or not that culture has embedded itself in middle and lower management. A company’s culture is reflected in the values and beliefs that exist throughout the company.” To fully operationalize your compliance program, you must articulate the message of ethical values and doing business in compliance and then drive that message from the top down throughout your organization.

Three key takeaways:

1. Tone at the top—direct supervisors become the most important influence on people in the company

2. Give your middle managers a Tool Kit around compliance so they can fully operationalize compliance

3. Organizational justice is an additional way to help operationalize compliance See less -