Compliance and ethics is separate profession with distinct competencies and expertise

Compliance and ethics is separate profession with distinct competencies and expertise: needs autonomy from management.

Extract from Corporate Counsel, The Compliance Strategist –  Donna Boehme:

In January/February 2013, the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) polled 800 compliance and ethics professionals on the topic of whether the chief compliance officer should report to the general counsel, and 80 percent said: “No.” The same group overwhelmingly said that the GC should not attempt to also serve as the CCO—a whopping 88 percent.

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