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Next-Level Compliance: What Every Board Member Should Know

October 2016ComplianceConsultant

Abstract

This article is geared towards members of Boards of Directors, C-level company leadership, and compliance professionals who recognize the need to continually improve compliance. Why is it important to drive compliance performance to the next level? It is vital, because status quo performance in a rapidly evolving global environment earns a failing mark. If your company is not adapting, if it does not have ethical leaders in the right places setting the right ethical “tone at the top,” the compliance program is not as robust as it should be and the company is likely carrying more compliance-related risk than it should.

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Fabiana Lacerca-Allen

Chief Compliance Officer, Cipla, USA

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