It is no longer enough to set up “rules” for compliance. We’ve learned painful lessons from the corporate scandals of the early 2000’s. Even the guiltiest organizations had formalized ethics and compliance guidelines. What they lacked was a culture of integrity.
Corporate compliance training is necessary to ensure that all employees are aware of legal practices and know how to apply them. But beyond knowledge of appropriate and legal behavior, companies need to promote and support intention to behave ethically.
Here are some critical features of establishing a corporate culture of integrity:
- It starts at the top. The value of ethical behavior needs to be practiced and modeled consistently at the highest levels of management.
- The message must be clear, consistent and aligned with business policy. Use stories to help turn principles into practice.
- Employees should feel comfortable asking questions and voicing concerns because they know there will be no retaliation.
- All employees must be held accountable. This means rewarding behavior that is in compliance and ensuring consequences for behavior that is not.
- Maintain the focus, both through sustained messaging and ongoing assessments of how well the culture you seek is “lived” day to day.
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