Fcpa Compliance Report

You should employ a 6-step process to revising your Code of Conduct. Get buy-in from decision makers at the highest level of the company Your company’s highest level must give the mandate for a revision to a Code of Conduct. It should be the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), General Counsel (GC) or Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), or better yet all three to mandate this effort. Establish a core revision committee You should create a cross-functional working group should head up your effort to revise your Code of Conduct. It can include representatives from the following departments: legal, compliance, communications, HR; there should also be other functions which represent the company’s domestic and international business units; finally, there should be functions within the company represented such as finance and accounting, IT, marketing and sales. Conduct a thorough technology assessment The foundation of the revision process is how your company captures, collaborates and preserves the decisions during th