LG’s ethics and compliance practice can provide your organization the assistance you need to meet your goals of enhancing entity level controls – the “tone at the top”. Whether you are implementing a new program, initiating key elements, or measuring performance of existing processes, we assist organizations in an effective and efficient manner. Using an objective and openly vetted framework established by the Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG), LG can help you develop and/or improve ethics and compliance capabilities (or a program).

We can assist you in assessing that adequate processes have been established in your organization to ensure it is operating within the laws and regulations (your “mandated boundary”), and help to ensure that you are also monitoring whether you are keeping to other commitments such as your Code of Ethics/Conduct, internal policies, and contractual obligations (typically defined as your “voluntary boundary”). We can help design and implement repeatable processes and procedures to ensure that management is made aware when the organization is getting close to (or crossing) a boundary. All of this will help the organization by enhancing the corporate culture and stakeholder value, preparing and protecting the organization, reducing errors and losses, and optimizing internal return on investment (ROI).

We can also provide your organization with a one time and/or periodic evaluation of your organization’s governance, risk and compliance (GRC) capabilities. LG shares OCEG’s view that periodic evaluations are an essential element and a key control that benefits stakeholders, the board and others with organizational oversight responsibilities.

As part of an evaluation or as separate projects, using the OCEG tools and resources and relying on our extensive experience, we can also help in these areas:

Code of Ethics/Conduct

• Written in a collaborative manner to fit the organization’s needs and culture, implemented with senior management’s backing, and used to inspire the “right” behaviors and attitudes.
  

Whistleblower Hotlines/Helplines

• A valuable tool to help prevent and detect fraud, criminal conduct, policy violations, and/or questionable conduct, and as a means for employees and other stakeholders to communicate other issues/concerns with the organization.
  

Pre-Employment Screening Programs

• Implementing and documenting programs focused on helping organizations to select and promote employees and leaders who have a reputation for integrity and competence.

Ethics and Compliance Risk Assessments

• Identifying the likelihood and impact of risks, serving as a guide for resource allocation and ensuring that appropriate responses and controls are established.
  

Performance Measurement

• Gauging your progress in achieving objectives and learning whether the tactics employed are contributing to the success of the business.
  

Perception Surveys

• Surveying employees, management and stakeholder periodically to help the organization understand and enhance the corporate climate to assist in creating a culture that fosters open discussion of ethical concerns and integrates the application of ethical principles in the decision-making process.

Contact us today to learn how we can help your organization.