Complimentary Diagnostics

Board members are increasingly aware of and interested in compliance issues, thanks to high-profile compliance failures covered regularly in the news as well as increased interest from regulators, investors like pension funds, and insurance carriers. By delivering the Board Compliance Oversight and Governance Diagnostic, Corpedia will assist your organization in making sure your board practices…

Having a truly “effective compliance and ethics program” as set forth by the federal sentencing guidelines (FSG) will not only prevent misconduct, but will also aid in defending your organization in the unfortunate event of a compliance breakdown. This program baseline diagnostic addresses how your program is stacking up against important government criteria, as well…

Using a highly acclaimed, proprietary evaluation and scoring methodology, this diagnostic addresses the effectiveness of your organization’s code in terms of setting and reinforcing behavioral expectations for employees. The evaluation takes into account over 50 individual criteria organized into eight broad categories, including: Public availability Tone from the top Readability and tone Non-retaliation and reporting…

Implementing a well-planned curriculum requires a roadmap for your training program, and puts benchmarks in place against which you can measure employee knowledge growth and show measurable results. Corpedia’s Compliance & Ethics Training and Communications Diagnostic reviews the current initiatives your organization has in place pertaining to employee training and follow up communications related to…

Never has there been greater scrutiny or enforcement of the FCPA and similar anti-bribery conventions in place around the world. Corpedia will assist your organization in addressing this hot-button issue by delivering this diagnostic. The diagnostic examines geographic location and industry exposure, policies and procedures, related communications, and third-party controls—helping your organization to determine whether…

An effective compliance risk assessment is a critical foundation of any compliance program. While risk cannot always be prevented, it can be managed and mitigated. Therefore, effective risk assessments drive both immediate and multi-year compliance and ethics program plans and priorities. The Risk Assessment Process Diagnostic helps organizations determine how effective their risk assessment process…

An effective third party screening and monitoring program helps companies verify that they are choosing the right business partners, communicating their expectations to those partners, and monitoring their partners’ behavior. This program baseline diagnostic addresses how your program stacks up against important government criteria, as well as reasonable and best practices of analogous companies, including:…

Corpedia’s FAR Program Diagnostic takes into account the internal control requirements for ethics and compliance programs as outlined by the FAR, as well as the key “hallmarks” for effective ethics and compliance programs recommended by the FSG. Evaluated criteria include: Standards and documentation High-level oversight Training and communications Reporting systems Incident management Enforcement and discipline…