Corporate Compliance Insights (CCI) will conduct a global study of stress, mental health and working conditions for compliance officers. Designed in partnership with an independent researcher, the survey is available and will collect responses until September 19. Access it here.
The subject of stress and mental health in the compliance sector is widely discussed but rarely investigated. CCI’s research will cut through anecdotal perspectives and provide a benchmark by focusing on self-reported data on the lived and working conditions of compliance officers in the U.S. and elsewhere.
“There’s this generally accepted notion that the job of a compliance officer is inherently stressful because their key job function — preventing, identifying and mitigating regulatory risk — may put them at odds with leadership or company culture,” said CCI Publisher Sarah Hadden. “Add to that the ever-changing regulatory landscape and the fact that compliance officers can have personal liability for company wrong-doing, and you can see the potential impact on stress or mental health.”
The mental health and stress levels of compliance officers has been assessed once before—by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) in 2012.
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