Survey Roundup: Ethical Values Trump Compliance Checklists – Risk & Compliance Journal.

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A look at some recent surveys and reports dealing with risk and compliance issues. Send links of surveys and reports to ben.dipietro@wsj.com.

Ethics at the Top: A survey of around 400 ethics, compliance and legal professionals by ethics and compliance services firm LRN Corp. found 38% said their organization’s leaders sanction or penalize senior-level top performers who engage in misconduct. Forty-three percent said their leaders consider ethics and compliance factors when making business and planning decisions, while 49% said senior leaders take responsibility and action following a compliance failure.

“A year ago, the [U.S.] Department of Justice refocused ethics and compliance programs on outcomes, not procedures. Our new research demonstrates clearly that,…

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