Compliance Communications Blog

My blog title (a misquote, by the way, and often misattributed at that*) is a frequent topic of conversation here at Compliance Wave. In fact, I heard this very phrase uttered less than 48 hours ago by the Chief Compliance Officer of a well-known children's hospital. And while it elicited a chuckle from both of us, as it always does, it's also remarkably on-point for how we communicate compliance policies.

For most of us, effective communication that is clear, impactful, and brief is hard. I mean really hard. Why is this so difficult – specifically in the realm of compliance communication? 

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I stay out of debates about the nature of compliance and how a compliance program should function, except in cases where the argument is related to how we communicate our compliance messages to employees.  One such debate was framed nicely in the latest issue of Compliance & Ethics Professional, SCCE’s magazine.

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7/15/15: The characteristics of an ethical organization have been covered in many different formats but only occasionally is there an article about the characteristics of a corrupt corporate culture. On the Global Anticorruption Blog, guest poster Alison Taylor, Director of Advisory Services for the global non-profit BSR offers...

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7/15/15: In July, the law firm Gibson Dunn released its 2015 mid-year update on the US’ enforcement of corruption laws through Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) and Non-Prosecution Agreements (NPAs). As usual, the in-depth update is worth reading from front to finish but one section of particular interest...

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7/15/15: Few of us retain much from a one-shot message but hearing the same message consistently has a huge impact: we remember. Even more importantly, we integrate the message into our lives, thoughts and behaviors. Certainly, that’s true in compliance communication. In a blog post on Communicating...

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