The purpose of this paper therefore is to suggest the role that is most appropriate to the corporate CECO such that an organizational ethics and compliance capability can achieve its intended purpose. The document that follows is a product of the Ethics Resource Center’s Fellows Program, and is also the result of several discussions among leaders of some of the most prominent nonprofit organizations in the ethics and compliance industry, convened to speak with one voice on this issue.
Our intention with this document is to offer suggestions, but not to prescribe detailed solutions. Every organization is unique; therefore the way a CECO functions must also be tailored to the corporate environment in which that person operates.What is universal is the fact that ethics is essential to longstanding success in business and the recovery of public trust in market economies. If ethics is to be a priority, it must be championed and fully supported. To that end, we offer this report as a starting place for a continuing discussion of the most effective ways to enable CECOs and their organizations to achieve success.
Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer (CECO) DefinitionWorking Group
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