2016 marks our 6th annual study which is designed to give corporate compliance officers benchmarking data to help them understand common industry practices today and plan for more effective, more efficient compliance operations in the future. The study aims to give compliance leaders a view into organizations’ tone at the top, process to assess risk and compliance and ethics oversight structure and scope. These compliance program elements, representing the business strategy elements of compliance and ethics, are among the most frequently debated topics by compliance practitioners.