Dr. Peter Hughes, CPA, CCEP
Director of Internal Audit and Compliance,
Orange County

      Why do some organizations elicit ethical behavior and others don’t? If you want to translate theory into concrete action for a viable compliance program, this workshop is for you. We will build off the seven elements recommended in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and address this question: why does it seem that the more a company spends on impressive brochures promoting ethics, the more cynical the employees become? Examine five key components of a successful ethics program and demonstrate how and why a “paper” ethics program can be more dangerous than not having one at all. Key points include:

• Why “tone at the top” means more than having the CEO give opening comments during ethics training
• The “in-the-trenches view” to a successful program and how it can differ form the “penthouse view”
• The most important component of an ethics program to the rank and file