From assessing myriad risks to keeping pace with global, ever-evolving regulatory changes to fostering and maintaining an ethical culture—it’s safe to say ethics and compliance officers don’t just have their plates full, they’re overflowing. And that’s not to mention the added responsibility of keeping the board of directors happy.

For ethics and compliance officers wondering how their peers are keeping up with it all, Compliance Week and ethics and compliance software firm Convercent jointly conducted a benchmark survey to gauge not only companies’ top ethics and compliance program goals for the year, but also which key metrics they report to the board and what kinds of compliance technology investments they’re making. 

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...