Chief compliance officers and chief risk officers worth their salt know the myriad compliance risks that third parties pose to their companies, and so it shouldn’t come as a newsflash that training third parties is an essential part of a robust compliance program. 

Even knowing that, however, many companies today still don’t train their third parties, leaving themselves vulnerable to bribery and corruption risk.

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,...