Sure, emerging markets offer numerous growth opportunities for multinational companies, but they also bring an increasing amount of compliance and integrity risk.

A survey of 500 executives at companies in North America conducted by Deloitte and Forbes Insights found that 85 percent said their level of concern over the potential for compliance and integrity risks related to growth overseas has increased lately.

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,...