Nearly one year after Canada enacted its diversity disclosure requirements, Canadian public companies are making slow progress in improving diversity on their boards and at the executive-officer level, a new report by law firm Osler finds. The report also showcases several corporate standouts, providing a benchmark for chief ethics and compliance officers in companies across all industries and countries to meet.

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,...