Prudent risk and compliance officers who want to see how their programs stack up against their peers would be remiss to ignore NAVEX Global’s second annual definitive benchmark report, released July 22.

Different from last year’s report is its new title and overall shift in focus from “ethics and compliance” to “risk and compliance.” Previously called the “Definitive Corporate Compliance Benchmark Report,” NAVEX Global renamed it to the “Definitive Risk and Compliance Benchmark Report” to reflect the increasingly critical role that risk assessments and risk management play in an effective compliance program.

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,...