Executive coach and former Chief Compliance Officer Amii Barnard-Bahn responds to your anonymous questions on some of the grayer areas compliance officers face, such as culture, hiring, training, and ethics. Click here to submit your own for inclusion in our next edition.
Q. We are a company of about 50 people. The job of making sure the office is meeting its “back to work” compliance requirements (PPE available, elevator instructions, use of common areas, masks, etc.) has fallen to me. The city and federal guidance isn’t great, so I’m making some “common sense” rules on my own. Ultimately the CEO is going to sign off on whatever I advise, but I feel a huge burden of responsibility that perhaps shouldn’t be on my shoulders (I am no medical expert; I’m a lawyer!). How do I push back on this without it appearing I’m trying to get this off my plate?–Rita
