Most risk and compliance (R&C) professionals feel their senior leaders and managers demonstrate a commitment to their programs overall, but only on a conditional basis, according to NAVEX Global’s “2021 Definitive Risk & Compliance Benchmark Report.”

The report pulled from 1,000 survey respondents globally who influence or manage their organization’s R&C programs. It builds off a key takeaway from NAVEX Global’s 2020 benchmark report, which found nearly 1 in 5 R&C programs (18 percent) have “soft” leadership support.

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,...