The social, political, and environmental landscape is only growing more complex for companies today, with this year marking not only an election year, but at a time of increasing regulatory risk on a global scale, a dramatic uptick in the demand for social justice and a heightened focus on whistleblowers. And all of this has far-reaching implications on corporate ethics and compliance departments.

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,...