The Fraud Section of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division recently published one of the most comprehensive compliance resources in years, but it came with so little fanfare that it might have flown under the radar of many ethics and compliance departments. Fret not, all was laid bare during a keynote panel at Compliance Week 2017.

In February, the Fraud Section published a document, “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs,” containing eleven sections, each accompanied by sample topics and questions on what the Fraud Section said it may ask in making an individualized determination in evaluating a corporate 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,...