Two of the most well-known names in corporate ethics—the Ethics & Compliance Officers Association and the Ethics Resource Center—are gone, merged and reborn as the Ethics & Compliance Initiative, a new organization that will focus on research and certifying corporate compliance programs.

Pat Harned, long-time president of the Ethics Resource Center and head of both organizations since they consolidated last October, announced the news on Thursday. She said the Ethics & Compliance Initiative will hit on three points: