The most powerful thing about the ethics, governance, risk, and compliance profession is its people. This is a burgeoning area, and community, made up of a fascinating and influential group of professionals spanning all industries and geographies, incorporating a broad spectrum of disciplines, all in the name of ensuring best practices when it comes to obeying the letter and spirit of the law.
To the casual observer, compliance might seem like a thankless role to play: the hall monitor forever telling one’s peers to slow down, check their numbers, think twice, or to not engage at all in opportunities that seem otherwise foolhardy to pass up. In my time at Compliance Week, I have already met with people who have decried the role of compliance as little more than heavy manacles on the legs of commerce and who have also described the role as an ongoing example of the maxim that no good deed goes unpunished.
