“Compliance Officer Day” (Sept. 26) was created as a tip of the cap to those who keep the corporate community in line and, in the words of the holiday’s creator (SAI Global), to “shine a spotlight on the professionals who have dedicated their careers to … helping people do the right thing.”

We at Compliance Week intensified that spotlight with our first annual “Inside the Mind of the CCO” special report, which is aimed at, among other things, figuring out what motivates and challenges today’s chief compliance officers, how they adapt to an ever-changing business landscape, and how they weigh decisions in an ethical climate awash in gray areas—and very little black and white.