Five compliance triumphs from 2022
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Kyle Brasseur2022-12-07T13:00:00
After navigating a year of high-volume sanctions, labor shortages, economic turmoil, daunting policy proposals, and remote/in-person work tension, compliance departments deserve an added helping of praise.
After all, 2023 doesn’t figure to get any easier. Before the calendar turns over, it’s worth taking a step back and reflecting on the strong compliance- and ethics-minded choices businesses and regulators made over the course of the past 12 months.
I’ll include my yearly disclaimer: This list does not represent the compliance achievements that happen behind closed doors. No news is often good news in this profession. Instead, it calls attention to what I feel are strong examples of the right decisions being made for the right reasons and hopefully offers others in the industry something to benchmark their own efforts against.
Here are five compliance-oriented triumphs from 2022:
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