Surveys
SCCE periodically surveys the compliance and ethics community on a variety of trending topics. Explore the results of these surveys by using the links below.
Helpline Calls and Incident Reports
A survey was fielded in April 2014 to determine if reports to helplines were increasing. A 2011 survey by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) and the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) demonstrated that 90% of compliance professionals surveyed reported that their employer had a helpline, and that was true of 99% of publicly traded companies. The question now was whether the increased attention paid to whistleblowing had led to increased reporting of incidents.
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The Relationship between the Board of Directors and the Compliance and Ethics Officer
For a compliance program to be deemed "effective" under the Sentencing Guidelines the organization’s governing authority must "…exercise reasonable oversight with respect to the implementation and effectiveness of the compliance and ethics program." Yet, while many other aspects of the Guidelines have grown well established, the relationship with the board of directors is still far from mature. Many compliance officers report concerns about whether the relationship is as strong as it should be, or even if it is serving its intended role of enabling the board to exercise sufficient oversight.
Read MoreThe Economy, Compliance, and Ethics - 2013 Update
Compliance and ethics programs are continuing to increase in budget and staffing. Read this survey to see how compliance budgets and staffing are doing. Also, learn how secure compliance and ethics professionals feel in their jobs.
Read More2013 Cross-Industry Compliance and Ethics Staff Salary Survey
Earlier this year the SCCE fielded a salary survey for compliance department staff. The results are in. See how you compare with your peers, and the difference it makes to be certified.
Read MoreShould Compliance Report to the General Counsel?
Despite past research indicating high levels of satisfaction with working with legal, compliance professionals were overwhelmingly opposed to having compliance report to legal. Of the more than 800 responses, 88% are opposed to the corporate counsel serving as the compliance officer, and 80% oppose having compliance report to the corporate counsel’s office.
Read MoreData Breach Incidents & Responses
Data breach incidents are very expensive for organization, both in hard dollars and reputation costs. To better understand the factors leading to a breach the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics and the Health Care Compliance association jointly fielded a survey to determine the prevalence, causes and consequences of data breaches. The survey revealed persistent problems fueled by simple, human error.
Read More2012 Cross Industry Chief Compliance Officers Salary Survey
This survey contains compensation data collected from more than 400 chief compliance officers from across industry during the fourth quarter of 2012. The data is aggregated to help individuals and organizations compare their own data to the results of similar operations. The report breaks down the data by: all survey respondents, type, size and annual revenue of the organization, number of years the chief compliance officer has managed the compliance department and the annual compliance budget managed by the chief compliance officer, among others.
Read MoreGifts & Entertainment Policies 2012
During February and March of 2009 the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) and the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) jointly fielded a survey among the compliance community. The goal was to determine the level of acceptable business entertainment and gift giving. The 2009 survey revealed that, on the whole, business is fairly restrictive of the gifts employees can give and receive, as well as how they can entertain. About two-thirds (63%) either ban gifts to employees or require that they be modest or at a price less than $50. To determine if gift-giving and entertainment policies had changed in the intervening three years, SCCE and HCCA fielded the research again in June 2012. The results showed a surprisingly unchanged picture, despite increased scrutiny of corporate behavior, Dodd-Frank, the UK Bribery Act, and ongoing FCPA enforcement. Most organizations have restrictive policies, with healthcare leading the way. In addition, non-profits were generally more restrictive than for profits, and publicly traded companies, interestingly, had the least restrictive policies.
Read MoreAntitrust: A Dangerous and Underappreciated Issue
Despite the long history and permanence of the issue, and the severity of the consequences of an antitrust violation, many organizations have seemingly underdeveloped compliance solutions in place. Management of antitrust compliance is often undefined and potentially in a silo. Auditing is often less comprehensive than it could be.
Read More2011 Social Media Survey
As social media usage continues to expand, business continues to struggle to find a way to manage inappropriate usage of these web sites. To assess what is being done to meet this challenge, the Society of Corporate Compliance and Health Care Compliance Association fielded a survey among compliance and ethics professionals. The results show that more companies are drawing the line, but many others are taking a slower approach. And, when it comes to auditing and monitoring corporate policies, there is still a long way to go.
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