The ultimate goal of a compliance program is not only to make sure your organization meets the requirements for compliance, but to also ensure employees do the right thing. But it can be difficult to determine the success of your organization’s compliance. What do you measure? How often do you measure? What do you focus on?

NOTE: Schellman has since updated and expanded on this information in an article here. Nobody likes a compliance audit, but they serve a necessary purpose in the business world. If an organization is lacking in its adherence to global compliance regulations, there could be serious fallout. Employees or customers may lose trust. Your company’s reputation could be damaged, and worse — lawsuits and fines can significantly damage financial health. For this reason, chief compliance officers must change the way they think about audits. Painstaking as they may be, an audit provides you the opportunity to rectify issues before they become larger problems. Instead of dreading and avoiding an upcoming audit, here’s how compliance leaders can prepare their company to make the review process less agonizing.

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