CSLG - Compliance Systems Legal Group. CSLG provides corporate compliance and practical business ethics services and products to a wide variety of organizations.
"The organizational guidelines criteria embody broad principles that, taken together, describe a corporate 'good citizenship' model, ...."
- U.S. Sentencing Commission
ABOUT OUR FIRM
Corporate compliance/ethics programs involve management commitment and concrete steps to prevent, detect and respond to wrongdoing by a corporation's agents and employees. They generally consist of standards of conduct which embody relevant law, regulation and internal standards; means to communicate effectively those standards, such as user-friendly codes of conduct and training; enforcement mechanisms including investigations, discipline and efforts to encourage employees to report wrongdoing to management; incentives that align with the program's goals: measurement steps such as audits, monitoring and other evaluative tools; and program structure, including management and board oversight.
Benefits of Compliance Programs
Over the course of the past decade, various legal reforms have been adopted that provide real incentives to companies in all types of businesses to develop and implement compliance/ethics programs.
Among these benefits are avoiding:
- Fines under the U.S. Corporate Sentencing Guidelines.
- U.S. prosecution of the company for an employee's offense.
- Sanctions in non-U.S. settings.
- Court-Ordered Supervision.
- Prosecution or regulatory enforcement action under state law.
- Civil liability or punitive damages for employment-related whistleblower and other alleged violations.
- Personal liability for the board of directors.
- Being a victim of employee, customer or supplier fraud and other misconduct.