Assess

Understand what’s working, uncover what’s not, and move with confidence from assessment to action.

1

Compliance Program Reviews

We treat ethics and compliance program assessments like regular health checks: we’ll check your program’s vital signs, collect data, conduct tests, and check-in with stakeholders to assess what you’re doing and whether it’s working. 

Leading with our data-driven, human-centered, and evidence-based point of view, we can assess your program holistically, or a particular component of it (e.g., monitoring, third-party risk management, investigations, risk assessment, etc.). 

2

Organizational Culture Reviews

We also conduct holistic culture reviews that offer far more—and go far deeper—than traditional “culture surveys.”  As always, data and people are at the forefront of our approach.

We use a range of tools (customized questionnaires, data analysis, interviews, focus groups, and observational exercises) to make sense of your culture and work collaboratively with you to develop a road map for continuous improvement and ongoing measurement.

What to expect from our compliance + culture assessments.

  • Not only do we have decades of experience assessing and building industry-leading programs, but one of our co-founders was the US DOJ’s first compliance counsel expert—and the architect of the original Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs document.

  • We’re on the leading-edge of technology, research, and trends (and are always looking for better ways).

  • In addition to interviewing compliance, risk, and human resources personnel, we prioritize hearing from leaders and employees at different levels of seniority and from different parts of your business to understand how ethics, compliance, and culture are perceived, received, and understood.

  • You’ll never get a boring report from us. We use the data collected to design easily digestible, visually rich, and insightful reports. In short, we tell stories with your data.

  • We don’t just assess. Instead, we work with you to analyze the results and build a roadmap for continuous improvement. We’ll also help you execute, where it makes sense.

  • Following our initial diagnostic, we’ll jointly develop a simple, cost-effective annual check-up plan that is shaped by data and collects new data to ensure ongoing program health.

  • Our approach is informed by research from cultural psychology, anthropology, and other social sciences.

  • We encourage storytelling as a tool for understanding ways of working, individual experiences, and social norms.