Roles of compliance officers

Gottschalk, Petter and Hamerton, Christopher (2022) Roles of compliance officers. In, Corporate Compliance: Crime, Convenience and Control. 1st ed. London. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 103-112. (doi:10.1007/978-3-031-16123-0_6).

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Abstract

This chapter considers the key role of compliance officers as a specialist bulwark against corporate deviance and crime and the exposed nature of their distinctive status. This status is explored via close analysis of public corporate statements made by compliance violators with linkage to foregoing case studies to evaluate reputational symbolic and substance messaging, before considering the recent large-scale survey of compliance officers in the United States. The Yara corruption scandal in Libya is presented as an example of the undue pressure exerted on compliance professionals during episodes of corporate wrongdoing, with the authors demonstrating that in the aftermath of white-collar scandal, many companies attempt a form of reactive corporate window dressing by introducing new rules and organizational changes for their employees.

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