International Recognition for Compliance and Ethics Programs: The 2010 OECD Good Practice Guidance on Internal Controls, Ethics and Compliance

Any compliance and ethics professional who has spoken in front of a multinational audience during the last two decades knows the challenge of promoting compliance and ethics principles with only a U.S.-centric sounding U.S. Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations (USSG) as a standard. The USSG have served organizations well, establishing a compelling model for proactively managing their legal compliance and ethics issues, together with strong incentives to do so. Results so far have been impressive: the USSG have been influential throughout the world, not only with both U.S. and non-U.S. based multinationals implementing global programs, but also as a beacon of best practice to other key jurisdictions.