General Counsel as CCEO? Not an Obvious Answer
(SmartPros) Whether the general counsel (GC) should also serve as the chief compliance and ethics officer (CCEO) has been a very hot topic on the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics' Social Network. Read the related article from the June 2009 issue of Compliance and Ethics Magazine, featuring SmartPros' own ethics officer, Catherine Finamore Henry.
Recently, the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics had more than 50 people participate in this topic and had some very smart discussions. This is a topic that goes “on and on” but always remains a topic of interest. Participants from different backgrounds give their opinions in this article from the June 2009 issue of SCCE's Compliance and Ethics Magazine.
Conversation participants include: Joe Murphy, Compliance Systems Legal Group and author of 501 Ideas for Your Compliance & Ethics Program (published by SCCE in 2008); Catherine Finamore Henry, CIA,Vice President, Business Development and Ethics Officer, Smart Pros Legal & Ethics, Ltd.; and Ted Banks, President, Compliance & Competition Consultants, LLC.
Read the article here.