ECI Compliance Week and Diligent are conducting a survey about third-party risk and integrity management programs and due diligence practices, including the scope, design, scale, resources, maturity, and effectiveness of them.
Surveys & Benchmarking
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Six themes from the 2025 Inside the Mind of the CCO survey
Now in its seventh year, Compliance Week’s Inside the Mind (ITM) of the CCO survey found AI governance is the top concern for compliance officers, that salaries are rising, the gender pay gap is persistent, and that the most common reporting line for CCOs in 2025 was to legal/general counsel. This briefing sums up the […]
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U.K. governance professionals rising in influence, survey finds
Governance professionals are increasingly regarded as being more critical to the success of their organizations, according to a recent survey which found that two-thirds of respondents thought the influence of the governance function was growing.
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The Practitioner’s Briefing – Compliance Week National 2026
This Practitioner’s Briefing is crafted as a high-level recap of Compliance Week’s 2026 National Conference, held in Washington, D.C., in May. Whether you were there, or wished to be, this briefing will bring you up to speed. The briefing captures the six themes that pervaded three days of panel discussion and the networking conversations between […]
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What does retaliation look like? Compliance officers, whistleblowers describe their experiences
Retaliation against whistleblowers is often thought to be a series of noticeable events. It starts with turning a previously positive workplace into a hostile one. Isolation is used like a weapon. Work assignments change dramatically.
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CCOs more likely to report to general counsel than any other executive, ITM survey finds
CCOs are more likely to report to the general counsel or legal department within their organization than to any other executive or governing body, according to the 2025 Inside the Mind of the CCO survey.
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Does the compliance function influence business strategy in your organization? Two in every three compliance officers say yes.
Two of every three respondents to the Inside the Mind of the CCO survey reported that the compliance function influences business strategy within their organization.
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How does your ethics and compliance program measure up? ECI’s HQP Assessment provides insights and benchmarks
When agribusiness Bunge Global completed a large merger, it was left with questions about how the two organizations’ previously separate compliance programs would be combined. Dave Mills, director, global investigations and security at Bunge Global, recognized that the compliance programs at Bunge and its acquisition, Viterra, had two different maturity levels. The key, though, was […]
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Littler Survey: AI and data privacy issues top of mind for employers
AI ranked as the top issue that’s expected to impact workplace policy changes over the next 12 months, even more so than DEI)and immigration enforcement matters, according to findings from law firm Littler’s 14th Annual Employer Survey.
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ITM survey: Some organizations pull DEI programs—and some keep them—under feds’ DEI reversal, compliance officers report
Nearly four in 10 compliance teams have made it a priority to review risks related to their traditional DEI efforts and other programs in the face of the Trump administration’s unprecedented broadsides against the programs.
