Prison Professors With Michael Santos
160. Mimizing Vulnerabilities to Government Investigations
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Compliance Mitigation dot com For reasons expressed throughout these modules, every business leader should consider possible steps to lessen potential exposure to a government investigation. Three suggestions follow: Show a commitment “to doing good” in all communications. Document processes that show a commitment to operating the business with principled, transparent policies that are easily defensible. Train all team members to understand the corporate culture, and also the reasons behind every policy in place. These three components would go a long way toward protecting businesses and individuals. Government Officials: In 1991, the U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC) amended its guidelines. The amendments incentivized business owners to act in compliance with regulations and the law. Those changes opened opportunities for prosecutors to grant leniency, non-prosecution agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements to businesses that put “effective compliance programs” in place. Theoretically, if busine