Compliance &Ethics - Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics

Letter from the CEOby Roy Snell, CHC, CCEP‐FWhat we have accomplishedSnellFour of us from SCCE/HCCA wererecently invited to meet with the headof the Department of Justice, the headof the Securities and Exchange Commission’sDivision of Enforcement, and the head ofthe Department of Justice’s FCPAdivision. They asked for a shortdescription of our organization. Ithought I would share with you whatI shared with them. Our growth hasbeen explosive. We have not spentmuch time looking back. It was interestingto reflect on what we haveaccomplished as a very young profession.The Society of Corporate Complianceand Ethics and the Health Care ComplianceAssociation are part of a single 501(c)(6) organizationdedicated to helping educate, network,and certify compliance and ethics professionals.Our mission is to help compliance and ethicsprofessionals become more effective in theirjobs and help them implement effective complianceprograms. We have 10,500 members whoare primarily in-house compliance and ethicsprofessionals managing their organizations’compliance and ethics programs. We have individualsfrom academia, government, outsidecounsel, and more involved in our organization.We also reach many individuals throughsocial media who are involved in other aspectsof an effective compliance program, such asaudit, legal, risk, fraud, and more. We have over20,000 people following our Twitter feed, 9,500on our dedicated social media site, 15,600 onour LinkedIn compliance groups, and 8,000 onFacebook. Through social media we are able tocommunicate news and information, and sharedocuments that assist our members and othersin their efforts to improve their organizations’cultures and compliance with the law.We are involved in many aspects ofcompliance and ethics education. We havecredentialed and assisted in the programdevelopment of several colleges that havedeveloped degrees in the compliance andethics field. We hold approximately 60 complianceand ethics conferences per year, thelargest of which has more than 2,000 attendees.We conduct approximately 35 web conferenceseach year. We publish two magazines with200 articles per year written by complianceand ethics professionals. We have developedsix basic and advanced certification programsfor compliance and ethics professionals. Over4,000 people hold one of the credentials.We have also branched out internationally.We have members from over 50 countries.We will be holding certification training inShanghai, São Paulo, and Brussels this year.We have developed numerous national andinternational partnerships with government,industry, and other professional associations,and facilitated collaboration betweenthe compliance and ethics profession and theenforcement community.We have come a long way. We have peoplewho can influence our profession asking for ourinput now, when they wouldn’t give us the timeof day in the past. We are having a few growingpains, but things are very good. We are hiringmore people with expertise that will help takeour profession and our organization to thenext level. Most of all, we have surroundedourselves with lead volunteers that have theright stuff. They are the right people to helpus achieve our mission of helping complianceprofessionals be more effective in their jobsand implement effective compliance programs.We are looking forward to another great year. ✵Contact Roy Snell at roy.snell@corporatecompliance.orgCompliance & Ethics Professional May/June 2012+1 952 933 4977 or 888 277 4977 | www.corporatecompliance.org 3