Ethical Issues In Today's High Stakes Compliance Environment

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In today’s high stakes compliance environment, making correct decisions about the scope, conduct and outcome of an internal investigation can have extraordinarily far-reaching consequences. In the worst-case scenario, an internal investigation may determine the very survival of a company, particularly in highly-regulated fields such as the industries regulated by FDA. Yet company personnel, particularly lawyers, compliance and human resources professionals and senior management of corporations of all sizes are confronted every day with evidence or allegations of potential wrongdoing at their companies. These scenarios may range from notification of a government investigation to allegations of violations of federal law by the corporation