All organizations, regardless of their size and purpose, are expected to proactively avoid wrongful acts by policing themselves through a compliance program. Organizational compliance programs indicate that an organization is attempting to be a good corporate citizen. The existence (or non-existence) of a compliance program can have a mitigating (or aggravating) influence on civil and criminal culpability if problems occur.

To qualify as a valid compliance program, however, it needs to be put into practice and enforced in such a way that it will generally be effective. Ineffective compliance programs can exert important influences on decisions leading to wrongful behavior for which organizations are responsible.

COMPLIANCE ANALYSIS not only evaluates existing programs, but also designs the methodology for improved internal efforts and continued evaluation. Dr. Gary Green helps implement strategies to measure the effectiveness of and promulgate organizational compliance programming. He is also a litigation consultant in matters related to organizational legal compliance. Dr. Green is currently Professor of Government at a Virginia university.