Colleges and universities are every bit as complex as diverse, multinational corporations. In reality, colleges and universities are in the education business, the housing business, the sports and entertainment business, the research business, and often, the healthcare business. And like complex corporations, colleges and universities face multiple types of risk — strategic, operational, financial, reputational, and compliance risk. Opportunities for exposure are endless, so tools that can assist college and university leaders in managing their diverse institutional businesses in an integrated fashion are critical.

Scrutiny is greater than in the past, and institutions of higher education must remain accountable to their students, faculty, employees, researchers, alumni, trustees, and donors. Proactive implementation of an ethics and compliance program is a sound strategy to achieve their confidence, and Global Compliance is uniquely positioned to partner with colleges and universities to provide ethics and compliance solutions that mitigate risk, enhance overall institutional performance, and increase stakeholder confidence.

Global Compliance has the most comprehensive and integrated product and service offerings in the industry, and we control the delivery end to end.

• Awareness – Codes of conduct and othercustom campaign materials to establish and communicate organizational ethics, promote anonymous reporting mechanisms, and advance expected behaviors.
• Education – traditional or interactive training to provide education and test comprehension of organizational codes of conduct, organizational policies, and regulations.
• Hotline and Web Reporting – 24-hour anonymous telephony or Web reporting of fraud, business misconduct, and non-compliance. Includes real-time, online client access to a centralized data repository of reports and allegations.
• Case Investigation Management – intuitive, online case investigation management tool enabling case assignment, investigative notes, communication between case managers and case investigators, attachment of associated documentation, and designation of case status.
• Global Report Writer – flexible information management tool for query, analysis, and trending of information.
• Evaluation and Validation – remote or onsite surveys and evaluations to measure awareness of organizational policies and programs along with compliance with regulations and established thresholds.