Thinking Outside the Box: Examining the Growing Trend of Compliance Outsourcing (Part Two of Two)

Chief compliance officers are regularly being pressured to do more with less.  Many are operating in businesses that are rapidly becoming more complex, both in terms of their global reach and in their use of sophisticated information technology, PwC partner Jerry Stone told the Anti-Corruption Report.  At the same time, a CCO faces increasing expectations from global regulators, the board of directors and the C-Suite, all while trying to keep compliance costs low.  To address this myriad of concerns, many companies are outsourcing some or all of their compliance functions to third-party vendors.  In this two-part article series, the Anti-Corruption Report examines the outsourcing trend and discusses the benefits and risks of outsourcing various compliance functions.  The first article discussed why a company might outsource some or all of its compliance functions and explored the associated benefits and risks.  This second article looks at how companies are outsourcing various compliance functions and details three steps a company should take before selecting a vendor.  See also “Five Tools Every Chief Compliance Officer Needs for Effective FCPA Compliance: Title, Authority, Access, Budget and Culture (Part One of Two)” (Apr. 3, 2013); Part Two of Two (Apr. 17, 2013).

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