AI in Ethics & Compliance:
Risk to Manage, Tool to Leverage
AI in Ethics & Compliance Report: Risk to Manage, Tool to Leverage
Boards want assurance on AI governance. Regulators want evidence are more than principles on paper. The business wants useful AI now.
This means E&C teams need to move quickly from AI policy intent to practical guidance: acceptable use standards, decision rights, monitoring, vendor oversight, and employee expectations that can be applied across the enterprise.
This report helps ethics and compliance leaders strengthen AI policies for companies by showing where programs are today and how leading teams are building the artifacts behind responsible AI use, from an AI acceptable use policy and AI code of conduct considerations to risk reviews, human-in-the-loop triggers, and third-party governance.
Featuring perspectives from SpeakUp and Davis Wright Tremaine, with real examples from E&C leaders who are setting the pace.
Decision rights exist,
but artifacts lag.
77%
of E&C teams influence or coordinate AI governance internally
57%
have trained general employees on responsible AI use and AI policy expectations
84%
own third-party risk management for AI-related vendor exposure
14%
have audited even half their vendors for AI-related risks