Compliance Program Self-Assessment Worksheet

Download the Compliance Program Self-Assessment Worksheet

The Compliance Program Self-Assessment Worksheet

Introducing the updated Compliance Program Self-Assessment Worksheet by Ethisphere. Built from our industry-leading Ethics Quotient® (EQ) questionnaire and benchmarking from this year’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies® honorees, this 16-question program assessment worksheet is the first step for compliance leaders looking to gain a unique glimpse into the overall effectiveness of their work to date, especially when paired with our automated Compliance Program Self-Assessment.

Download the worksheet to:

  • Review all 16 questions within the self-assessment
  • Allow you time time to collect and review program information being assessed
  • Prepare to complete the full Compliance Program Self-Assessment, which provides a complimentary snapshot of your program’s effectiveness, curated strengths and opportunities for improvement, and analysis and access to additional resources

Understand

Review some of the most relevant questions that programs must answer today across 8 ethics and compliance dimensions.

Self-Assess

Answer 16 questions meant to help you understand whether your program is considering all risk areas and options.

Benchmark

Gather your responses offline so that you can submit them on Ethisphere’s digital Self-Assessment for additional benchmarking and opportunity analysis.

What’s In The Worksheet

This self-assessment is made up of 16 questions, broken out into 8 dimensions related to
your program. It will take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete and will require a working knowledge of the company’s programs and initiatives in the areas of ethics and compliance and corporate governance. The 8 dimensions include:

Corporate Governance | Program Structure, Oversight, Responsibility, and Resources | Written Standards | Ethics & Compliance Training, Awareness, and Communication | Risk Assessment, Auditing, Program Evaluation, and Detection | Enforcement, Discipline, and Incentives | Measurement of Ethical Culture | Third Party Demographics

Download The Self-Assessment Worksheet

Download the only self-assessment built from our industry-leading Ethics Quotient® (EQ) questionnaire and benchmarking from this year’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies® honorees.

BELA Asks: How Do I Start an Ethics Podcast?

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BELA Asks: How Do I Start an Ethics Podcast?

Podcasting is a great way to message and build dialogue around ethics and compliance. But how do you actually get an ethics podcast off the ground? And more importantly, how do you keep it going? BELA Chair Erica Salmon Byrne talks about the why of starting an E&C podcast and Ethicast host Bill Coffin offers some practical tips on the how of it.

This episode stems from the BELA concierge service, in which BELA members can submit questions regarding ethics and compliance and our internal experts will provide an answer plus helpful resources with information. And since there is no competition in compliance, we respond thematically to high-level questions in the BELA Asks series for the benefit of E&C teams everywhere.

Learn more about BELA, request guest access to the Member Resource Hub, and connect with a BELA Engagement Director at www.ethisphere.com/bela

The 2025 Compliance Program Self-Assessment

The Compliance Program Self-Assessment

Are you looking to assess your E&C program’s overall effectiveness when it comes to things like structure, oversight, monitoring, training, and more?

Introducing the 2024 Compliance Program Self-Assessment by Ethisphere. Built from our industry-leading Ethics Quotient® (EQ) questionnaire and benchmarking from this year’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies® honorees, this 20-question program assessment provides compliance leaders a unique glimpse into the overall effectiveness of their work to date, for free and within minutes!

Simply answer questions about different aspects of your program and organization and receive an overall program score, list of strengths and opportunities for improvement, plus analysis and additional resources from the industry’s leading experts and largest benchmarking dataset.

The demands for a program’s continued evolution and proactive efforts to improve are no longer reserved for the largest organizations in the most risk-heavy industries, they’re table stakes across the board in today’s day and age. Complete the 2024 Compliance Program Self-Assessment today to plot a course for your program’s improvement!

Ethicast: Bringing Together Your E&C Stakeholders

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Ethicast: Bringing Together Your E&C Stakeholders

In this episode, Kimberly White, Vice President and General Counsel-Compliance at Ingredion, shares how she launched an ambitious, enterprise-level E&C meeting series to drive strategic alignment on business integrity. And, she shares how this initiative got its start in Ingredion’s application for World’s Most Ethical Companies® recognition, which the company has earned an impressive 11 times.  

Watch to learn: 

  • How long it took to make this meeting a reality 
  • How stakeholder-driven strategic planning aligns everyone around business integrity 
  • How this initiative will inform Ingredion’s 2026-2026 planning cycle 
  • A proof point around how Ingredion’s E&C has developed its voice 
  • How the World’s Most Ethical Companies® informs Ingredion’s larger business strategy 

BELA Asks: How Should I Message on AI Use & Policy?

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BELA Asks: How Should I Message on AI Use & Policy?

In our BELA Asks series, we address questions posed by members of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance (BELA) about wider issues facing the ethics and compliance community. BELA members who have any questions at all about ethics and compliance can send them to us, and then our internal experts will provide an answer and/or direct them to a helpful resource for more information.

In this episode, Erica Salmon Byrne, BELA Executive Chair, answers a high-level member question on how E&C teams should communicate expectations around the proper use of AI and what an organization’s AI policy might be. As we often say, it comes down to message, messenger, and modality.  

To learn more about BELA, please visit https://bela.ethisphere.com to request guest access to the BELA Member Resource Hub and to speak with a BELA Engagement Director.

If you have a question that you’d like answered on BELA Asks, be sure to use the BELA Concierge Service, and we will get to it as soon as we can.

AI in Compliance: Moving Beyond Governance to Build Smarter Programs 

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AI in Compliance: Moving Beyond Governance to Build Smarter Programs

In this webcast, we are joined by SpeakUp’s CEO, Tim Morss, for a forward-thinking conversation that will equip compliance leaders with the tools to think strategically about AI adoption—especially as they head into 2026 planning and budget cycles. Learn how to evaluate AI solutions, integrate them into your workflows, and measure the impact on your team’s effectiveness—all while staying grounded in ethics and transparency.