Annual Report
2025 E&C Program Trends & Employee Perceptions Report
A dual-lens view: measuring both program practices and workplace experience
At a time when businesses face enormous uncertainty and pressure, data provides clear guidance to manage risk, develop opportunity, and build a blueprint for sustainable success, no matter what the future holds.
The 2025 Ethics & Compliance Program Trends & Employee Perceptions Report offers a dual-lens view into today’s ethics and compliance landscape, combining a deep dive into program practices with rare insights into how employees experience them on the ground.
Drawing from Ethisphere’s proprietary datasets, this report uniquely benchmarks what organizations are doing to strengthen ethics and compliance — and how those efforts are perceived by the workforce. It reveals where programs and perceptions align, where gaps persist, and what leading companies are doing to bridge the divide. Did you know…
- Most E&C functions are housed in the legal department, but how do you structure that reporting line?
- 58% require people leaders to have E&C convos with their teams, but does that translate into employee action?
- 85% evaluate E&C risk as part of a standalone non-ERM evaluation process, but what does that documentation include?
- 68% evaluate effectiveness of their entire E&C program annually, but what initiatives are they measuring?
For ethics and compliance leaders navigating shifting regulatory expectations, reputational pressures, and evolving workplace dynamics, this report delivers actionable insights to elevate program effectiveness, strengthen ethical culture, build employee trust, drive leadership alignment, and position the program as a strategic business asset.
