The majority of respondents in this report from the survey by the Health Care Compliance Association & the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics indicated that compliance and ethics are not strongly tied to how executives and line employees are com¬pensated. When it comes to bonuses, ethics and compliance plays an even smaller role.

Companies for years have sought to align their compensation, incentive, and performance evaluation programs with individual and corporate goals. New research among compliance and ethics professionals conducted jointly by the Society of Corporate Com¬pliance and Ethics and the Health Care Compliance Association reveals that when it comes to compliance and ethics metrics, very little has been done to incent ethical behavior.

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