Prepare to pass the CCEP with practice across all six CCB content areas

A mid-market manufacturer hires its first ethics officer. Counsel asks what the Sentencing Guidelines treat as the program's written baseline.

Tap an answer to reveal the correct answer, rationale and source.

• A. A published values poster that restates the brand promise without any operating controls set.
• B. A board resolution that names an ethics officer and counts that single hire as the program.
• C. Standards of conduct and internal controls reasonably capable of reducing criminal-conduct risk.
• D. An annual CEO ethics speech offered in place of any documented standards and controls set.

A newly public issuer is designing program structure. Counsel asks what the Guidelines require of high-level personnel.

Tap an answer to reveal the correct answer, rationale and source.

• A. High-level personnel discharge the duty by naming a coordinator and then leaving program design.
• B. High-level personnel shall ensure the organization has an effective compliance and ethics program.
• C. High-level personnel finish the duty once they vote the code of conduct at a single meeting.
• D. High-level personnel assign the duty by retaining outside counsel to keep a current program binder for the board.

HR proposes one all-hands slideshow and no further dissemination. What does the communication element require?

Tap an answer to reveal the correct answer, rationale and source.

• A. A single all-hands slideshow covers every role, site, and agent without later sessions.
• B. Mentioning the code in the employee handbook footer meets the dissemination duty.
• C. Reasonable steps to communicate standards and other program aspects to each covered audience.
• D. Notice may wait until after an employee has already been accused of a standards breach.