Trace

Tracking Risks Associated with Compliance and Ethics (TRACE^TM) is a confidential online survey that measures employee perceptions about the frequency of misconduct, the levels of compliance and the general ethical culture in an organization.

TRACE^TM  measures risks in the following areas:

• Questionable workplace behaviour, e.g. deceptive sales or marketing practices, excessive private use of company assets, unauthorized absence from work, violating internet or travel policies, etc.
• Specific behaviour that constitutes conflicts of interest, e.g. accepting inappropriate gifts or hospitality, being related to a supplier, having a second job without proper authorization or disclosure, etc.
• Behaviour prohibited by law, e.g. accounting fraud, insider trading, procurement or tender fraud, etc.
• Perceptions about company culture, e.g. familiarity with company values, effective ethical leadership, trust and accountability, company reputation, etc.

The tool comprises a generic questionnaire that can be customized in different ways: selecting the most appropriate questions or adding company-specific questions, determining the weighting of risks associated with specific types of behaviour and selecting the stratification of employee levels for benchmarking purposes.

The survey must be completed by a representative sample of employees, and a detailed analysis and report can be delivered within two weeks.