Showing posts with label lack of agreement on qualifications for ethics adviser position. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lack of agreement on qualifications for ethics adviser position. Show all posts

Thursday, March 2, 2017

Trump’s Company Is Hiring an Ethics Adviser. Should Yours?; Inside Counsel, February 28, 2017

Michael W. Peregrine, Inside Counsel; 

Trump’s Company Is Hiring an Ethics Adviser. Should Yours?

"There is no broadly accepted portfolio for the role of a separate ethics officer, nor understanding of how such a role might encroach on the existing duties of the general counsel or the chief compliance officer. In addition, there is no general agreement on the qualifications for such a position, even though the evaluation of conflicts of interest and interpretation of federal ethical guidelines usually requires legal training."