[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 434 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 434

     Designating the week of May 22, 2006, as ``National Corporate 
                     Compliance and Ethics Week''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 6, 2006

Mr. Santorum submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     Designating the week of May 22, 2006, as ``National Corporate 
                     Compliance and Ethics Week''.

Whereas the United States has experienced corporate scandals in recent years, 
        resulting in serious legislation and regulation dealing with 
        professional responsibility, ethics, and compliance programs;
Whereas the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is a compelling example of legislative 
        guidance that recognizes the important role of compliance programs for 
        organizations that desire to maintain ethical and law-abiding 
        workplaces, services, and products;
Whereas the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, including recent amendments to the 
        Federal Sentencing Guidelines, emphasize and reinforce that there are 
        specific consequences for noncompliance;
Whereas many companies in the United States have responded by developing and 
        implementing corporate ethics and compliance programs intended to detect 
        and prevent violations of law, such as establishing a high level 
        official to oversee compliance and integrity in the organization, 
        auditing and monitoring mechanisms to test compliance, reporting 
        mechanisms such as hotlines to ensure open communication, and training 
        programs designed to educate employees on the laws, regulations, and 
        policies that affect their business operation;
Whereas the private sector has organized to provide the necessary resources for 
        ethics and compliance professionals and others who wish to promote 
        quality compliance through organizations such as the Health Care 
        Compliance Association and the Society for Corporate Compliance and 
        Ethics; and
Whereas the establishment of a National Corporate Compliance and Ethics Week 
        would celebrate the creation and maintenance of these ethics and 
        compliance programs, and their resulting impact on the integrity, 
        ethics, and compliance of the organizations that have created them: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate designates the week of May 22, 2006, as 
``National Corporate Compliance and Ethics Week''.
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