Students will learn how conflicts of interest can undermine a company's culture. If a company is not vigilant in identifying and conflicts of interest, especially at the senior management level, the company's culture can be threatened. CEOs and other senior executives have been at the center of some significant ethical lapses.
whereas a company’s character includes avoiding the appearance of, or actual, conflicts of interest. Compliance professionals need to pay more attention to conflicts of interest. In some instances, companies have not even adopted conflict of interest compliance policies. Some companies have a mere mention of the principle in their code of conduct.
