Commitment Statements

There is strong evidence from many studies in the science of behavior change to show that when an individual makes even small commitments, it becomes more difficult for that individual to act in ways that are incongruous with those commitments over time. Compliance and Ethics Training recommends the use of simple, actionable commitment statements to encourage employees, officers, and third-party agents to make such commitments.

These files contain commitment statements related to facets of a variety of corporate compliance issues. Get ideas from this list, use them in an edited form, or just take them as is. Asking employees to affirm these commitments will go a long way to effecting the changes in behavior that an effective compliance program requires.

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Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Accurate Books and Records
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Anti-Kickback
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Audits
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Charitable Solicitations
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Code of Conduct Awareness
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Coming Face to Face with Corruption
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Communications with the Public and Media
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Competitive Information
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Compliance with the Law
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Conflicts of Interest
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Diversity
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Doing Business with the Government
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Drugs and Alcohol
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Environmental Responsibility
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Ethical Hiring
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Ethical Sales Practices
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Fair Dealing
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Fraud
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Gifts and Gratuities
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Global Fair Competition/Antitrust
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Harassment and Discrimination/EEOC
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Human Trafficking
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Insider Trading
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Marketing Practices
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Preventing Third Party Bribery
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Religion in the Workplace
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Reporting Violations
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Respectful Workplace
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Retaliation
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Safety and Security
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Sexual Harassment Training for Managers
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Supply Chain and Supplier Relations
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Trade Controls and Sanctions
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Trade Secrets
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: UK Anti-Bribery Act
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Use of Company Resources
Commitment Statements   Commitment Statement: Violence in the Workplace