Sustainable Compliance Programs In Complex Organizations
Keywords:
complexity theory, sustainable compliance, internal controls, information governance
Abstract
I identify and test the empirical implications of complexity theory to investigate the effectiveness of the firm's risk management program in monitoring compliance program activity. I provide a direct link between the quality of Business Regulatory Compliance Unit (which executes and oversees the compliance program implementation) and the overall risk management quality of the firm. I use a multi-method design, incorporating survey questionnaires and econometric multivariate analysis of a sample of European firms. I find a relationship between the risk management exposure of European firms and the quality of their internal control department. I also find a strong relationship between earnings at risk for UK firms and asset-liability at risk for financial firms, but only a weak relationship between cash flow at risk and internal audit quality for European firms. The quality of internal compliance business units is strongly positively related to corporate performance over time.
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