Ethics officers Following a series of fraud, corruption, and abuse scandals that affected the United States defense industry in the mid-1980s, the Defense Industry Initiative (DII) was created to promote ethical business practices and ethics management in multiple industries. Subsequent to these scandals, many organizations began appointing ethics officers (also referred to as "compliance" officers). In 1991, the Ethics & Compliance Officer Association —originally the Ethics Officer Association (EOA)—was founded at the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University as a professional association for ethics and compliance officers.
Ethics officers Following a series of fraud corruption and abuse scandals that affected the United States defense industry in the mid-1980s the Defense Industry Initiative (DII) was created to promote ethical business practices and ethics management in multiple industries Subsequent to these scandals many organizations began appointing ethics officers (also referred to as "compliance" officers) In 1991 the Ethics & Compliance Officer Association —originally the Ethics Officer Association (EOA)—was founded at the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University as a professional association for ethics and compliance officers