This annually updated resource examines compliance programs under the sentencing guidelines and suggests how to prevent and detect violations of law. It explains how to establish an effective compliance program for your corporate clients. Attention is given to threshold considerations, liability inventory, codes of conduct, assigning compliance responsibility, board oversight, care in delegating authority, training, auditing and monitoring systems, protecting whistleblowers from retaliation, employee discipline, and investigating and disclosing violations. Several chapters also examine compliance programs and criminal law, sentencing procedures, impact of corporate compliance outside the criminal process, and interactive corporate compliance.