When the chief compliance officer
(CCO) of a major corporation
recentiy received an ethics
hotline tip alleging that antitrust violations
had occurred at the company's
headquarters, he immediately launched an
intemal investigation to detemiine whetiier
the allegations had any merit. Witiiin hours,
however, the company's investigation
stalled tecause the hotline call had teen
anonymous and the allegations nonspecific,
with no employees or departments singled
out for attention