The auditing and monitoring efforts described in the example above became an indispensible component of the company's overall program to prevent, detect, and respond to fraud and misconduct. In subsequent years, respondents to the company's ethics and compliance program survey reported a high level of awareness of the company's standards of conduct on thesubject and only a very low risk of an antitrust violation occurrence.
Because the benefits of auditing and monitoring generally outweigh the resources expended on such activities, all organizations should carefully consider how to design