Most companies play down the enforcement role of their ethics programs.

A. We have special ethics programs, and it's part of every course as well.

Several company executives said they considered the ethics programs valuable, but deemed them unnecessary in most cases.

The site offers information about the center's work with large corporations in developing ethics programs.

"We are in the process of rebuilding our ethics program and understand that there is still more work to do," he said.

"We do have an ethics program and we are beginning to move forward on other components of it," he said.

The Fed's ethics program should be overhauled, according to a report by the central bank's inspector general.

At the Justice Department, ethics programs are handled by the various divisions.

A well-designed compliance and ethics program is only half the picture.

An organization's compliance and ethics program should be measured like any other critical capability.