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Social Media Compliance Isn't Fun, But It's Necessary

Harvard Business Review

So why did one of the planet's biggest investment banks — and its 33,300 employees — hold out so long? The combination of the right policy and the right technology can render even the most delicate of communications compliant. Everything starts with a firm's social media policy," Langford says.

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Compliance Alone Won’t Make Your Company Safe

Harvard Business Review

These examples make clear that companies often do not know what’s going on in their own offices, which can severely damage their reputation. The dominant response to this state of affairs has been — and still is — to appoint an ever-increasing number of compliance officers.