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Accutech Environmental Services. ......................4B Aegis Energy Services. .......................................23B ALT Realty............................................................9C American Architectural Window & Door.............1B Arrow Steel Inc................................................. IC-B Atlantic RE Services........................................... 11A B.R. Kreider & Son...............................................7B Bayshore Recycling.............................................24B BL Cos.. ...............................................................14B Borrus..................................................................16C Breslin Realty. ....................................................18C Brickstone. ..........................................................13C Brokerage Directory. .................................... 30-36C Buccini Pollin Group...........................................25C Business Card Directory.......................................9A C.S. Davidson, Inc......................................... 15-16B Caniford Group...................................................19C Capital Aerials....................................................25B Cenova...................................................................7A Coastal Commercial Group...............................IC-A Commercial Choice Realty. ................................10C Cushman & Wakefield..........................................3C Earth Engineering................................................9B Energy Works......................................................22B Entech Controls. .................................... IBC-A, 24B First Industrial...................................................26C Fortna Auctioneers & Marketing Grp.. ...............5A Fowler Route Co..................................................27B G&C Electronics..................................................17B Genova Burns Giantomasi Webster.....................6B Gilbeaux Assoc., P.C............................................25B Goal Point Realty.............................................. IC-C Griffin Land.........................................................26C H.T. Lyons............................................................19B Haftek CWS. .........................................................2B Hawley.................................................................28C Hiller Industrial..................................................27C Hinerfeld Commerical RE...................... 11A,IBC-C Hollenbach Construction......................................5B Hurley Auctions....................................................6A Hutchinson..........................................................23B Investors RE........................................................12C IREM............................................................. 22-23B Jewel Electric Supply. ..........................................3A JOTTAN Inc..................................................... BC-A Landcore Engineering Consultants.....................8B Landmark Science & Engineering.....................18B Lew Corp...............................................................1A Liberty Environmental.........................................2B M. Miller & Son.....................................................8B Marcus & Millichap..............................................6C NAI Emory Hill.....................................................2C NAI Keystone........................................................8C NAI Summit........................................................26C P. Cooper Roofing............................................. BC-B PennCap........................................................... 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By Raymond Brown & Daniel Flynn Small/Medium Size Cos. Should Consider a Proactive Approach to Managing Compliance & Ethics Risks

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Faced with a signifi- cant increase in penal- ties assessed by regu-

latory agencies around the world and the potential for imprisonment of top-ranking officials, the boards of directors and top management of most large international conglomer- ates have realized that an “ef- fective compliance and ethics program,” including a Chief Compliance Officer reporting directly to the boardroom, is no longer just a “smart option” - it is a necessity. The question is: Do small and medium-sized companies with operations primarily lo- cated within the United States share this need? The prudent and proactive response is that regardless of size, all organizations with op- erations subject to regulation enforced by criminal sanctions should strongly consider de-

veloping a formal compliance program appropriate for its size and operation. What is an “Effective Com- pliance and Ethics Program”? The blueprint for an effective compliance and ethics program can be found in the sentencing guidelines for organizations adopted by the U.S. Sentenc- ing Commission in 1991. These guidelines allow lenient treat- ment for organizations that have a program demonstrating

diligence in preventing and de- tecting criminal behavior and promoting an organizational culture of ethical conduct and compliance with law. The guidelines specify sever- al criteria for such a program, including: Establishment of “standards and procedures to prevent and detect criminal conduct,” Dili- gent oversight of the program content and operation by the continued on page 8A

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