ERC's Testimony Before the United States Sentencing Commission

ERC President Patricia J. Harned, who testified before the seven-member Commission on March 17 in Washington, D.C., backed the proposed amendment to the sentencing guidelines that could lighten a company’s sentence if its ethics and compliance officers have been granted direct access to the board of directors but suggested fine-tuning based on ERC’s research that would make the rules more effective and more far-reaching.

• Read Testimony
• View Comment Letter filed with the USSC