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Compliance Culture

What is Compliance Culture?

An organizational environment where employees at all levels understand, value, and actively support compliance with laws, regulations, and ethical standards.

Compliance and Regulatory

Frameworks that govern compliance culture

ISO 27001:2022View framework →NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0View framework →NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5View framework →

What the standards actually require on compliance culture

Requirements naming compliance culture across 2 standards, quoted from the control text.

ISO 37301:20211 control

Requirement defined in ISO 37301:2021, clause 5.1.2 (Compliance culture). See licensed source for normative text. Implementation focus is to demonstrate conformity with the obligations of this clause through the artefacts listed in evidence_requirements.

iso-37301-2021::5.1.2 · Compliance culture →
US OFAC Sanctions Compliance Framework1 control

Management must promote a culture of compliance including the ability to report misconduct without reprisal.

MC-2 · Compliance Culture →

Questions people ask about compliance culture

What is Compliance Culture?
An organizational environment where employees at all levels understand, value, and actively support compliance with laws, regulations, and ethical standards.
Why is Compliance Culture important for compliance?
Compliance Culture is a key concept in Compliance and Regulatory. Understanding compliance culture helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Compliance Culture?
Compliance Culture appears in the requirement text of ISO 37301:2021, US OFAC Sanctions Compliance Framework. Across these standards we have identified 2 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Compliance Culture?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how compliance culture applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.