Bridging policy and practice:

The 2025 Global Study on Ethics & Compliance Programme Maturity

LRN's 2025 Global Study on Ethics & Compliance Programme Maturity offers one of the most comprehensive insights into the current state of compliance programmes. The report features perspectives from compliance professionals across a range of industries, regions, and organisational sizes, assessed across six E&C maturity dimensions: Culture, Resources & Board Oversight, Written Standards, Enforcement, Discipline & Incentives, Training & Communication, and Risk Assessment & Reporting.

The 2025 findings show that E&C programmes continue to vary in their level of maturity and highlight a critical disconnect between policy and practice—particularly in relation to middle management, enforcement, and cultural alignment.

Download the report to explore detailed maturity benchmarks and strategic recommendations designed to help elevate your compliance function from programme management to ethical leadership.

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What you’ll learn:

Cultural alignment underdeveloped: Only 31% of organisations incorporate ethics into performance reviews, and just 15% report a strong “tone in the middle.”

Investigations remain manual and fragmented: 35% of organisations track investigations using spreadsheets, with inconsistent cross-functional oversight.

Written standards are evolving: 45% now update their Code of Conduct annually—but embedding policies into day-to-day behaviours remains a challenge.

Training and impact measurement gaps persist: Only 44% assess comprehension, and just 37% monitor misconduct trends following training.

Risk assessments have blind spots: Fewer than one in five include talent management risk or utilise third-party evaluation.

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