News: EthicsPoint Partners with the Open Compliance and Ethics Group to Provide Valuable Library to Clients

Portland, Ore. – December 3, 2007 – EthicsPoint, Inc., a global provider of issue awareness and on-demand management solutions, announced that it will provide all EthicsPoint clients with access to the content-rich library of materials maintained by the Open Compliance & Ethics Group (OCEG). EthicsPoint, a founding member of OCEG, has created a portal page link from within its software application to allow its clients easy access to OCEG’s valuable research, articles, and best practice guidelines. 

“OCEG is pleased to support EthicsPoint’s provision of these key resources to its clients,” said Carole Switzer president of OCEG. “Some of our key content related to issue awareness, event management, hotlines, investigations and other topics that is usually only available to Premium or Enterprise Members of OCEG is now open to EthicsPoint’s clients.”

"By providing this varied and valuable resource to our client base, we have elevated our clients’ ability to enhance their knowledge of compliance, ethics, and issue and event management," said David Childers, president and CEO of EthicsPoint. “By leveraging the information on the OCEG site, we are not only providing our stakeholders with a rich resource that could cost them hundreds or even thousands of dollars each year, but we are also introducing them to OCEG’s community of dedicated ethics and compliance practitioners."

About OCEG
OCEG is the only nonprofit organization offering comprehensive guidance, standards, benchmarks and tools for integrating governance, risk management, internal control and compliance (GRC) processes. Its unique platform and organizational structure helps organizations take advantage of contributions from thousands of experts and companies.  OCEG’s guidance, benchmarking, custom tools and communities of practice help organizations achieve Principled Performance™. To learn more about OCEG, visit www.oceg.org.