One of the fundamental things I’ve learned about compliance in my five years at Compliance Week is that no two programs are the same. Differences in budget and stature within the business force compliance officers to work within their unique circumstances, often putting some “best practices” out of the realm of possibility.

Which is why I appreciated this passage from Mary Shirley contained early in her new book “Living Your Best Compliance Life: 65 Hacks & Cheat Codes to Level Up Your Ethics & Compliance Program.”

“This book is not about using fancy new tools and approaches—there are plenty of vendors happy to take your call and tell you about their solutions if that is what you are looking for,” writes Shirley. “It is about your everyday compliance practitioner without access to unlimited resources or unlimited budget and who possesses a typical compliance skill set, looking to make a difference and advance their program without overreliance on specialist, and oftentimes rather pricey, service providers.”