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The most significant benefits of a University
Compliance Program are the following:
(a) furthering a University culture that
does not tolerate illegal or actionable behavior and prompts
faculty and staff to consider the potentially adverse legal
consequences of certain conduct;
(b) increasing the likelihood of early
detection if potentially illegal or actionable conduct does
occur, thus creating the opportunity to correct or self-report;
(c) serving as a basis to persuade governmental
authorities to decline prosecution or the initiation of a
civil or regulatory action;
(d) if the institution violates any applicable
federal criminal or civil laws or regulations, reducing significantly
the penalties or fines assessed and avoiding the imposition
of a governmentally-mandated Corporate Integrity Agreement,
a set of expensive and burdensome compliance procedures.
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