UT Dallas Compliance Program Mnemonic

Below are some mottos, taglines and mnemonics used by compliance and ethics programs. Which one (if any) resonates with you? Which would motivate – or inform - your audiences? Which fit with your “message” about compliance and ethics?

• Ask before you Act

• Compliance is Everyone’s Responsibility (This is a popular one.)

• Compliance: Own it, Live it, Do it (video)

• Compliance WINS - Worldwide Integrity Is Necessary for Success

• Comply, Control, Communicate

• Comply With Us (no, not an airline…)

• Do the right thing

• Doing the Right Thing the Right Way

• Don't Be a Bystander

• Duty to Comply

• Enhancing a Commitment to Integrity

• An Ethical Workplace is Your Right and Your Responsibility

• Ethics...in Everyone's job description

• Ethics ... Its not new. Its how we do business

• ETHICS - Take the High Road

• Ethics: The Essence of Our Business

• Everywhere...Every Day

• Excellence through Integrity

• Face the Music (video extra, bottom of the page)

• A Good Job on Time… Done Right

• Great People with Great Values

• How we do business is just as important as how much business we do

• If It Concerns You, It Concerns Us

• “[i]n any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing” (attr. T. Roosevelt)

• Integrity begins with you (the poster alone makes this one worth checking out)

• Integrity is at the core of who we are

• Integrity Matters

• It is better to ask for permission than to ask for forgiveness

• It’s All About Integrity

• "It takes less time to do a thing right than it does to explain why you did it wrong.” (attributed to Longfellow, used frequently)

• It’s your call

• Just do it…right

• Managing for the Mission: It's Everybody's Business

• Not only do we do what is legal, but we also do what is right

• Our Marching Orders: Commit to Compliance

• The Positive "No"

• Reach for Excellence – R = Responsibility, E = Excellence, A = Actively participate, C = Commitment, H= Hotline

• Recipe for compliance trouble: ‘It’s not that important.’

• The right way, every day

• See it, Say it. Fix it

• Silence is NOT always golden

• Speak Up and Make Misconduct Disappear

• Studiis et Rebus Honestis

• "Triangle of Compliance or ToC"

  
  
  
  

  

• We Are Our Choices

• We don't believe in preserving the status quo. So we don't.

• We don’t say no, we say how

• When in Doubt, Call it Out

• Winning With Integrity

• Would I want to see it in the headlines tomorrow morning

Tagline, Mnemonic and Motto Resources on the Web:

• About Baker Hughes' "C-squared" motto

• A bite-size enduring anchor (Palasek 2008)

• Mottos Don't Motivate (2011)

• Named at Last - a tag line rating system

• Creating a Tagline That Works: A Case Study

• Coming Up With A Good Tagline

• Tagline Guru

• Tagline Calesthenics

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