Compliance is more than a word, but unfortunately, many companies don’t understand it’s importance until it is too late. Creating and developing a Compliance Program is going to cost you, but it is better to pay someone to build your program instead of paying penalties, losing your reputation and or your business. Integrity Matters: Be Your Word is NOT your typical stale and boring book about Compliance. It is a complete deconstruction of what Compliance is, how it works, what it does, what happens when it is well implemented and unfortunately, what happens when it is not well executed. The book is laden with real cautionary stories of companies that had to either pay back monies or pay hefty penalties and fines due to fraudulent activities, mismanagement of funds or did not know their industry’s Compliance requirements. No matter the reason for the lack of compliance the costly consequences will be the same. Dr. Robyn S. Joppy has over 20-years of Compliance Expertise and by writing this book has made available all her knowledge (well, most of it) to companies and organizations just like yours. Why does she care? Dr. Joppy is passionate about Compliance because she does not want you to struggle with your Compliance Program or lack thereof like she has seen hundreds of companies do. One of the many misconceptions Dr. Joppy has seen people make over the years is assuming that only large organizations need to have a Compliance Program, this erroneous concept could not be farther from the truth. The book Integrity Matters: Be Your Word takes a deep dive into the many organizations and people that need and will significantly benefit from having a Compliance Program.Here’s a sampling of the type of businesses and organizations that need a Compliance Program: large corporations, non-profit foundations, mid-size companies, one-person operations, churches or any other religious organizations will benefit GREATLY from reading this book. It is time you learn how to communicate the rules of the game to your people because as Dr. Joppy says: You have to tell people the rules so they can play the game, if and when the rules change, share that as well