Caught Between Conscience and Career: An E&C Leader’s Confession
The mental health crisis among ethics and compliance professionals has remained largely unspoken despite its prevalence. Drawing on personal experience and CCI's "2025 Compliance Officer Working Conditions" report, an anonymous ethics and compliance leader in the defense industry examines the misaligned reporting structures, competing priorities with legal departments and professional isolation that create conditions where toxicity thrives while resources dwindle — and yet, why practitioners remain dedicated to their mission even as organizational structures systematically undermine their effectiveness and wellbeing.
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