Some say that rules are there to be broken, others that they get in the way of progress. In Compliance, we’re often seen as the gatekeeper of the rules and a can sometimes be labelled as barriers to success - burdening businesses with bureaucracy and unnecessary controls. With that in mind, we take a look today at whether ‘playing by the rules’ is good for business and if there is ever a time when breaking the rules may be the right thing to do. 

Host:

•  James (Jim) Swift – curious by nature, Jim enjoys solving problems and identifying opportunities for improvement to compliance programs and organisational culture. Jim has over 15 years' experience leading investigations and, more recently, compliance monitoring, analytics and risk management programs.  His LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-swift-95632150/    

Contributors:

• Alex Davison – Uses a human approach to build a culture of ethics and compliance within his business teams and is on the hunt for the ‘universality’ of compliance disciplines. Alex has over 15 years of experience working in compliance roles throughout the Pharmaceutical value chain in R&D, Manufacturing and the Commercial business. His LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-davison-54529134/
• Stephanie Wingrove – passionate about creating compliance programmes that centre on ethical values, empowerment and accountability.  Stephanie has over twenty years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, in R&D, QA and Compliance & Ethics.  Her LinkedIn profile:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-wingrove-222a448/
• Andriy Kirmach – enjoys building compliance programmes from the ground up as well as structuring and restructuring compliance frameworks, teams and business processes.  Andriy brings 7 years of legal consulting expertise and further 7 years of in-house compliance experience with a multinational pharmaceutical company. His LinkedIn profile:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/andriy-kirmach-06b7652/