Corporate Compliance can also be defined as: 公司遵守也可以被界定为：

The state of being in accordance with the relevant Federal or regional authorities and their requirements. 国家正在按照有关的联邦或地区当局和他们的要求。

Corporate scandals and breakdowns such as the Enron case in 2001 have highlighted the need for stronger compliance regulations for publicly listed companies. 公司丑闻和故障，如安然事件在2001年都强调，必须加强法规遵从为公开上市公司。

The most significant regulation in this context is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act developed by two US congressmen, Senator Paul Sarbanes and Representative Michael Oxley in 2002 which defined significant tighter personal responsibility of corporate top management for the accurateness of reported financial statements. 最显着的调控在这方面是萨班斯-奥克斯利法案制定的两个美国国会议员，参议员保罗萨班斯和奥克斯利代表迈克尔在2 002年确定了显着的严格的个人责任，企业高层管理人员为准确性的报道，财务报表。

It used to be that only the largest multi-nationals needed a Compliance Officer. Today most practices, regardless of size, would be wise to charge someone within their organization with the responsibility of keeping abreast and managing the regulatory compliance process . 它曾经是，只有最大的多国民需要遵守主任。今天大部分的做法，不论大小，将是明智的负责人在其组织的责任，与时俱进和管理法规遵从的过程 。

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