Book excerpt: In a world of ever-increasing complexity, Modern Compliance is the new industry standard for thehard facts and soft skills of compliance best practices. It is written to help understand the internalcontrol structures and ethical considerations necessary to navigate one of the most challengingroles in American business today: Chief Compliance Officer at a financial services firm. It bringstogether the scholarship of 30 of the best known professionals in the Compliance arena, each ofwhom is a well-recognized leader in his or her area of practice.