TY - JOUR AB - There is much talk of ‘compliance culture’ and, latterly, ‘compliance ethos’ and it is generally assumed that this is a good thing, by definition. This paper suggests that the existence of a compliance culture is never in doubt — all firms have one, the question is what is its orientation? The paper proposes three possible states of a compliance culture and suggests some qualitative measures of a positive or pro‐compliance culture. The paper is an extract from a submission made to NatWest Life's Audit and Compliance Committee in February 1995. VL - 4 IS - 1 SN - 1358-1988 DO - 10.1108/eb024866 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb024866 AU - JENKINSON DAN PY - 1996 Y1 - 1996/01/01 TI - COMPLIANCE CULTURE T2 - Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 41 EP - 46 Y2 - 2024/04/19 ER -