De La Salle University - Manila

Compliance Office

In line with its purpose of promoting stewardship, accountability, integrity, efficiency, and compliance, De La Salle University has established a Compliance Office to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, internal rules, policies, procedures, and other binding rules of agreements.

The Role of the Compliance Office

The Compliance Office is currently establishing and maintaining an effective compliance program that integrates and coordinates all significant requirements necessary for compliance with law, regulation, or other binding rule or agreement. It is also in charge of assessing the effectiveness of internal policies, procedures and guidelines and making necessary recommendations for improvements. The office sets about to establish early warning systems for identifying related problems.

In an effort to spread awareness about compliance issues, the Compliance Office also ensures that administrative and operating units have written internal policies, procedures and guidelines in place that are necessary for compliance with internal controls, external laws and regulations, and all agreements entered into by De La Salle University. Thus, the Compliance Office is in charge of monitoring, identifying, and enforcing both compliance and non-compliance in these areas and in making sure that there are established standards in maintaining consistency with such applicable policies and procedures.

In gearing up to ensure that compliance is an integral part of the University's culture, the Compliance Office is taking a proactive approach on an ongoing basis in identifying and addressing risks resulting from non-compliance which may possibly hinder the accomplishment of the University's mission and goals.

The Compliance Office also provides training programs to ensure that students, faculty members and employees have an understanding and awareness on compliance roles and responsibilities.

Working With the Compliance Office

The Compliance Office also endeavors to establish a feedback channel through various "feedboxes" spread throughout the campus to facilitate communication regarding compliance queries and issues. Presently, the office has a microsite on the DLSU website where questions will be entertained and where updates will be announced.

For this purpose, the Compliance Office is proactively partnering with various De La Salle University stakeholders in establishing a culture of initiative and teamwork in upholding the University's quality standards by observing proper compliance with the highest integrity, conduct and commitment.