Civil Rights Audits

Enhance your reputation. Build on your values. Identify and mitigate risk.

Corporations are facing increased pressure from board members, shareholders and the public to perform civil rights audits in order to better address racial disparities.

While the Department of Justice, Department of Labor, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and state attorneys general investigate and prosecute alleged civil rights violations, more and more companies are electing to embrace proactive audits. Our team’s combined knowledge of civil rights law and investigations, and experience conducting sensitive audits and producing confidential reports and risk assessments, allows us to conduct efficient reviews uniquely suited to our clients’ businesses. As regulators turn their attention to these issues in both enforcement and rulemaking areas, and reputation increasingly drives market value, companies should weigh the benefits of conducting a civil rights audit against the risks of failing to do so.

Our Work

SUCCESSFUL AUDITS

At Brownstein, we look for ways to customize the audit process to enhance our clients’ reputation and values, corporate culture and diversity efforts. Simultaneously, we seek to mitigate the risk of litigation and public relations and reputational harm. A successful civil rights audit will: