European Institute of Compliance and Ethics (EICE) is a private institute registered under the Slovenian law in 2014. The institute’s main activities are research and development in the fields of corporate compliance and ethics, as well as development of the compliance profession in Slovenia and the wider region. Connecting compliance, ethics and other familiar professionals from variety of industries in Slovenia and surrounding region, EICE is meant to support the development of this young corporate function and profession, according to best practices, professional standards and considering characteristics, needs and benefits of local environment; thus the EICE contributes to more honest and professional environment and helps levelling competitiveness in surrounding region. EICE helps organizations in Slovenia and surrounding region improve their competences in compliance and ethics risk management, which will help these organizations to strengthen or regain their reputation, stability and trustworthiness; which will also help them strengthen their ability to better interact with Western partners regarding high demands for compliance and ethics, which are becoming regular (pre)condition for variety of business arrangements.