Governance at RSM

Governance at RSM means to ensure the sustainability of our business and transparency with our stakeholders.

Code of conduct

To achieve our vision, everyone at RSM works to protect our reputation and deliver service in a way that is aligned with what our clients and the marketplace have come to expect from our firm. Our Code of Conduct outlines the standards of ethical behavior for which we hold each other responsible. The code is tied to our rich history and serves as a guide for our actions. It is grounded in our core values of respect and uncompromising integrity, succeeding together, excellence in all we do, impactful innovation, and stewardship: acting responsibly.

RSM ethics and compliance hotline

The RSM Ethics and Compliance Hotline allows any RSM employee, client or vendor who sees, suspects or knows about fraudulent, illegal or unethical behavior to report it. The hotline is staffed by an outside organization that specializes in gathering the information needed to appropriately follow up with a concern. Concerned parties can file a report anytime, day or night, by phone (+1 800 913 5052) or online. 

Access the ethics portal

Our commitment to audit quality and professional excellence

RSM’s audit quality report is intended to provide a window into how RSM US LLP promotes and monitors audit quality. The report provides information on our audit practice, including various aspects of our system of quality control such as those related to leadership responsibilities, relevant ethical requirements, client acceptance, engagement team management, engagement performance and monitoring.

For us, it’s all about our clients. That’s why we have demanded audit excellence for nearly 100 years.

As professionals who provide opinions as to the fairness of financial statements, we define our clients as the users of those financial statements. Our clients are the shareholders of a public company, the owners of a private company and other stakeholders. For auditors, “serving clients” means providing services with objectivity, competence and due care for the benefit of the stakeholders who demand audit excellence.

Our commitment to audit quality and professional excellence provides information for our clients and others on matters directly related to audit quality, such as governance, leadership, independence, audit performance and monitoring.

Board of directors

Our board of directors serves as the governing body for RSM US LLP, the nation’s leading provider of audit, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market. Board members are elected by RSM partners and serve four-year terms. A chairman of the board is elected annually. The board focuses on the firm’s strategic objectives and continuously guides the firm in the tradition of quality, integrity and client service excellence that has been the hallmark of the firm since its inception in 1926.

Guiding the tradition of quality, integrity and client service excellence that has been the hallmark of RSM since 1926.

Environmental, social and governance practices

We strive to be the middle market leader in sustainable business practices that drive positive futures for our clients, colleagues, communities and firm.