A consent order is a binding order entered with the agreement of the respondent, resolving an enforcement matter without a contested hearing. It sets the obligations the respondent accepts and usually the penalty.
Consent resolutions are the usual way enforcement actions end. They let the agency secure a remedy quickly and let the respondent avoid the cost and risk of a hearing.
The terms matter to everyone who relies on the respondent: undertakings, monitoring, payment schedules and any restrictions on activity. They are public in most systems and form part of the record of how an agency resolves matters like the one at hand.
A consent order is not an admission of liability in many regimes. The standard formulation is that the respondent neither admits nor denies the findings.
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