Ethics reference system

Ethics is a fundamental skill for professionals who need to give meaning to their activity, make the fairest decisions possible and be able to justify or argue for them.

Ethics is also a key management dimension for organisations, increasingly aware of the need to meet the expectations of their stakeholders:
→ Shareholders want to secure the company's strategy and management;
→ Customers want to promote sustainable development through their purchases and be reassured about the products;
→ Suppliers seek to develop partnerships based on trust;

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→ Employees need training and a healthy working environment which gives meaning to their commitment.

It is in this context and for these reasons that Socrates assists its clients to create and write their ethics reference systems including an ethics charter, code of conduct and best practices guide.

Created jointly (using a cooperative and multi-disciplinary approach) and formalised in a charter or a code, an organisation's values help give meaning to the actions of professionals.

 



Socrates' expertise and know-how: In order to encourage an organisation to appropriate and implement values, Socrates has developed a cooperative, multi-disciplinary and practical working method:

→ Cooperative: working with a steering committee and/or working groups ; 
→ Multi-disciplinary: all those concerned are represented within the groups ; 
→ Practical: issues of philosophical tradition and conceptual consideration are made operational and adapted to the context of the organisation or department. They are structured into operational guidelines ("Code of Conduct"), then into best practices ("Guide to Best Practices").

Access the tool Eval'ethic®