01
What laws and regulations should an ethics officer know?
Important background legal information
including codes of conduct.
02
The Ethics Management
Framework
Understanding leadership commitment, governance structures and capacity.
How to use
the Guide.
The guide attempts to follow a simple and understandable approach that makes things as practical as possible. It covers the basics that every ethics officer should know – such as what laws and regulations apply to the work of ethics officers – but also goes into further detail on what to consider when doing the work. It includes checklists and additional resources that can be consulted to obtain a broader understanding.
You can use the guide in one of two ways. The first option is to read it like a book, starting at the front and working to the back.
The second option is to read about specific challenges that you are struggling with. For example: if you need to facilitate ethics training, but don’t know where to start – click on the section that deals with training and see if there are resources to help you. If you are struggling with the disclosure of financial interests process, or dealing with conflicts of interest, go directly to that section.
Strategic Work
Strategic work is done once in 3 years. This work integrates ethics into the organisation’s long-term vision, governance systems, decision making, and stakeholder engagement.
Institutionalisation
Everyday Work
The institutionalisation of ethics is the core role of the ethics officer or the everyday work. The focus of institutionalisation is on how to make ethics real in the organisation so that it becomes part of the organisational culture.
INSTITUTIONALISATION
Making Ethics RealIn The Organisation.
The work of the ethics officer is to manage the ethics programme of the organisation.
