Corporate Ethics Management Council

About This Network

The Corporate Ethics Management Council is comprised of over 40 executives responsible for, in a variety of roles and capacities, all facets of ethics and compliance management in major Canadian public and private sector organizations. We meet in camera three times a year to examine national and international ethics management practices and their relationship to business success.

Who Should Join?

Priority will be given to senior leaders, who have overall responsibility for the ethics and/or compliance function in large public or private sector organizations their organizations.

To become a member of the Corporate Ethics Management Council, please contact:

Benefits

1. Improve your organization’s performance by building your knowledge, expertise, competencies and capabilities in areas directly related to your work;
2. Make more informed decisions by accessing the experience and knowledge of others;
3. Improve your own performance by interacting with network members outside of the organized meetings; and
4. Access the Members Only Website, which will provide you and your staff with:
   • Links to the values, ethics, and compliance related documents of many of the largest 800 Canadian companies, based on the FP500+300, organized by industry;
   • A database of private sector codes of conduct, searchable by keyword;
   • A regularly updated list of members and their contact information;
   • Access to meeting presentations you may have missed; and
   • Links to on-line values, ethics and compliance-related research and resources, including information on: codes of conduct; conflict of interest; ethics and corporate culture; the roles and responsibilities of ethics and compliance officers; external disclosure; governance; internal disclosure/whistleblowing; legal requirements and regulations; reputational risk management; and ethics/compliance training.

Meetings: Learning Through Networking

Meetings take place three times per year, in the Fall, Winter and Spring.

Recent Themes and Topics include:

• Information Technology: Challenges and Tensions for Corporate Ethics, Privacy and Security Management Professionals
• The HR Dimension of the Ethics Function
• Measuring the Performance of Corporate Ethics Programs
• Reputational Risk Management
• Creating a Culture of Integrity

The next meeting will be held on September 27-28, 2011 in Toronto, ON.

Member Organizations