A Best Practices Approach
A Code of Conduct is the cornerstone of an effective ethics and compliance program and the first step towards creating an ethical corporate culture and organizational integrity. This is true regardless of the mandates and compliance obligations you face - Sarbanes-Oxley Act, U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Securities and Exchange Commission guidances, stock exchange regulations, UK Bribery Act - in all cases, your Audit Committees need to assure that good business practices are in place.
SAI Global offers a 5-step best practice approach to fully engage and inspire staff, and to have them integrate values into everyday business decisions:
- Re-assess and/or determine company culture and values - we'll work together - and with groups throughout your organization - to gauge whether there have been evolutions in your values, culture, or global scope that affect your Code
- Regularly review the organization's Code - we'll benchmark your Code against the standards of peer companies on 72 core dimensions and develop and design a Code that fits all the right criteria
- Design a creative and engaging Code program communications campaign - we'll help build a communications program using the types of media best suited to build awareness among your employees and suppliers, including custom branding and tone at the top messages
- Conduct code training and certification on an annual basis - we offer a full range of award-winning and industry-leading Code training, and multiple options that connect certifications to disclosures as well as to core technologies that trigger cases, link to policy databases, etc
- Ensure that the Code program is continual and evolving - we'll write and launch surveys through our Learning & Communication Platform or GRC Platform that measure Code integration and surface key issues
SAI Global Advisory Services provides the foundation; award-winning training provides the structure
To help clients crystallize these 5 steps, SAI Global offers a comprehensive solution consisting of expertise, guidance, and tools that enable companies to integrate their Codes of Conduct throught their organizations. Read the bios of our Advisory Services team who will work with you every step of the way and ensure that whether you deploy our Best Practices, CodeOne or custom Codes, your employees and suppliers will have a Code they understand and integrate into their everyday actions.
SAI Global Code of Conduct brochure
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