Organisational Ethics Audit

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This Audit will provide an overview of your organisation’s ethical competency. Choose all or part of your organisation to assess. Tick the column that most accurately describes your answer. Follow the instructions to find your Personal Ethics score.

Knowledge

1. Under the direction of the Board/CE/Senior managers, staff understand the potential impacts of ethical dilemmas facing their areas of the organisation..

2. The organisation clearly identifies the various individuals, groups, parts of the organisation, or parts of the community/society, who could be impacted by ethical decisions made by the organisation (or part of the organisation)..

3. The organisation can effectively communicate a rational explanation for ethical decisions it makes..

Attitude

4. When faced with an ethical dilemma, making the most right decision is of paramount importance to the organisation..

5. The organisation views its corporate and ethical integrity as one of its greatest assets..

6. The organisation wants to actually be ethical, not just give the appearance that it is..

7. The organisation takes a positive view of conflict that envisages outcomes in growth, understanding and more enlightened behaviour..

8. The organisation takes complaints seriously and engages fully and appropriately with complainants.

9. The organisation views its non-financial decisions as vastly more important than the financial decisions it makes.

Behaviour

10. The organisation’s actions always mirror a high ethical standard..

11. The organisation actively promotes the interests of minorities..

12. The organisation actively supports parents in their family/work balance..

13. The organisation frequently puts staff and other stakeholder interests before its own corporate interests..

14. The organisation treats staff, clients and other stakeholders fairly..

15. The organisation actively encourages ethical behaviour in others/discourages unethical behaviour..

16. As far as I know, the organisation diligently conforms to both moral and legislative rules regarding the use of money, eg. tax returns..

17. The organisation does not break ethical rules in order to ‘get the job done’..

18. The organisation actively seeks to reduce its environmental footprint..

19. The organisation avoids the products or services of individuals, companies or other organisations with questionable ethical practices..

20. As far as I can tell, the Board/CE/Senior staff make decisions based on careful consideration of potential positive and negative outcomes..

21. Board members/the CE/Senior managers have no apparent conflicts of interest in their positions within the organisation..

22. The organisation obeys the law..

23. The organisation admit its mistakes..

24. The organisation does not expect staff to follow rules that are contrary to a reasonable ethical standard..

25. The organisation advocates on behalf of people within the organisation who may be being treated unfairly..

Fiduciary Duty

26. The Board/CE/Senior staff do not badmouth any board member or employee to others..

27. As far as I know, staff feel ‘safe’ in their dealings with the Board/CE/Senior staff..

28. I feel the Board/CE/Senior staff would go the ‘extra mile’ for me..

29. The Board/CE/Senior staff maintain professional confidentiality..

30. The Board/CE/Senior staff always keep their promises..

31. The Board/CE/Senior staff are truthful in their communications with others

32. The Board/CE/Senior staff do not gossip about other people..