Join Ethics 1st
Become an Ethics 1st Company
Register your Business/Company/organization then follow the simple steps to standardize your business practices, strengthen your business integrity, enhance corporate governance, and demonstrate your commitment to global best practices to investors and global counterparts!
To register, you will provide information about the company profile that will be shared publicly and you will confirm that you have the authorization of the owners or director(s) of the company to proceed.
As an Ethics 1st Company, you will have access to:
- A simplified customizable guide for standardizing your business operations.
- Templates and resources to download and start using.
- Easy-to-use sample business policies, procedures, and relevant case studies.
- A community of certified compliance professionals with expertise in supporting small, mid-sized, and growing companies in your region.
- Free listing in after completing the practicum(s) in the Green, Silver, or Gold category - a boost for your brand reputation among customers, investors, and employees.
Benefits
- This gives you an edge in responding to due diligence and KYC vetting by your banks, investors, and potential partners
- Helps you identify areas of strengths, weaknesses, and growth opportunities
Practicum Requirements:
- Complete the customized Compliance Assessment Questionnaire
- Complete a Practical Business Integrity Workshop & Clinic for compliance managers and officers
Benefits
- Silver listing enables the company to address weaknesses in its integrity framework strengthening the brand value and growth prospects
- Helps the company position itself for innovation and sustainable growth
Practicum Requirements:
- Remediate gaps identified in the customized Compliance Assessment
- Complete an Ethical Leadership Bootcamp
Benefits
- Gold listing offers the most compelling evidence of leadership commitment to integrity and business accountability.
- Gold listing demonstrates the strong commitment the Ethics 1st values at the highest level of leadership
Gold Listing Requirements:
- Complete an Independent verification by randomly selected certified Independent Compliance Assessors (insert link to the ICA page)
- Receive a blind vote of confidence by the Ethics 1st Advisory Committee
Listed Companies
Become a Supply-chain Integrity Partner
We have designed a comprehensive business ethics and integrity compliance and risk audit to help third-party suppliers, agents, subsidiaries, and affiliates of SIPs gain insight into their operations and demonstrate their efforts to mitigate risks and build a culture of integrity.
The listing process includes training, coaching, and mentorship programs to help third parties improve their responsibility and ability to mitigate the risk of corruption, fraud, and unethical conduct.
We can support a variety of organizations including multinationals, financial institutions, investors, international organizations, and governments to strengthen their supply chain integrity and build an ecosystem of trusted enterprises in efficient and sustainable ways that enable the partners and their networks take proactive control of risks.
“Losses a country may suffer as a result of non-compliance with governance standards may be in the form of multinationals deciding to close their operations in the country resulting in citizens losing their jobs and the country losing revenue, reputational risks and diplomatic risks.”
