Finding your
moral compass
webinar
Building an ethical culture in a changing financial advisory world
Building an ethical culture is key to good corporate governance – but while ethics is a word that we’re all familiar with, many of us aren’t too familiar with the steps needed to evaluate and construct an effective ethical culture in our workplace.
To share the insights that you need to build an ethics strategy – and then to manage and report on that strategy – we invited Dr. Paul Vorster to join host Georgina Smith in conversation.
With an introduction focusing on the why, the discussion then covered the building blocks of an ethical culture and what it takes to establish your ethical vision.
About the webinar
Ethics has become a buzzword however many do not know how to evaluate and construct an ethical culture. Principle 3 in the King IV report on Good Corporate Governance indicates that it is the responsibility of the governing body to ensure that the organisation builds an ethical culture. This includes effective ethics management in the organisation as well as the development of an ethics strategy and management plan which outlines the ethics vision of the organisation. Additionally, organisations should report on ethics risks and mitigation interventions as well as ensure that ethics risks are prioritised in the organisational risk register. The stakeholder approach to ethics is thus the foundation of ensuring an organisation does what is good not only for itself, but also for its internal and external stakeholders.
In this session we will look more closely at:
- Why an ethical culture is important for high performance in organisation
- What are the building blocks (indicators) of an ethical or unethical culture
- How to evaluate culture and building an ethics vision
The speakers
Georgina Smith
Head of Distribution and Client Servicing
INN8 Investment Platform
Georgina holds a strong belief that you’re never too old to learn; that continual development helps people stay motivated to do their jobs better and build a good company culture. Her two decades of work experience has set her up as an excellent manager who builds business value through focussed teams using stretching, but achievable, targets.
Having worked across different industries in both large corporates and small to medium-sized firms benefitting from learnings across her international experience, Georgina brings a fresh, and welcomed, outlook to the team.
Paul Vorster
Senior Research Specialist
The Ethics Institute
Dr. Paul Vorster earned a doctorate of philosophy degree in industrial/organisational psychology at the University of Johannesburg in 2016. He specialises in psychometric measurement and research and has worked in areas of applied research, psychometrics, test-development, safety, employee selection, business and behavioural ethics and human behavioural assessment. From 2011-2015 Paul worked at JvR Psychometrics where he focused on applied organisational research, test construction and psychometric measurement. In 2016 Paul joined The Ethics Institute (TEI) as an internal research specialist focusing on quantitative research design, measurement of ethics culture and conduct in organisations, and behavioural predictors of (un)ethical behaviour. His primary areas of interest include quantitative research, statistical analysis, computer adaptive testing, personality psychology, item response theory, behavioural aspects of moral reasoning and conduct, and applied ethics research. Paul also holds a strong interest in the areas of leadership profiling and selection and often gives advice to organisations on leader selection and development using psychometric tools and personality profiling. Additionally, Paul has worked on how human behaviour, values and personality intersect with compliance driven ethics initiatives and advises organisations on how human factors may override ethical thinking. He currently holds an academic affiliation with both University of Johannesburg’s Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management and the UNISA Graduate School of Business. Paul is also a member of the International Test Commission (ITC) as well as a founding member of the World Congress of Personality. In 2016 Paul was presented with the Professor Johann Schepers Award for outstanding and pioneering work in the field of psychometric measurement and quantitative research.
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