Artelia International Ethics Analysis
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This week, for the purpose of studying ethic, I will use my current company, Artelia International (called AI). This is an international company based in France and operating in more than 50 countries from Brazil to Vietnam going through Columbia, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Oman, India and of course, all over Europe. I chose this company for two main reasons which are the strong leadership on the Ethic point and also the wide operating countries which makes the line between an ethical and an unethical behavior not easy to draw (Treviño & Brown, 2005). As a lot of our classmates are from the US, I will use a very interesting example I read recently. Apparently, it is common in the US to ask for a fast track for some administrative stuff, …show more content…
In order to face these ethical problems, AI developed a chart and created different seminar and training that everybody should attend, regardless the position and the level of exposition to unethical behavior. On top of that, every single employee has to pass an online test, internal to the company, once a year.
As an example of a positive behavior from AI I faced, my Regional Director, who is the person who trained me on this topic, gave an example when he received a gift from a Client that had a value above the amount allowed. He referred to the CEO, in writing, and the CEO confirmed to him, in writing that he was authorized to get this gift. On my project, we had to take Client representatives to our laboratory in France (in the Alps). At the moment to organize the trip, they asked us to include a trip to Paris after to visit of the laboratory. This was clearly outside any ethical behavior as there was absolutely no purpose to take them to Paris that were related to the mission or the project. Our ethic committee confirmed that and we told our Client that they can do it on their own but we cannot organize or pay for …show more content…
This allows us to win tenders (projects) as the Clients trust us. This is totally beneficial over the long term and creates a sustainable relationships. This allows the organization to grow in a healthy way.
For the other stakeholders, it also brings trust, especially for the shareholders and the employees. We all know that when we win a project, we can be proud of it because it means we handed over the best and most competitive offer. As an employee, I find it crucial to work for a company that I know has an ethical approach to the business and life in general. I raise this point up here because I have not work only for ethical managers. In my case, I did not change my behavior but I decided to raise this issue up and leave the
This week, for the purpose of studying ethic, I will use my current company, Artelia International (called AI). This is an international company based in France and operating in more than 50 countries from Brazil to Vietnam going through Columbia, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Oman, India and of course, all over Europe. I chose this company for two main reasons which are the strong leadership on the Ethic point and also the wide operating countries which makes the line between an ethical and an unethical behavior not easy to draw (Treviño & Brown, 2005). As a lot of our classmates are from the US, I will use a very interesting example I read recently. Apparently, it is common in the US to ask for a fast track for some administrative stuff, …show more content…
In order to face these ethical problems, AI developed a chart and created different seminar and training that everybody should attend, regardless the position and the level of exposition to unethical behavior. On top of that, every single employee has to pass an online test, internal to the company, once a year.
As an example of a positive behavior from AI I faced, my Regional Director, who is the person who trained me on this topic, gave an example when he received a gift from a Client that had a value above the amount allowed. He referred to the CEO, in writing, and the CEO confirmed to him, in writing that he was authorized to get this gift. On my project, we had to take Client representatives to our laboratory in France (in the Alps). At the moment to organize the trip, they asked us to include a trip to Paris after to visit of the laboratory. This was clearly outside any ethical behavior as there was absolutely no purpose to take them to Paris that were related to the mission or the project. Our ethic committee confirmed that and we told our Client that they can do it on their own but we cannot organize or pay for …show more content…
This allows us to win tenders (projects) as the Clients trust us. This is totally beneficial over the long term and creates a sustainable relationships. This allows the organization to grow in a healthy way.
For the other stakeholders, it also brings trust, especially for the shareholders and the employees. We all know that when we win a project, we can be proud of it because it means we handed over the best and most competitive offer. As an employee, I find it crucial to work for a company that I know has an ethical approach to the business and life in general. I raise this point up here because I have not work only for ethical managers. In my case, I did not change my behavior but I decided to raise this issue up and leave the