The future European Centre of Excellence in Professional Ethics – first results of a survey among CEPLIS member organisations

Profs. Benoît Rihoux (UCLouvain) & Bojana Lobe (Univ. of Ljubljana)

Venice, 5 June 2015

The future CoE in a nutshell

EU H2020 ‘Widespread-Teaming’ call Joint venture CEPLIS-MFPA-Maltese

Gov’t-UMalta-UCLouvain Missions

– cutting-edge comparative research on PE issues– up-to-date and certified training on PE issues

– awareness raising, advisory and knowledge transfer role

Survey

Online Launched May 5th 21 valid responses (+ 70 entered & not

completed) 8 organisations not identified; 4+ from

Malta

Survey – some first results Does your profession have a code of ethics and/or

ethical conduct applying across the EU? – 11 Yes, 3 No, 6 ‘not aware’

Does your profession have a legally binding code of ethics and /or ethical conduct at the national level? – 16 Yes, 4 No

Does your profession have a code of ethics and /or ethical conduct at the organizational level? – 14 Yes, 4 No

Is your code of ethics more principle-based (normative) or more rule-based (practical)? – 10 ‘mixed’, 7 more principle-based, 1 rule-based, 1 principle-based

Survey – some first results Members informed about CEPLIS ‘common

values’ doc? – 8 Yes, 7 ‘not aware’, 3 No Org. Documents modified on the basis of CEPLIS

‘common values’ doc? – 10 ‘not aware’, 6 No, 1 Yes

Priority ‘common values’ for further applied research? – confidentiality; CPD; professional indemnity insurance

Some compulsory or optional PE courses in your country? – 7 compulsory, 5 optional [NB very different formats, contents, instructor profiles, level!]

Survey – some first results PE included in CPD programs? – 9 somewhat, 2

very much Level of awareness on PE among your

practitioners? – 1 excellent, 4 very good, 4 good, 3 sufficient, 1 poor [NB 8 non-responses]

Emerging PE issues? – yes, very diverse; e.g. technology(IT-online)-linked [data, confidentiality, social media, privacy, …], cross-cultural issues, gender issues, …

‘Improvement of ethical practices higher quality of the services’? – 12 agree, [7 no answer]

Survey – some first results ‘Improvement of ethical practices better

competitiveness of services? – 12 agree, [7 no answer]

Personnel employed by professionals: aware, trained, adhering to PE? – ca. 8-10 Yes

Preliminary conclusions

Significant gaps/heterogeneity in PE training Strong differentials across professions/countries in

terms of PE training & awareness PE not yet fully mainstreamed in training Some important emerging issues (esp. IT-related)