A Code of Ethics that is clear, accessible, and aligned with your values

Turn your Code of Ethics into a strategic tool to engage your teams and strengthen your compliance.

Do your employees know…

  • Could volunteering put them in a conflict of interest?

  • How can a personal investment influence an investment made by your organization?

  • Could a simple invitation to a sporting event from a supplier need to be reported as a gift? And in what circumstances should they decline such an invitation?

  • What should you do if a coworker behaves in a way that goes against your values of respect and inclusion?

  • What if a family member became their boss?

All of these questions should be easily answered in your Code of Ethics!

Why Should You Optimize Your Code of Ethics?

In most organizations, employees don't really read their Code of Ethics.

This makes it difficult to adopt behaviors that are consistent with ethical and compliance values and expectations.

It is also difficult for the team responsible for enforcing the Code of Ethics to promote these values and expectations and to raise awareness among the teams.

A clear and well-designed Code of Ethics helps to:

  • Make it easier to read and understand ethical principles within your organization

  • Foster buy-in by enabling your teams to embrace the expected values and behaviors

  • Reduce the risk of noncompliance by clarifying gray areas to minimize errors and violations

  • Improving efficiency by developing the right habits and encouraging ethical decision-making

  • Strengthen your employer brand by highlighting the importance you place on a healthy, respectful, inclusive, and ethical workplace

Our Expertise

En Clair, is:

  • A multidisciplinary team composed of , legal professionals, communications specialists, and information design experts

  • A proven methodology, with simplification projects that have won international awards

  • A collaborative approach that harnesses collective intelligence with your experts to deliver relevant and sustainable results

How We Help You

An approach tailored to your needs

  1. Smart Planning: We adapt to your annual budget cycle and the schedules of your board of directors or other decision-making bodies.

  2. Analysis of Your Current Situation: We Assess Your Situation and Identify Compliance Risks

  3. Workshops with your teams: We tailor the content to your goals and culture

  4. Design and prototyping: We develop several versions for internal review, until final approval is granted

  5. Evaluation: We test the prototypes developed during the project to validate the effectiveness of our proposals with users

  6. Final Approval: We deliver a Code of Ethics that is ready for approval by your Board of Directors or other decision-making body

Measurable results

  • Time savings and freed-up resources resulting from fewer misunderstandings, errors, and misinterpretations.

    • To further improve efficiency and enhance risk management, we can continue our work by reviewing your annual reporting process.

  • Reduced operational, legal, and compliance risks that are effectively managed thanks to employee buy-in

  • An ethics and compliance team that is viewed as a true partner, involved at the right time, and better equipped to handle more complex cases

What Our Customers Say

Since the document was released, a great many people within the organization have expressed their satisfaction with it. Several have told us that it has helped them reflect on certain ethical issues.

— Bruno Duguay, Vice President of Ethics and Compliance, CDPQ

Our team was very satisfied with the review thatEn Clair conducted of our Code of Ethics for employees. The quality of their work was reflected in the overwhelmingly positive feedback we received throughout the organization. We also greatly appreciated working with the team atEn Clair ; their professionalism and expertise made the project straightforward and enjoyable.

— Carol-Ann Lavoie, Senior Advisor, Employee Experience, BDC

It went beyond just ethics and compliance. Colleagues from other departments have contacted me several times to find out how we went about it and who we worked with. People appreciated the tone and clarity of the information, and I sense a willingness to follow a similar process for other documents.

— Audrey Chiasson, Esq., Senior Counsel, Ethics and Compliance, CDPQ

Examples of Projects

  • CDPQ Code of Ethics

    We led the overhaul of the CDPQ’s Code of Ethics, including its subsidiaries, each of which had its own code and requirements at the time.

    Learn more about this project:

    - Learn about our approach

    - Read the HEC Montréal Management Review

  • BDC Code of Ethics

    We provided the Employee Experience team with a more engaging Code of Conduct, without revising the rules that were already in place.

    Subsequently, we also reviewed the Directors’ Code with the Corporate Secretariat team.

    View the BDC's Code of Ethics

  • Code of Ethics for a State-Owned Enterprise

    We assisted the Ethics and Compliance team at a government-owned corporation in revising its Code of Ethics.

    In addition to providing a framework for ethical decision-making, we proposed several graphic design options that align with graphic design standards.

    The image is a neutral, anonymized version of this work.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • We simplify codes of ethics, processes, and annual conflict-of-interest disclosure forms, as well as contracts, policies, forms, and more.

  • At least 4 months, depending on the complexity of your situation and your internal approval processes.

  • Yes, we work closely with your teams to ensure that the results reflect your actual situation.

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