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Ethics General Assembly 26th September 2013, London, UK Tool Kit Workstream Agenda • • • • • • Introduction to the Tool Kit Workstream Purpose and Objectives Tool Kit Categories Categories Presentations Technical Aspects, Architecture Feedback from the Members 20/07/2015 2 Objective & Expected Outcome • Provide update on the work stream groups’ achievements • Obtain your feedback and suggestions • Get your endorsement of the work done so far and the mandate to proceed as recommended • Get commitment to feed the toolkit 20/07/2015 3 Purpose and Objectives The Tool Kit Workstream was created last year to offer ETHICS members beneficial tools to build, enhance and maintain: • a philosophy, culture and promotion of an ethical approach to business practices, and • ethical decision-making within the healthcare industry. 20/07/2015 4 Members’ Opportunities • Ethics and compliance increasingly adding to competitive advantage, improving shareholder value and enabling the best interests of patients to be served • A members-only platform to share high level business ethics practices will add value to our companies and the industry • This platform will drive peer-to-peer discussions and support experience sharing • Ultimate goal is to support a collaborative and ethical relationship between HCPs and industry, necessary for patient safety and medical innovation as patients’ interests come first • Members can actively participate in the thought process and influence the future of this Work Stream • ETHICS members are requested to provide proven good practices to feed a common database • Is there sufficient interest for this approach? 20/07/2015 5 Ground Rules for Sharing • Respect Intellectual Property rights, including ensuring that any hyperlinks follow IP protection principles • Get appropriate internal permissions before sharing anything • Add any appropriate disclaimers (e.g. “materials shared by xyz company for internal use by ETHICS Society members only”, “no liability can be accepted for any inaccuracies”, etc.) • Comply with Data Protection / Privacy regulations • Confidentiality clause will be set-up; good quotation practices and standards apply here as well (needs to be prepared) • Access is given only to Ethics members (“closed forum”) • Any kind of good practice is appreciated, however an independent “editorial board” should review and evaluate submissions against set criteria (to be determined by the independent body/committee) 20/07/2015 6 Tool Kit Categories Training and education Personal and professional leadership Raising business awareness 20/07/2015 7 Tool Kit Categories Training and education 20/07/2015 8 Purpose Sharing good practices: • how to build training and education compliance protocols for new hires; continuous education; external experts; third parties • what kind of educational content may support the training and educational Compliance efforts such as topics that cover ABAC, HCP Interactions, COI, the company’s code of conduct, the industry codes (Eucomed, EFPIA, national codes), etc. • how to build efficient interactive training by explaining the preferred tools for this, such as case studies, role play, etc. 20/07/2015 9 20/07/2015 10 Building training and education protocols • New hires Support and action from HR +++ Code of Ethics: provision of the Code + training (elearning or face/face depending on what is available in the companies) Training pack tailored per associate profile • Continuous education On new policies Reminder of existing policies Hot topics • Transmission of information to external stakeholders Brochure Contractual agreement 20/07/2015 11 Example on how to embed Compliance in an on-boarding program for new hires Materials which could be part of the toolkit Brochure to be distributed to external experts to share the company standards and values, and support daily activity of the company employees 20/07/2015 13 Tool Kit Categories Questions? 20/07/2015 14 Tool Kit Categories Personal and professional leadership 20/07/2015 15 Scope • Personal development efforts and appropriate mechanics to obtain such skills • Learn more about skills, e.g.: – – – – – – – Change management Asking the right questions Conflict Management Critical Conversations Communication Skills Influencing Skills Adult learning principles • Stakeholder Management – identification and communication (might be content as it is part of project management skills) 20/07/2015 16 Purpose • Define ground rules and deliverables for this subject (team), e.g. establishing and maintaining an e-library with associated and other valuable links • Identify and align on personal and professional skills beyond compliance content knowledge (team) • Offer relevant materials (toolkit) • Connect with subject matter experts to follow up on good practices (team + toolkit) • Offer and share personal and professional leadership competencies development COs tool kits (e.g. conflict management, interpersonal skills, communication tools) • Mentoring and Coaching 20/07/2015 17 Note Out of Scope • Compliance content knowledge Things to Consider • Conduct periodically surveys among ETHICS members to assess and analyze recent trends, focus areas, needs and requirements, experiences 20/07/2015 18 Example of Conflict Management DISCLAIMER: The presented case is a ficticious case and is not related to any past or current cases that people may have experienced 20/07/2015 19 Tool Kit Categories Questions? 20/07/2015 21 Tool Kit Categories Raising business awareness 20/07/2015 22 Communication campaign DISCLAIMER: Content of this presentation and statements should be interpreted as personal views.Presenter is not giving any advice or counsel, no legal nor consulting advice Audience should consult with own counsel before adapting or changing a practice or policy Integrity at the heart of everything we do a symbolic representation of how a single action can set in motion a series of long lasting and far reaching effects. Why the campaign? A business board sought the possibilities to raise compliance awareness and to change mindset within the commercial organization. It became clear that we must change the perception of compliance from rules to customer oriented value proposition that is an inherent part of our Credo-based company culture. The HCC&P organization incorporated the campaign globally Business Partners Internal Audiences Senior Leaders HCC&P Community Employees Enterprise-wide Passion for Integrity: More than just a nice look & feel or slogan for HCC It’s about… Partnering Customizing Reinforcing Build strong relationships with senior leaders to set the tone at the top. Create strategies in support of our global initiative to meet specific business needs in sectors and regions. Drive key messages and accountability to build and sustain greater awareness and a stronger compliance culture enterprise wide. PFI ignited everywhere….. Passion for Integrity Campaign Highlights of results Employees got very well engaged with the campaign, they Understand clearly how every action /decision impacts the organization, how compliance aligns with our Credo and is a driver for success – Feel pride in the organization – Act with integrity – Think before they act – Be role models for one another, sharing success stories „Why good people do bad things“ 1. What science tells us 2. How this applies to our daily work 3. What we can do Seite 28 Enno Behrendt, H CO || Internal © Siemens AG 2013 Integrity and Compliance Studies show: In a jar of vinegar, everybody turns sour. Seite 29 Enno Behrendt, H CO || Internal © Siemens AG 2013 Studies on decision-making Ariely Cheating Experiments Seite 30 Enno Behrendt, H CO || Internal © Siemens AG 2013 Studies on decision-making Ash Conformity Experiment Seite 31 Enno Behrendt, H CO || Internal © Siemens AG 2013 Workplace vinegar - Ambivalent messages - Role expectations - Unspoken knowledge - Groupthink - Speculative obedience - Late work - Shifting baselines - Feeling of disempowerment - Path dependency - ... Seite 32 Enno Behrendt, H CO || Internal © Siemens AG 2013 Tool Kit Categories Questions? 20/07/2015 33 Technical Aspects, Architecture • Principle - simple architecture, with few sub-categories • Proposal to start with the following structure (it is easy to add new sub-categories or other levels): Tool kit (category) Personal and professional leadership Training and education Raising business awareness • Short explanation of purpose /objective of the tool kit and what each category covers • Materials posted directly under each sub-category • Search via keywords in materials 20/07/2015 34 Example Mock-up Tool kit (category) This tool kit is a repository where you can find videos, quotes, case studies or other items that you can use when working within your organization to build a philosophy or culture of an ethical approach to business practices/ethics in decision making. Personal and professional leadership Examples Training and education High level material that can be tailored by Compliance Officers for their own use. - Brochure for External Experts Raising business awareness Examples 20/07/2015 35 Open Conversation • Feedback from the ETHICS Members • Recommendations / Next Steps – Define criteria for ‘good’ cases – Submit / collect ‘good’ cases – Establish the Editorial Board 20/07/2015 36