integrity
At PEP Africa, we value ethical and honest behavior within our organization. We believe that a culture of integrity is crucial to the success of our mission of empowering youths worldwide.
To achieve this, we drew up an integrity framework in 2021 for people who work for and with us. This framework helps them act ethically and responsibly in their work. The framework includes our core values, code of conduct, procedures, and guidelines that ensure we carry out our work transparently, reliably, and professionally.
Core values.
PEP Africa’s core values are central to the organization’s work and form the starting point for all its activities. We want our behavior to reflect these values, especially the overarching value of ‘fair.’ This means we do justice to the people and organizations for and with whom we work.
The integrity framework consists of:
Code of conduct
We expect people who work for and with us to share our values, which are the basis of our code of conduct. The code of conduct is part of the integrity framework and was developed to prevent undesirable behavior. It is intended for everyone who works for or with PEP Africa and must be signed by employees and partner organizations.
Reporting System
PEP Africa uses a reporting system for all types of reports. We handle the reports we receive carefully. A report can concern one of the following areas:
Our reporting policy and procedure further explain where and how you can safely report (possible) integrity violations and what steps we take as an organization if we receive a report.
Mention
Do you have a (possible) suspicion of wrongdoing? Please report this to us so we can act and learn from it. Reporting is courageous. If you experience or see unwanted behavior, it can have a significant impact.
We want you to be able to report this efficiently and safely. This can be done via one of our reporting channels:
Our independent partner, WhistleB, provides an anonymous reporting point to ensure anonymity.
External confidant
Do you need help, or are you unsure about reporting? For support and advice, you can contact our independent confidential counselor,Kelsea Williams.
External.confidant@pepafrica.org
+19726840854
Zero tolerance for inaction
PEP Africa has a zero-tolerance policy for inaction. This means that we do not ignore any form of misconduct, abuse, fraud, or corruption and follow up on all reports carefully.
Integrity documents
PEP Africa has an approach with one integrity policy, code of conduct, preventive approach, and reporting procedure for abuse of power, financial violations, and interpersonal violations. An integrity committee maintains the integrity policy, consisting of employees with different perspectives and expertise on integrity.
Find ours here:
Integrity is constantly evolving. Therefore, the integrity documents are regularly reviewed and adjusted where necessary and tested annually to implement the integrity policy.
