Have you ever experienced an ethical dilemma at work? Such as being in a difficult position when you need to make a decision or identify an unethical act or behavior but have no knowledge of how to report it.
At the end of 2021, APP Sinar Mas, through the Ethics & Compliance Department (ECD) – Corporate Risk & Integrity Division (CRI), held Ethics Week 2021 all APP Sinar Mas employees in Indonesia. Ethics Week is an annual event by APP Sinar Mas since 2019 which is held to internalize the Company's ethical culture and high integrity to employees.
The theme of Ethics Week 2021 was "The Rise of Speak Up Culture toward Sustainable Business" as a reminder for us to revive the speak-up culture when we identify behaviors and practices that are not aligned with the Company’s work ethics.
Ethics Week 2021 was held for five days, started from November 15th, 2021 to November 19th, 2021, with Ethics Seminar as the event highlight, inviting Prof. Dr. Djisman S. Simandjuntak, Chairman of Board of Management CSIS and Rector of Prasetya Mulya University, as the keynote speaker to share his knowledge on whistleblower program.
Ethics Week 2021 Events
During this new normal era, Ethics Week 2021 was dominated by a series of webinars that discussed various topics about ethical issues that we often encountered at work. The webinars also featured various speakers from several departments in APP Sinar Mas, such as the Profit Protection & Fraud Risk (PPFR), Business Risk & Integrity Management (BRIM), and Corporate Security Division (CSD), to provide explanations for employees and business partners.
Employees could also raise their ethical dilemmas and concerns through ECD Mailbox, where the all of the questions were discussed in Ethics Clinic.
"Make a change, Speak Up!"
Ethics Week 2021, held with the slogan "Make a Change, Speak Up!" intended to encourage all APP Sinar Mas employees to take part in change and support the Company's development through Speak Up culture. All employees and business partners are expected to courageously report when they identify practices that violate the applicable regulations within the Company or the APP Sinar Mas Business Code of Conduct (BCOC).
APP Sinar Mas encourages all stakeholders to speak up and courageously voice out all of the work-related doubts and concerns, and any acts of deviation against the BCOC, the Company's regulations, and applicable laws and rules concerning the Company through the Whistleblowing mechanism.
Ethics Heroes 2021 Completion
APP Sinar Mas is also holding a competition called APP Sinar Mas Ethics Heroes 2021. In this competition, employees are encouraged to nominate their colleagues as Ethics Heroes by giving testimony of their behaviors and actions that are aligned with the implementation of BCOC.
The nominated participants who successfully pass to the next stage will do the background check as the final step to be the APP Sinar Mas Ethics Heroes 2021. The winner will get exciting prizes.
The APP Sinar Mas Ethics Heroes 2021 competition is still open until November 30, 2021. Sign up now!
