BACKGROUND

Our planetary world is presently in serious ethical devastation. It sounds alarming! But this is not an ordinary alarm. We are daily a washed with in break down of moral fiber both at individual, professional, organisational and institutional contexts. At every point, dishonesty has become rife. There are failing promises. At individual level, there is increasing intensity of unethical practices. Deceit and lack of personal integrity have become the order of the day. Professionals have thrown their code of conducts over board. Business players are not playing by the rules particularly in developing countries. The recent global economic crisis was precipitated by deep-rooted unethical practices. Across the whole world, governance has become anathema such that governments can no longer be trusted.
The major banes of under development across the world are personal indiscipline, high-level corrupt practices, unethical professional practices, lacking in due process, probity, transparency and institutional accountability.
The pitiable effects of all these are that under development are being perpetuated while social, political and economic institutions have essentially remained malfunctioned.
We strongly believed that the whole world will be a better place if individuals, organizations, professions, institutions and governments do what is right.
We urgently desire a world that is morally upright across board. A world where leaders are men of integrity, followers are responsible; where accountability, probity, discipline becomes personal dogma. We need a world where codes of conducts, ethical practices become catechism of professionals; where due process, governance, responsibility and accountability become the creed for organizational and institutional practices.
The imperative of monitoring available ethical benchmarks for activities; improving on them and re-inventing new ones for sustainable practices has become so important.
 We at the Centre for Organisational and Professional Ethics (COPE-AFRICA) are committed to helping organizations, professions, institutions and governments realize their ethical potentials for sustainable development.
We do this through admixture of practical ethical scenario analysis, system study, information development, advocacy, networking and capacity-building activities.
We welcome you to our website. We encourage you to join us in the task of entrenching an ethical society where integrity, zero corruption, accountability, responsibility, institutional best-practices becomes the standard of operations across human activities.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CENTRE FOR ORGANISATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS (COPE-AFRICA)

B.A. (Hons) M.B.A. (Ibadan) M.A. Applied Ethics (Ibadan) PhD (Business Ethics)