BACKGROUND
Our planetary world is presently in serious ethical devastation. It sounds alarming! But this is not an ordinary alarm. We are daily awashed with breakdown of moral fiber both at individual, professional, organizational, governmental 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. Institutions are failing due to untoward practices. There are electoral fraud which continue to threaten the sanctity of political legitimacy 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 believe 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)
Dr. Adewole .A. Adeyeye.
B.A. (Hons) M.B.A. (Ibadan) M.A. Applied Ethics (Ibadan) PhD (Business Ethics)
BACKGROUND
The Centre for Organizational and Professional Ethics (COPE-AFRICA) is a non-governmental organization (NGO). It was established in 2001 and its focus is to address the problems of ethical practices among professionals, institutions, organizations and government in Africa through adequate study, networking, information dissemination, advocacy, training and facilitation.
The Centre for Organizational and Professional Ethics (COPE-AFRICA) is duly registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) with registration No. CAC/IT/NO/20609 and listed in the Directory of NGO.
The Centre for Organisational and Professional Ethics (COPE-AFRICA) is in full collaboration and support with the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on CSOs’ as a Non-Governmental Organizational (NGO) with focus on promoting ethical practices, integrity, due-process, codes of conduct, accountability, transparency, good governance and anti-corruption across all levels of governmental institutions, organizations and professions through adequate research, advocacy programs, information development, networking and capacity-building activities.
The Centre for Organizational and Professional Ethics (COPE-AFRICA) is a network member of National Anti-corruption Coalition (NACC) of Independent Corruption Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). It is an accredited NGO Due-process Observer and Contract Monitors by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) of the presidency.
The Centre is duly registered with the National Planning Commission (NPC); the Federal Ministry of Education (FME) as an Ethics, Best Practices and Quality in Education Intervention NGO; the Federal Ministry of Environment as an NGO on Environment Ethics.
It has partnered with relevant agencies such as the Codes of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Ministry of Education across Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Osun, and Ondo among other states across Nigeria. The Centre for Organizational and Professional Ethics has a collaborative relationship with University of Ibadan, Tell Communication, Gateway Radio (Formerly OGBC).
It is a network member of Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN) in the areas of promoting professional ethics, codes of conduct and corruption mitigation in professional practices particularly in the context of APBN/ICPC anti-corruption roundtable.
The Centre for Organisational and Professional Ethics is an International member of National Council of Voluntary Organization (NCVO) U.K.
It has strong international affiliation on technical and other available types of resource sharing with Ethics Centre, University of Cambridge U.K; the Global Infrastructure Anti-corruption Centre,(GIACC) Amersham United Kingdom and the COOP COLLEGE Manchester.
|
