Founded in 1996

EPAC envisions a world where people in organizations are ethically aware and act ethically.

Note aux lecteurs francophones : Nos collègues au Québec ont établi un site Web en français à www.reoq.ca.  Donc ce site-ci est principalement en anglais mais il contient plusieurs documents bilingues dans les sections « Competencies », « Members », « Links », « Magazine » et « Resources ».

EPAC Annual General Meeting 2013

Date:        Monday, May 27^th, 2013

Time:       12-3pm

Location:  Prinzo Fine Catering, 85 O’Connor, Ottawa, ON

Price:        $30 – includes, Lunch and Round Table

Join the EPAC discussions on LinkedIn. 

The Board of Directors has created a new LinkedIn Group.  This is one more way EPAC is fulfilling its mission to promote ethical knowledge, wisdom and competency in Canadian organizations.  Discussions are already underway in this brand new group, so join in and share your experiences or questions with other ethics practitioners. 

If you are a LinkedIn member, find us in the group list under the title Ethics Practitioners’ Association of Canada. 

EPAC held a half day workshop in Ottawa on 14 November 2012 entitled Shaken, Stirred and Strengthened: How Ethical Organizations Rebuild Trust after Difficult Times.

The workshop featured a panel of three:

     1. Captain Paul Catsburg, Royal Canadian Navy: Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces
     2  Lorna Lemay, Canadian Blood Services: CBS Rebuilding Trust
     3. Jim Mitchell, Sussex Circle

The speakers' slides are attached below.

On September 27, 2011 EPAC presented its third workshop in the series on “Strategies for Effective Ethics Programs” (see below for information on the previous two). World-renowned academic Dr. Michael Hoffman provided a keynote presentation on the strategy of training as part of an effective ethics program. Group discussions then provided an opportunity for participants to reflect on Dr. Hoffman’s insights and to share their own practical experiences and lessons in ethics training programs -- key findings can be found further on in this article. EPAC would like to thank CBERN for its financial contribution to this workshop.

[La version française se trouve ici.]

The EPAC Board on November 26, 2012 set out its revised Strategic Plan for the next three years.  This included the following strategic directions:

1.  Education and Training: EPAC will create learning opportunities about organizational ethics

2. Communication: Communicate to widen and deepen engagment

3. Revenue Generate: Increase resources to make EPAC sustainable and enable growth

4. Sustain EPAC: Sustain EPAC as a legal, well-governed entity