1. A Cooperative Approach to Ethics Colette Lebel and Nancy Malenfant

2. Who we are? A federation of canadian farmer and consumer cooperatives A wholesaler for those cooperatives A retailer for consumers

3. Why an ethical approach?

4. The committment of the Board of Directors 192220002012 La Coop fédérée Distinctiveness of cooperation International Year of Cooperatives

5. Our Approach to Ethics External Diagnosis Work in interdisciplinary committees Values « Work Alliance » Information, training & education Revamped management tools (as required) Opportunity to apply the distinctiveness of cooperation Integrated Approach

6. Diagnosis

7. Structure Support framework Culture Values & ethics To be improved Strong & humanistic

8. Values

9. Exercise in reflection VALUES International Cooperative Alliance VALUES La Coop fédérée COMMITMENTS Three Pillars Philosophy

10. Too many is no better than not enough! COMMITMENTS Team spirit Respect Thoroughness Integrity Creativity A sense of results ICA VALUES ACI Self-help Self-responsability Democracy Equality Equity Solidarity Honesty Openness Social Responsibility Caring for others VALUES La Coop fédérée Reliability Responsibility Honesty Humanistic

11. Metavalues INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE COMMITMENTSLA COOP FÉDÉRÉE HONESTYINTEGRITYHONESTY OPENNESS HONESTY

12. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE COMMITTMENTSLA COOP FÉDÉRÉE EQUITY DEMOCRACYRESPECTHUMANISTIC EQUALITY EQUITY Metavalues

13. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE COMMITTMENTSLA COOP FÉDÉRÉE SELF-HELP SELF- RESPONSABILITY THOROUGHNESSRESPONSIBILITY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CREATIVITYLIABILITY A SENSE OF RESULTS RESPONSIBILITY Metavalues

14. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE COMMITTMENTLA COOP FÉDÉRÉE SOLIDARITY CARING FOR OTHERS TEAM SPIRITHUMANISTIC SOLIDARITY Metavalues

15. Our values Honesty Equity Responsibility Solidarity

16. A Work Alliance

17. Directors & Employees

19. Information, training & education

24. Revamped Management Tools

25. MPDP – Reflection on cooperation

26. Management Performance & Development Program

27. An ongoing process…

28. Ethics are not a goal to achieve but a road to be taken. Jacques Benoît