1. The future European Centre of Excellence in Professional Ethics – first results of a survey among CEPLIS member organisations Profs. Benoît Rihoux (UCLouvain) & Bojana Lobe (Univ. of Ljubljana) Venice, 5 June 2015

2. The future CoE in a nutshell  EU H2020 ‘Widespread-Teaming’ call  Joint venture CEPLIS-MFPA-Maltese Gov’t-UMalta-UCLouvain  Missions –cutting-edge comparative research on PE issues –up-to-date and certified training on PE issues –awareness raising, advisory and knowledge transfer role

3. Survey  Online  Launched May 5th  21 valid responses (+ 70 entered & not completed)  8 organisations not identified; 4+ from Malta

4. Survey – some first results  Does your profession have a code of ethics and/or ethical conduct applying across the EU? – 11 Yes, 3 No, 6 ‘not aware’  Does your profession have a legally binding code of ethics and /or ethical conduct at the national level? – 16 Yes, 4 No  Does your profession have a code of ethics and /or ethical conduct at the organizational level? – 14 Yes, 4 No  Is your code of ethics more principle-based (normative) or more rule-based (practical)? – 10 ‘mixed’, 7 more principle-based, 1 rule-based, 1 principle-based

5. Survey – some first results  Members informed about CEPLIS ‘common values’ doc? – 8 Yes, 7 ‘not aware’, 3 No  Org. Documents modified on the basis of CEPLIS ‘common values’ doc? – 10 ‘not aware’, 6 No, 1 Yes  Priority ‘common values’ for further applied research? – confidentiality; CPD; professional indemnity insurance  Some compulsory or optional PE courses in your country? – 7 compulsory, 5 optional [NB very different formats, contents, instructor profiles, level!]

6. Survey – some first results  PE included in CPD programs? – 9 somewhat, 2 very much  Level of awareness on PE among your practitioners? – 1 excellent, 4 very good, 4 good, 3 sufficient, 1 poor [NB 8 non-responses]  Emerging PE issues? – yes, very diverse; e.g. technology(IT-online)-linked [data, confidentiality, social media, privacy, …], cross- cultural issues, gender issues, …  ‘Improvement of ethical practices  higher quality of the services’? – 12 agree, [7 no answer]

7. Survey – some first results  ‘Improvement of ethical practices  better competitiveness of services? – 12 agree, [7 no answer]  Personnel employed by professionals: aware, trained, adhering to PE? – ca. 8-10 Yes

8. Preliminary conclusions  Significant gaps/heterogeneity in PE training  Strong differentials across professions/countries in terms of PE training & awareness  PE not yet fully mainstreamed in training  Some important emerging issues (esp. IT-related)