Title:	SYSTEM OF INTERACTIVE SUSTAINABILITY AND SUPPORT FOR GOTOPS CODE – SSIGOTOPS
Author(s):	Helena Dulce Oliveira Campos , Luís Amaral
ISBN:	978-972-8924-78-2
Editors:	Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías
Year:	2009
Edition:	1
Keywords:	Codes, development, written, form and content of a code, automatic support system, techno ethics
Type:	Full Paper
First Page:	178
Last Page:	187
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	A code is the written expression of the principles of ethical conduct whose function is to promote ethical behaviour. A code functions as a management tool to establish and express corporate values, responsibilities and obligations and the ethical ambitions of an organisation and/or profession. The codes of Ethics/Conduct/Practices, while strengthening the character and convictions of the collaborators, are instruments that help to construct, maintain and strengthen the culture, vision, mission, transparency and Social Responsibility (SR) of an organisation. It can help to develop sound relations with the various stakeholders, reduce the number of legal proceedings and of contingencies, negotiate conflicts of interest and ensure the fulfilment of the law. Therefore, the codes should be dynamic and not static documents. In order to achieve this dynamism so that their followers can more easily consult and understand them and find the guidelines for their key ethical problems and concerns, the necessary procedures to take into account during the process of preparation and construction of a code are relevant. For this, it is fundamental to have a model for the development process of a code that offers the necessary step-by-step guidelines for its construction, written for easy reading and understanding and with a good structure (form and content). It is a process that is accomplished by phases and requires the active contribution both from the top management and the stakeholders. The objective of the present work is the presentation of an automatic support system that permits, in an interactive manner, the sustainability of the GOTOPS (GOvernação Tecnoética para Organizações Portuguesas Sustentáveis – Techno ethics Governance of Sustainable Portuguese Organisations) voluntary code that was created and which fully includes ethical problems raised by planning, development, management and utilisation of the IST – called techno ethics in this work.
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