Following the implementation of successful business principles processes at Shell and the ING Group, integrityworks was appointed by Akzo Nobel to ensure their business principles were understood by all employees.

Akzo Nobel was the first major client to sign up for integrityworks’ innovative Business Principles Academy (BPA). This revolutionary new process enables companies of any size to make their business conduct standards part of the everyday work of every employee.

integrityworks' Chief Executive, John Drummond, said: “We developed the Business Principles Academy as a cost-effective measure for companies to ensure compliance with their business principles in a straightforward way. Sound training is the bedrock upon which effective compliance rests. Managers and employees need to know precisely what is required of them to sustain the corporate ethical standards, and that is what the BPA delivers.

Just as importantly, it can be customized to any company regardless of size or industry sector.”

For Akzo Nobel, it has dovetailed neatly with their Process Owner approach, and has enabled busy managers to communicate with each other electronically and using its built in LMS (Learning Management System). It ensures that Process Owners know who has been trained, when, where and how effectively.