Statement of commitment

Our corporate ethics

We are committed to providing high-quality services with confidence, value, and integrity.

We are committed to:

Being a good and active corporate citizen
Complying with the letter and spirit of all relevant laws regarding:
- Protection of our environment
- Staff welfare and providing a safe workplace
- Transparent and accountable government and business
- Protection of information and privacy
Providing excellent customer service
Delivering high quality products and services

We recognise that honouring these commitments requires continuous improvement, monitoring, being open to feedback and responsive to current events. We regularly review our policies and practices during monthly systemic improvement reviews.

Our management leads by example in these endeavours.

Ethical standards policy

simplylogical.net (we, our) applies its ideals of confidence, value, and integrity in its actions and decision making.

Staffing

We are inclusive and recognise that diversity strengthens our business and our place in society. We recognise that age, gender, ethnicity, family origin, religion, sexual orientation, and politics are important to each individual in varying degrees, however they are not factors for consideration when determining if someone is qualified or suitable for a position and/or opportunity.

We are family friendly. We work hard to ensure our work and personal lives and separated, rich, and fulfilling.

SL staff, contractors, and partners must:

Act with integrity
Advise SL’s director of any actual or potential conflicts of interest
Perform tasks competently – seek assistance and/or guidance when necessary
Apply diligence to their tasks
Be respectful to others
Act in the best interest of SL and its customers
Identify and pursue opportunities for improvement in support of our mission and vision

Customers and alliances

For SL to be true to its ethical standards, it must be selective with whom it does business. SL will work with businesses that:

Are trustworthy
Have processes to ensure staff and contractors are suitably trained and held accountable
Do not have ethical standards/practices that conflict with SL’s

Social responsibility

Where possible, SL contributes to the community.

For example, we have worked with:

University of Canberra to provide Masters students with work experience opportunities
Innovation ACT to provide mentoring to start-up businesses

Policy in practice

Examples of SL’s ethical standards in practice:

SL’s software implements and promotes best procurement practice
SL will not perform actions that are counter to good procurement practice
SL staff will not provide assistance to tenderers responding to a request for tender beyond technical support
SL will work with its customers to identify, avoid, and manage conflicts of interest

For example:

SL staff will not provide assistance to tenderers responding to a request for tender beyond technical support
SL will work with its customers to identify, avoid, and manage conflicts of interest