Confidentiality (25), Misrepresentation (10), Theft and Fraud (7), Outside Employment (3), Tax Integrity (3), Discrimination (2), Use of Assets (1)… No less than 51 employees in Revenue Ethical Quebec was fired in five years for violations, we learned News magazine.
“There should be risk management mechanisms for ethical violations,” analyzed Michel Seguin, professor and ethics expert at UQAM.
“We can’t expect ethical issues to ever come up. “Organizations need to respond when problems arise despite mitigation measures,” he added.
asked The NewspaperRevenu Québec clarified that the new regulatory measures were adopted by Revenu Québec’s board of directors last June.
“Revenue Quebec has reviewed its code of ethics for managers and staff members to strengthen some rules,” said Claude-Oliver Faignant, spokesman for Revenue Quebec.
“Revenue Quebec has raised the minimum threshold for disciplinary action in the case of privacy violations,” said Claude-Olivier Fagnant of the company, which has about 13,000 employees.
More than 123 at Hydro-Québec
In the last five years at Hydro-Québec, 123 people have lost their jobs due to productivity, inefficiency, false statements, serious or criminal acts, unfavorable activities or use of property for personal gain. News magazine.
Hydro employs over 22,000 people.
At the Société québécoise des infrastructures (SQI), eight people have been fired since 2021 for ethical violations, particularly for reasons related to respect, efficiency, integrity or the use of company property. .
In the case of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), there have been four dismissals for ethical reasons in the past five years, which the organization was able to identify upon request. Newspaper.
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