So your employer allows you to accept gifts of a 'token' nature. Does this give you an 'ethics pass' when that supplier arrives bearing gifts? You may think it does, but you would be wrong. "What?"…
Penny Milner-Smyth7th December 2022
Penny Milner-Smyth – Workplace Ethics, Organisation Behaviour and Human Resource Management Specialist
Penny weaves the three distinct strands of her career into Ethicalways’ advisory and training services: over 25 years as a senior in-house human resources leader, a decades-long specialisation in the creation of ethical workplace environments, and an academic background in neuropsychology.The result: evidence-based inputs and outputs proven through past application.
QUALIFICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
- MA Research Psychology, University of KwaZulu-Natal (1987)
- Master HR Practitioner, South African Board for People Practices (2000 – )
- Member, The Ethics Institute, South Africa (2005 – )
- Member, Business Ethics Network Africa (2010 – )
- Trustee and Board Member, Ethics Institute of Zimbabwe (2018 – )
Publications and appearances
A regular speaker and writer on topics at the intersection of employee engagement and workplace ethics, Penny is the principal author of the International Compliance Association’s Certificate in Anti Corruption.
Learn more about Penny here and about the ICA and the Certificate in Anti Corruption here. See her full presentation on ethics and anti-corruption in remuneration, ‘New Peril in the Practice of Pay’, here.
Find her regular articles on anti-corruption, ethics and people management in HR Future magazine. See Penny’s upcoming conference programme here.
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Insights at the intersection of ethics and engagement at work
The higher education sector faces a complex array of fraud and corruption challenges. Administrators with an institution-wide perspective have a keen understanding of these, but in the broader university body there is an urgent need for…
Penny Milner-Smyth19th April 2022
'Raising the Bar' is a Monday evening segment on South Africa's radio station, SAFM, on which presenter Patricia Ntuli and regular guest Penny Milner-Smyth of Ethicalways look at all things ethics and corruption with a view…
Penny Milner-Smyth23rd February 2022
_____________________________________________ On Raising the Bar, the segment on SAFM's Late Night Conversations that Patricia Ntuli and I are delivering with the aim of moving forward positively on all things ethics and corruption in South Africa in…
Penny Milner-Smyth16th February 2022
South Africans have good reason to think twice about blowing the whistle at work - reports of adverse consequences experienced by high-profile whistleblowers seemingly abound. But not every whistleblower need fear a similar fate. In my…
Penny Milner-Smyth10th February 2022
Following our Monday 31 January discussion on Raising the Bar on SAFM's Late Night Conversations with Patricia Ntuli, here are links to the creative anti-corruption initiatives and resources we discussed on the show. If you missed…
Penny Milner-Smyth31st January 2022
World Religion Day sees the launch of an occasional Ethicalways series that aims to identify the key anti-corruption messages from the world's religions. In our work with diverse groups in organisations, we are always struck by…
Penny Milner-Smyth16th January 2022
They may be absent in most whistleblowing policies, but anti-deterrence provisions (as distinct from anti-retaliation) seek to combat the pre-emptive deterrence of whistleblowing by influential insiders, including first-line leaders. In the latest article written by Ethicalways…
Penny Milner-Smyth7th January 2022
'When HR enables corruption - jobs as bribes' is a quick read written by Ethicalways Director Penny Milner-Smyth for 'The People Factor', a publication of the SABPP (the South African HR professional board) but relevant to…
Penny Milner-Smyth3rd March 2021
'Confident that no corruption is taking place within your organisation? Or between it and your suppliers, customers and other third parties? Whether your answer, is YES, NO, or UNSURE, your strength of confidence should be based on an unambiguous…
Penny Milner-Smyth25th February 2021
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