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About Ethical Reading

Ethical Reading is a not-for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making Reading a better place to live and work through helping organisations become more ethical. This includes everything from the decisions made at the very top to the way employees treat each other and the people they deal with day to day.

We want to mobilise people and organisations across Reading to embed ethics into decision-making processes and everyday actions and kick-start an Ethical Cities movement in the UK and beyond.

Our vision

Our vision is of a Reading where organisations have a deeply rooted sense of ethics and are strongly engaged with the local community.

We’re calling for organisations of all kinds with a presence in Reading to:

  • foster respect, responsibility and compassion at all levels
  • empower staff to become agents for change, instilling ethical values into the organisation’s DNA
  • engage with ethics champions to promote ethical values in the organisation
  • prioritise the happiness and wellbeing of employees
  • never ask employees to do anything illegal or unethical
  • encourage employees to speak up if they become aware of unethical practices
  • embrace a Code of Ethics
  • measure their social and environmental impact and communicate the results
  • engage with the local community and collaborate with each other for the common good

Our people

Meet the people who make Ethical Reading tick

Our aims

Inspire

  • To inspire people, especially those working for our Partners and Supporters, to take ethics into account in the decisions they make at work.

  • To inspire employers to make their workplaces more compassionate, creative and happier place to be.

  • To inspire organisations to increase their focus on making a positive difference to society and the environment.

Educate

  • To raise the awareness and understanding of ethical issues in the workplace.

  • To provide practical advice and guidance to individuals and organisations to get to grips with challenging ethical issues.

  • To equip organisations to develop a healthy and ethical culture, be environmentally responsible and contribute positively to the local community.  
 

Collaborate

  • To become a hub for progressive, creative solutions to address ethical challenges facing the local community.

  • To encourage collaboration between organisations in Reading to drive the ethical agenda forward.

  • To provide opportunities for local people concerned about ethical issues to meet and share ideas.

Our core values

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