SEHA shows commitment to ethics with web-based training course

The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) has recently launched an e-Compliance and Ethics Training Course, aimed at promoting its employees adherence to the very highest compliance and ethical standards. Every member of staff at SEHA will be participating in this training. The course is part of SEHA's commitment to ‘Doing the Right Things…Always’ and, making sure that this principle is embedded across all its business decisions and actions.
The Course is designed to enhance SEHA employees’ understanding of four significant areas, namely Integrity, Standards of Conduct, Conflicts of Interest, and Fraud Control and Misconduct. This Course has been well received by SEHA employees, with staff appreciating the opportunity to brush up on various ethical practices.
The web-based nature of the course means that it can be taken at any time, anywhere in the world, and is thus highly convenient for SEHA's employees. All of SEHA's employees who have completed the course have been certified accordingly to acknowledge this.
Mr. Carl Stanifer, SEHA Group Chief Executive Officer said: “SEHA has proudly become the first healthcare company in the region to launch this type of Compliance and Ethics e-Training Course to a mass audience of more than 17,000 individuals. We are proud to be one of the leading Abu Dhabi-based companies with regard to the field of ethics business conduct, not merely in the health sphere.”
He continued: “We are thankful to the Corporate Compliance and Ethics Department of SEHA, and the technical support of Thomson Reuters, for creating this outstanding programme which explains how we must approach our work, our relationships, our decisions and our actions in an ethical manner. The fact that all employees working at SEHA including the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Office and myself are taking this course shows the commitment of SEHA to corporate ethics.”
“This training is designed to ensure that all employees of SEHA are fully aware of and compliant with our business ethics. It will also help ensure that SEHA is fully compliant with all applicable laws and regulations. We view it as particularly important, as it reinforces our values, and enables our valued employees to make the correct ethical decisions within their everyday work.” He added.
“While SEHA is absolutely committed to ethical business conduct we expect and appreciate an equal commitment to these principles from each employee of SEHA’s Contractors, Vendors, Consultants and other Representatives working for or on behalf of SEHA.”
Background Information
SEHA HealthSystem
SEHA is the corporate marketing name of Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, an independent public joint stock company that owns and operates all public hospitals and clinics across the emirate. ‘SEHA’ is a phonetic rendering of the Arabic word for health.
The company was established by Emiri Decree No 10 of 2007 and is a leading participant in the reform of Abu Dhabi’s healthcare sector. The reform seeks to upgrade and improve healthcare delivery to the public at a level comparable to the finest healthcare systems in the world. The program began by separating management and regulation – SEHA assumed responsibility for public healthcare centers and hospitals, while Health Authority-Abu Dhabi (HA-AD) was established to regulate the public and private sectors. The two organizations replaced the General Authority for Health Services (GAHS), previously responsible for both roles.