The values recognised as fundamental in the development of the Code of Ethics for PGNiG Employees include credibility, accountability, partnership and quality. These values have always been cherished by PGNiG’s employees, as they form an integral part of the miners’ ethos, in which our tradition is grounded. The Code of Ethics, forming an element of a wider ethics programme, defines specific rules of conduct to be followed by employees; rules which are implied by the values we have embraced and follow the industry’s global best practice.
At the PGNiG Head Office, there is an Ethics Officer and Ethics Committee comprising the heads of key areas. Employees consult the Ethics Officer about their doubts and to report misconduct. The Ethics Officer also runs a blog, where ethical challenges and other topics are discussed. The PGNiG Group companies have adopted their own codes and appointed their ethics officers.
Taking into account the nature of the PGNiG Group’s business and its mission, the PGNiG Code of Responsible Shale Gas and Oil Production has also been adopted to supplement the Code of Ethics. It sets the standards of conduct for the Group companies involved in hydrocarbon exploration and production. Apart from saying how to communicate with local communities, the Code also gives examples of good practice in this respect.
2015 also saw the launch of training programmes, addressed to the management boards and managers of PGNiG branches and companies, on preventing workplace mobbing and on other ethical issues.
