Partnership takes place within the scope of the An Ethical Company initiative, and aims to meet the requirements of the new bidding law
ABIMDE (Brazilian Association of Defense and Security Materials Industries) has partnered with the Brazilian Association of Software Companies (ABES), to offer its more than 200 member companies of the Defense and Security Industrial Base (BIDS) a consulting firm. compliance and ethics through the An Ethical Company initiative. The association offers members the basic requirements for an adequate integrity program: training on compliance and ethics, a model of code of ethics and conduct and an independent whistleblower channel, as well as a certificate for those who comply with all the requirements.
The details were officially released on June 15, during ABIMDE's monthly plenary. Support for members is provided by the association's legal department and compliance officer, who clarify doubts and promote periodic training.
“ABIMDE is committed to compliance. Participating in the project 'An ethical company' is a great reason for happiness, because it offers small companies the tools in an uncomplicated way”, comments the organization's president, Dr. Roberto Gallo. He also highlights that participating in the program can represent advantages in public tenders. "Law 14,133 provides, in article 60, that in public bids a tiebreaker is to have this integrity program installed."
An ethics program has a tangible value, as it improves reputation, productivity and also financial results, being essential for companies that carry out or seek contracts with the Public Administration. “For us, it is very gratifying to have ABIMDE participating in our program. We have increasingly seen the movement to combat corruption and the need to establish ethics and more transparency in the relationships that companies maintain with their employees, customers, suppliers, public bodies and other organizations. In this way, we want to bring all our expertise to help build a more digital and less unequal Brazil, in which information technology plays a fundamental role in the democratization of knowledge and the creation of new opportunities for all”, says Rodolfo Fücher, president of ABES.
About ABIMDE
Founded in August 1985, ABIMDE is the main representative entity of the sector, bringing together more than 200 members and acting as “The voice of the Defense and Security Industrial Base”. The entity promotes and values BIDS companies within the national territory and abroad and acts as an important vector of knowledge about the sector and dissemination of the value of companies, through events, contacts and relationships with all government spheres - federal, state and municipal – presenting the concerns of entrepreneurs and challenges to be overcome.
About ABES
ABES, the Brazilian Association of Software Companies, aims to contribute to the construction of a more digital and less unequal Brazil, in which information technology plays a fundamental role in the democratization of knowledge and the creation of new opportunities for everyone. In this sense, it aims to ensure a business environment conducive to innovation, ethical, sustainable, dynamic and globally competitive.
Since its foundation in September 1986, ABES has sought to be relevant to its members and a national and international reference in the technology sector. Recently, the entity launched, in partnership with EY, the LGPD diagnosis, a free online tool and the LGPD/ABES index, with the objective of helping companies to analyze their level of adequacy before the LGPD (General Data Protection Law ). Currently, ABES represents approximately 2,000 companies, 77% of which are micro and small, which account for around 85% of the revenue of the software and services segment in Brazil, distributed in 24 Brazilian states and the Federal District, responsible for generating around 210,000 direct jobs and annual revenues of around R﹩80 billion in 2020.
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