ABOUT THE SCHOOL > Values & Code of Conduct

- I – RESPECTING THE PRINCIPLES OF GLOBAL IMPACT

The ESC PAU group has appropriated the ten principles of the United Nations Global Compact :

• businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights in their circle of influence
• they must make sure they are not complicit in human rights violations following the principles of the International Labor Organization
• businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining
• they must promote the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labor they must promote the effective abolition of child labor
• they must eliminate discrimination in respect of employment and occupation
• businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges
• they should undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility
• they should encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies
• businesses should work against all forms of corruption.

- II – THE STUDENT AS THE CENTRAL FOCUS FOR EACH EMPLOYEE

We believe that it is possible for Education to make the world a better place. The student must therefore be the major concern for each of the ESC PAU group’s employees, whatever their status. The ESC PAU Group organizes itself around their students and clients and not in their own interests. They refrain from doing anything that would not be in the interests of their students, clients and partners notably by imitating competitors, for example, to obtain accreditations or a good classification.

- III – VALUES AT THE CENTER OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROJECT

The following values are at the center of the ESC PAU group’s educational project :

• HUMANISM : respecting others, solidarity, tolerance, responsibility
• ENTHUSIASM : passion, audacity, demand, competence
• OPEN-MINDEDNESS : willingness to listen, humility, respect of diversity
• NON-CONFORMISM : creativity, ability to determine and live out one’s own originality.

- IV – DEMAND FOR THE CREATION OF VALUE

To exist and to continue to develop, the ESC PAU group must create value :

• for the benefit of their students by preparing them as best as they can for the professions they will have
  chosen, being at their sides to help them identify these professions, in a personal way, without following a
  model.
• for the benefit of their clients by helping them to improve their personal and collective performances, the
  solutions presented by the ESC PAU group must be innovative, enabling their clients to acquire a decisive
  competitive advantage.
• for the benefit of their graduates by constantly improving the value of their diplomas.
• for the benefit of their employees by giving them a fulfilling educational mission.
• for the benefit of the PAU BEARN CCI by giving them concrete profits on their investment
• for the benefit of the region in which the Group is located by being an important economic attraction.
• Au profit de la région d’implantation du Groupe en étant un facteur important d’attractivité économique

- V – OUR OBLIGATIONS TO STUDENTS AND COMPANIES

The challenge of the ESC PAU Group consists in helping students understand the constituents of a competitive company, and in preparing them for the fundamental needs of the company they will work for. The ESC PAU Group is always attentive to the needs of businesses in terms of employee profiles. They identify the most innovative practices and best practices in the field of management to pass them on to their students. The ESC PAU Group produces the best synthesis between these needs and their values. The objective of Quality, Excellence and Innovation is a constant concern for each employee. This has led the ESC PAU Group to analyze their results in a process of continuous improvement. The ESC PAU Group measures their success by the customers they keep and their satisfaction level.

- VI – DISCRIMINATORY ACTION PREVENTION

The diversity of the students, employees and cultures, is a great wealth for the Group and one of the conditions required for it to succeed in its mission. The ESC PAU Group doesn’t tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment linked to ethnic origins, sex, age, religion or sexual preference, from its students or employees.

- VII – OUR COMMITMENTS TOWARDS OUR CLIENTS

Students doing initial training are not considered to be clients in the sense that the ESC PAU Group doesn’t meet requirements that they have expressed. The role of the ESC PAU Group is to define teaching programs and methods that will allow students in initial training to reach their objectives. The ESC PAU Group has an obligation to advise their business clients; consequently, they propose with authority and firmly defend the solutions they consider best to solve their clients’ problems, in their fully understood interests.

- VIII – THE CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATION

Our mission can only be accomplished if carried out in a climate of trust from our students and clients. This trust is mainly based on the confidentiality of all information that concerns them, especially personal information. Each Group employee shall refrain from disclosing this information or using any information obtained in a professional context, for their personal benefit. This confidentiality obligation continues even when the employee has left.

- IX– OUR OBLIGATIONS TOWARDS OUR REGION

The ESC PAU Group has committed itself to contributing to the economic development of its region and its companies.

- X – OUR COMMITMENTS TOWARDS OUR SUPPLIERS

So as to accomplish our mission, we must use the best service providers. Each employee, including temporary teachers, must demand quality, results and competitiveness from our suppliers. This obligation is an obligation to be intransigent. The choice of suppliers is always made following rules defined by the procurement contract code and by the PAU BEARN CCI. The terms of the contract must cover all the obligations of both parties. It is, of course, forbidden for any employee to negotiate any secret agreements with a supplier outside the official contract.

- XI – THE RESPECT OF FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS

Each employee is responsible for the good use of the Group’s resources. They must respect the defined budget limits. With respect to this point, each employee must make sure that expenses, notably overheads, are strictly contained. Excess in this area constitutes misuse of the investment and development capacity of the Group. Everyone must respect the distinct rules decreed in this field.

- XII – THE RESPECT OF RULES CONCERNING CORRUPTION

No employee may accept remuneration, gifts or other benefits from a client, student or supplier, neither may they offer them. Only gifts or benefits in kind of low value in compliance with commercial practices and rules of good relations, and not contrary to the law or to the regulations, may be accepted.

- XIII – THE PREVENTION OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

A conflict of interest is formed each time the personal interests of an employee, permanent or temporary, contradicts the interests of the Group within the limits of fulfilling their work contract. Each employee must avoid any conflict of interest by refusing any direct or indirect financial relations with a competitor, client or supplier in any area other than that of their professional activities for the ESC PAU Group.

- XIV– OBLIGATION TO RESPECT THE IMAGE

Each employee must have, both inside and outside and at all levels, behavior based on the intransigent respect of the Group, its employees, its students, its clients and its partners.

- XV – OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES

Practicing a professional activity other than that for which the employee is hired by the ESC PAU Group, is governed by a principle of general non-competition and by the rules of the employees’ status following (articles 1 and 1 b). Before signing their contract, “Temporary” teachers must specify which teaching institutions they teach or they have taught in over the last three years.

- XVI – PUBLIC ACTIVITIES

The ESC PAU Group respects the commitments of their employees who, as citizens, participate or would like to participate in political activities. All employees concerned must, however, abstain from morally engaging the ESC PAU Group in their activities. IMPLEMENTATION OF RULES OF CONDUCT AND VIOLATIONS These rules, which are not exhaustive, apply to all the employees in the ESC PAU Group, according to their positions and their responsibilities. They are completed by the various rules set by the PAU BEARN CCI. In case of uncertainty or doubt about the application of certain rules of conduct, the employee must refer to the Group management. Failure to comply with these rules will be considered a violation that may be sanctioned.

IMPLEMENTATION OF RULES OF CONDUCT AND VIOLATIONS

These rules, which are not exhaustive, apply to all the employees in the ESC PAU Group, according to their positions and their responsibilities. They are completed by the various rules set by the PAU BEARN CCI. In case of uncertainty or doubt about the application of certain rules of conduct, the employee must refer to the Group management. Failure to comply with these rules will be considered a violation that may be sanctioned.