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One of the 2023 World's Most Ethical Companies®

Covenant Health has been recognized by the Ethisphere® Institute as one of the 2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies®. This is the seventh consecutive year that Covenant Health has received the designation.

Ethisphere ranks and benchmarks participating companies from around the world against a comprehensive set of ethics standards and leading compliance business best practices.

"Our participation allows us to drive quality improvement, and to deepen our commitment to ethical integrity. The designation is a testament to our commitment to improve clinical and organizational ethical practices. We are very proud, and thank each and every one of our team members who answer the call to serve our patients, residents and each other with strong ethical conviction."

Gordon Self, Chief Mission & Ethics Officer

The evidence based self-assessment process and validation exercise has been a tremendous learning opportunity for Covenant Health and has similarities to the Accreditation process. It touches all areas of the organization such as clinical operations, governance, corporate social responsibility, stewardship of human and financial resources, legal and risk assessment, diversity, and just culture and disclosure. In 2022, 136 companies were designated as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®. Covenant Health was the only healthcare provider in Canada and one of only five Canadian companies to be honoured.

*World’s Most Ethical Companies” and “Ethisphere” names and marks are registered trademarks of Ethisphere LLC.

To learn more about the designation and the process by which honorees are selected, visit the World’s Most Ethical Companies® website, or contact mes@covenanthealth.ca.

Public Interest Disclosure Report

In compliance with legislation, and to support continuous quality improvement, Covenant Health reports annually to the Public Interest Commissioner on any disclosures of wrongdoing brought forward to our designated officer.

The report includes details such as:

Number of disclosures received or referred;
Number of disclosures acted on and number of disclosures not acted on;
Number of investigations undertaken by the designated officer; and
Where wrongdoing was determined to have occurred, the description of the wrongdoing and the corrective measures taken (or reasons why no measures were taken)

Covenant Health is committed to proactively addressing day-to-day concerns identified by our staff, physicians, volunteers, and the public we serve through normal problem-solving processes. This is in keeping with our code of conduct and ethical culture to advance continuous quality improvement. We also actively support access to disclosure processes.

Annual reports on disclosures of wrongdoings

Covenant Health profiled in Alberta Public Interest Commissioner's Annual Report

"While many entities still have work to do in terms of promoting the PIDA [Public Interest Disclosure Act] disclosure process internally," writes Public Interest Commissioner Peter Hourihan, "it’s clear that steps have been made. I should also commend many entities, such as Alberta Health Services, the University of Alberta, MacEwan University and Covenant Health (to name just a few) that, over the years, have taken strong steps to align new or existing safe disclosure policies with PIDA."

Conflicts of Interest Act Summary

The Conflicts of Interest Act (COIA) requires that organizations publicly post information about its compliance with COIA. Effective April 30, 2019, the attached COIA Summary will come into effect. Covenant Health is committed to proactively addressing day-to-day concerns relating to conflicts of interest identified by our staff, physicians, volunteers, and the public we serve in alignment with COIA. The revised Covenant Conflict of Interest policy provides direction for disclosing and managing conflicts of interest. Staff are to report a conflict of interest using the Personnel Declaration Form. Similarly, the policy on Relationships with Industry provides direction on managing relationships with industry to ensure integrity of professional and clinical decision-making. Additional information and clarification on conflict of interest is provided in the presentation, "How do relationships influence your professional and clinical judgment? Access the COIA FAQs.

Resources

2020/21 Annual Report on Compliance and Business Ethics
2019/20 Annual Report on Compliance and Business Ethics
2018/19 Annual Report on Compliance and Business Ethics
2017/18 Annual Report on Compliance and Business Ethics
2016/17 Annual Report on Compliance and Business Ethics
Relationships with Industry (Conflict of Interest) Policy
Ethical Decision-Making Framework Policy
Mission Discernment Tool
Just Workplace Framework
Outsourcing Services Framework
Our Commitment to Ethical Integrity

Covenant Health would like to acknowledge that what we refer to as Alberta is the traditional ancestral territory of a diversity of Indigenous peoples and home to Treaty 6, 7, and 8. We honor the Blackfoot Confederacy – Kainai, Piikani, and Siksika, the Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, Stoney Nakoda, the Tsuu T’ina Nation and the Métis People of Alberta. This includes the Métis Settlements and the Six Regions of the Métis Nation of Alberta within the historical Northwest Métis Homeland. We recognize and give thanks to the many First Nations, Métis and Inuit who have lived in and cared for these lands for generations, all who continue to grace these lands, and all future generations. We are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are still with us today and those who have gone before us. We make this acknowledgement as an act of reconciliation and gratitude to those whose territory we reside on or are visiting.