ENADI

Under the umbrella of the Australian Industry Group Defence Council, the Ethics Network Australian Defence Industry (ENADI) was instituted in November 2007. It is comprised of representatives from Ai Group Defence Council Prime-Contractors, the Australian Industry Defence Network and the Department of Defence.

ENADI was founded by its members to collaborate to promote and preserve the integrity and ethical conduct of the Australian Defence Industry for the benefit of the Industry, its companies, its shareholders, its customers, and its employees.

ENADI is committed to building a foundation of earned trust for the Australian Defence Industry from the Australian people and their Governments. A reflection of this earned trust is to have the Australian Government recognise the capability of our Industry in the areas of ethical conduct and corporate governance.
Through membership of ENADI, the Australian Defence Industry have commenced an association based on mutual respect for each other's business ethics and values and the desire for each to play a part endeavouring to ensure that the Industry as a whole acts legally and with the highest ethical standards. Member Companies all realise that while at times they will compete for business, at other times they will either team with or supply to one another. All recognise that being ethical in their business dealings is essential for individual company prosperity, growth and longevity.

The ENADI Principles that have been agreed to by its founding members are as follows:

Best Practice

1. Advocate best practice in the areas of business ethics, codes of conduct and compliance.
 
2. Share with fellow ENADI members best practice in ethics education and codes of ethics and compliance including the challenges met in these areas internationally by each member’s parent Company where applicable. 

3. Assist other ENADI members to raise their ethical standards through benchmarking in ethics education and codes of ethics and compliance by fellow ENADI members, suppliers and Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs). 

4. Contribute productively to the Industry in the areas of ethics and compliance. 

5. Be a forum for overcoming inconsistency and raising standards. 

6. Operate the forum in a practical and helpful way.

Industry integrity and self-governance

7. Preserve and promote the integrity of the Industry. 

8. Demonstrate the industry’s capability for self-governance and professionalism. 

9. Enhance Industry reputation and mission assurance through ethical conduct. 

10. Emphasise integrity and self-governance through its operations and through its reports and recommendations to the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) Defence Council. 

11. Create innovative ways to engage member organisations to see what ENADI members have invested in to act ethically and to be seen to be ethical. 

12. Enlighten Customer organisations through ENADI’s multilateral activities and develop insights across Industry-Customer boundaries to enhance mutual understanding and respect for each other’s ethical operating environments.

Membership

Membership of ENADI is open to any Australian Defence contractor or supplier organisation providing it demonstrates a commitment to the ENADI Charter and Principles. Membership is also open to representatives from the Department of Defence.

For more information about ENADI, please contact the Ai Group Defence Council on 02 6233 0700.

 Frequently Asked Questions

• Why do ethics matter in defence?
• Where can I get information on Australian and International ethics policy and legal frameworks?
• What is the Defence guidance on gifts, hospitality and sponsorship?
• What is the Defence guidance on ethical considerations for Christmas season offers?
• What is the Defence guidance on notification of post separation employment obligations?
• What is the Defence guidance on post separation employment conflicts of interest?
• Where can I get more information on my post-separation employment obligations?
• Where can I get guidance on managing potential conflicts of interest when personnel leave or come back into Defence?
• I'm an Engineer working for a Defence prime contractor. Can I also operate a side business where I utilise the services of my employer's suppliers in undertaking engineering work for clients who are not Defence prime contractors, their suppliers, competitors or Defence?
  You would need to disclose this potential conflict of interest to your employer. The likely outcome is that this would not be permitted as the conflicted interests would be difficult to mitigate - For Example:

  • Your employer's suppliers would be concerned that failure to give you a favourable deal on your personal business interests might disadvantage them on future work that they are hopeful of getting from your employer.
  • Similarly, your employer may be concerned any supplier selections you make would not be perceived as totally objective but potentially biased in favour of the supplier that does work for your personal business.
  • Any substandard professional work done by your personal business might reflect adversely on your employer.
  • You might inadvertently or subconsciously utilise your employer's technical solutions, trade secrets, proprietary information or intellectual property in performing your private business.
  • You might inadvertently bring into your employer's business unauthorised proprietary information belonging to the clients of your private business.
  • Your employer would need to continually review your personal business clientele list to determine that each new client is not the employer's customer or supplier, or supplier to a competitor.