The group's social and ethics committee focuses on environmental, health, safety and wellness, socio-economic development (SED), enterprise and supplier development (ESD), responsible gambling, ethics and the group's progress against broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) targets. Further, the policy revitalisation management sub-committee continues to review, update and consolidate group policies. [...] The ethics office strategy and implementation plan is premised on its mandate as set out in the social and ethics committee mandate and terms of reference and aligned to legislation and industry best practices, including the Companies Act, the Protected Disclosures Act, the King IV™ Report, and the ethics management framework established by The Ethics Institute. The ethics office is an independent, active and dedicated department within the group, comprising of the group ethics officer, chief financial officer, director: corporate services and director of internal audit. Its duties include, among others: ∞ Partnering with management to facilitate the enhancement of an ethical culture across the group and discouraging unethical behaviour to promote a sound ethical tone at the top. ∞ Contributing towards ethics risk management group-wide. ∞ Planning, organising, directing and controlling of all formal ethics-related group activities including creating awareness around and advising on standards of ethical behaviour and discouraging unethical behaviour. ∞ Providing oversight, management, coordination and reporting of whistle-blowing matters investigated through all incident reporting channels. ∞ Promoting ethics awareness group-wide through training, campaigns and surveys.