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Strengthening Our Culture of

Ethics and Integrity

At Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE), ethics is embedded in every decision, action, and relationship.
During the year, we continued to deepen this culture by strengthening governance frameworks,
expanding learning programmes, and engaging employees through innovative formats. With
over 14,000 person-hours dedicated to training, enhanced use of our ETHOS platform, and greater
focus on ethical partnerships, we reinforced integrity and transparency across our operations.
Ethics at TCE is more than compliance. It is a commitment to doing what is right, and enabling
everyone to do so with confidence and clarity.

Embedding Integrity in Every Action These efforts reflect our ongoing commitment to building
Ethics at TCE is guided by the Tata Code of Conduct a values-driven culture where ethics, compliance and trust
(TCoC) and built into the way we operate every day. go hand in hand.
Every individual across the company is expected to Ethics Week, held twice a year, has evolved into a
uphold the highest standards of ethical behaviour, key initiative that inspires and informs. Themes such
ensuring that trust, accountability and fairness are as “Internalising Ethics Beyond Compliance” and
reflected in every interaction. “Professional Ethics” provided the backdrop for various

Our ethics governance structure includes Location activities. These included:
Ethics Counsellors (LECs), an Internal Committee (IC) • Over 2,700 employees and Associates participating in
as per the POSH Act, Ethics Champions from middle open house sessions led by LECs
management, and a Chief Ethics Counsellor (CEC) who
reports directly to the Managing Director. These roles • More than 4,000 social media engagements with
ensure a strong ethical foundation across all delivery external stakeholders
centres and project sites, promoting a culture where Engaging formats, such as the Ethics Escape Room
speaking up is valued and supported. Challenge, Quizzes, Poetry, Pictionary, and Leadership
The digital platform ETHOS serves as a one-stop Talks, made the content accessible and relevant. The
destination for ethics-related needs. Employees can Ethics Flag Bearer initiative honoured employees who
report concerns, disclose conflicts of interest, declare demonstrated consistent ethical behaviour, and their
gifts, and access learning resources. The launch of the stories were shared internally to encourage similar
Code of Ethics Handbook this year further supports values across teams. Senior leaders conducted Ethics
ethical decision-making by consolidating key policies Master Classes and regular forums to discuss TCoC
into a single, easy-to-use reference. principles, maintaining a clear tone at the top.
To promote awareness, TCE continues to invest in Externally, we reinforced our values through the
structured learning and engaging experiences. In FY Third-Party Due Diligence (TPDD) process. This digital
2024–25, over 14,225 person-hours were dedicated to framework helps verify that suppliers and partners
ethics training. These covered essential areas such as the operate in alignment with TCE’s ethical expectations.
Tata Code of Conduct (TCoC), the Prevention of Sexual Recognised through internal audits and benchmarked
Harassment (POSH), Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABAC), across the Tata Group, this system adds another layer of
and Anti-Money Laundering (AML). assurance in how we conduct our business.

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