the core of our values

In everything we do, we are guided by our values and an ethical commitment to show careful consideration for our customers, shareholders, and employees, as well as alla our other stakeholders.
We always act with integrity. Accordingly, we pay close attention to the impact our activities may have now and in the future.
Together have agreed upon a set of simple principles that guide the way we act
– our Code of ethics. This is the cornerstone of our ethical approach as a group. It guides our actions wherever we operate, and it gives our stakeholders the confidence that we are doing as we say by generating sustainable, responsible growth. Each employee of the France Telecom Group is totally committed to meeting this challenge.
Our values, and the principles underlying our actions are in line with fundamental principles such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and those drawn up by the International Labour Organisation (notably as regards the ban on child labour and forced or compulsory labour), by the OECD (and the fight against corruption in particular), and the commitments to which the France Telecom Group has subscribed, especially as regards sustainable development and by being among the first to sign the United Nations Global Compact.


intermediaries and advice for the application of the Code of Ethics
The Group's ethics committee, made up of four members named by the President, looks after the homogeneous application of the code's principles and advises the entities on their implementation. Our network of ethical advisers in each country or entity contributes to the coordination of the approach and assures its diffusion and adaptation to the local contexts and trades.


awareness of all
An online learning module, available in eight languages allows each employee to appropriate the principles of the code through simulation exercises. Updated in 2008, it is based on several existent concrete job training cases. In the same year, a new awareness program in the prevention of corruption was launched so as to allow the Group's subsidiaries to comprehend the international and national legal framework, and the preventive actions in this domain.