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Ethics Monitoring & Management Services (Pty) Ltd

Cynthia Schoeman is the Founder and Managing Director of Ethics Monitoring & Management Services Proprietary Ltd. She is a founding non-executive director and the current chairperson of the Ethics Practitioners’ Association (EPA), and sits on the Ethics Committee of the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT). She has also served two terms on the Investigating Committee of the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA).

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Cynthia Schoeman
BA, MBA (Wits), MPhil in Applied Ethics (cum laude)



Cynthia Schoeman is the Managing Director of Ethics Monitoring & Management Services Proprietary Ltd. She is a founding non-executive director and the chairperson of the Ethics Practitioners’ Association (EPA), and sits on the Ethics Committee of the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT).

She has over 15 years’ experience in the field of workplace ethics and governance. She has developed practical tools and services to support the effective and proactive management of workplace ethics within organisations and consults to private and public sector organisations in this regard.

Cynthia is a published author in the area of workplace ethics, namely Ethics Can: Managing Workplace Ethics (2014), Ethics: Giving a Damn, Making a Difference (2012) and An Employee’s Guide to Workplace Ethics (2011). Cynthia’s articles are widely published in business journals and the press.

Cynthia is a regular speaker on workplace ethics at conferences and is often interviewed on TV and radio as an ethics expert. Cynthia has lectured on ethics and governance as external faculty on executive and academic programmes since 2000 at South Africa’s top business schools.

Cynthia has a BA from Unisa, an MBA from Wits Business School and an MPhil in Applied Ethics (cum laude) from Stellenbosch University.

Professional association memberships


Member of the Business Ethics Network of Africa (BEN-Africa)
http://www.benafrica.org


Chairman, non-executive director and member of the Ethics Practitioners’ Association (EPA)
https://www.epa-africa.com


Member of the Ethics Committee of the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT)
https://www.ewt.org.za


Member of the Institute of Directors of Southern Africa (IoDSA)
http://www.iodsa.co.za/


Professional member of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa (PSASA)
https://www.psasouthernafrica.co.za/