David Nitkin

Mr. Nitkin is a rare breed in North America: a full-time organizational ethicist. He does original writing, teaching, consulting and research on ethical decision making, enhancing corporate social accountability, auditing, and reporting, and developing ethics assurance programs, including transparency, risk management, ethical management and “safe” partnering.

Mr. Nitkin is:

• President of EthicScan Canada, Canada's oldest, largest and well respected, full-service corporate responsibility research house and ethics consultancy

• Co-author or editor of several ethical guide books, including The Ethical Shoppers Guide, Shopping With a Conscience, Ethical Wills, and Conscious Consumption

• The designer and team leader of a large number of responsible business practice studies that blend CSR research with ethical management, stakeholder engagement and responsible procurement applications in corporations and organizations

• An international speaker, writer and trainer in the area of Integrity in Business

• Sessional lecturer in International Business Ethics, Schulich School of Business, York University

• Director of EthicScan’s extensive webinar, conference and course offerings

• Integrity advisor, investigator and researcher for governments, integrity commissions, civil society organizations, industry associations, corporations and businesses

• Author of over one hundred and fifty published research studies or comparative reviews of corporate and organizational integrity behaviour

• Team manager of the EthicsAssurance© enterprise solution pulse taking tool; and

• President of the Canadian Clearing-house For Consumer and Corporate Ethics

Among the companies or organizations where he has led integrity-related program development and/or investigation services are AGRA Industries, Auditor General of Canada, Bell Canada, City of Aurora, City of Ottawa, City of Toronto, Dow Canada, HSBC Bank of Canada, Food and Consumer Products Association of Canada, Health Canada, Imperial Oil, Integrity Commissioner of Canada, Integrity Commission of Trinidad and Tobago, Interprovincial Lottery Corporation, Lobbyist Registrar of Canada, Metro Credit Union, Nestlé Canada, Office of the Ombudsman City of Toronto, Ontario Cabinet Office (Office of Leadership Development), Ontario Government (Office of the Treasury), Ontario Human Rights Commission, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, National Capital Commission, PanAm 2015 Games, Placer Dome, Public Works and Government Services Canada, Royal Bank of Canada, Services Canada, St Joseph Corporation, Specialty Advertising Association of Canada, Tetra Pak, Treasury Board Secretariat, VanCity Savings Credit Union, and Xerox Canada.

Mr. Nitkin graduated with a MA (Historical Geography, York University), and at the top of his class in Honours BA (Geography, University of Toronto). David lectures widely on a number of ethics themes: notably, ethical sourcing; the changing nature of corporate responsibility; organizational reputation management; and effective frameworks for enhancing ethical management in organizations and business corporations. He has led an international team of 11 experts and 8 reviewers in the development of EthicsAssurance®, an enterprise software involving proactive and reactive complaint management, now in its testing phase.

His work at EthicScan includes original writing, teaching, consulting and research on ethical assurance in organizations, including corporate social responsibility, organizational planning and assessment, and enhancing ethical management. He is head of consulting at EthicScan Canada Limited, Canada's oldest, fee-for-service, full-service ethics consultancy and corporate responsibility research house. He is an international speaker, writer and trainer in the area of ethics in business; one of Canada's best known corporate ethics consultants; and publisher of The Corporate Ethics Monitor