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Ethics of the ASEAN Human-Centric Workplace

they must ensure that they enrich the lives of local workers
and communities in their areas of operation in return for
pursuing their mining productions. As a member of the
International Council for Mining and Metals (ICMM), Freeport
follows their ten ethics principles which are considered the
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global standard: ethical business, decision-making, human
rights, conservation of biodiversity, responsible production,
social performance and stakeholder engagement.
In Papua, Sizs Jerry encounters many ethics issues
when overseeing how Freeport improves the working and
living conditions of indigenous communities according to
Indonesian government regulations. She also carries out
human development in partnership with public sector bodies
and with non-government civil society organisations. For
example, in the area of health and security during the Covid-19
pandemic for example, 85 percent of local workers were
vaccinated and the company provided humanitarian relief
for local communities. In terms of economic development,
the company has social investment programs that promote
local SMEs as well as improving education, safety and
infrastructure.

Dato’ Palaniappan: ASEAN work policies are
creating ethical dilemmas
Dato’ Palaniappan is Chairman ASEAN Future Workforce
Council (AFWC), an ASEAN Civil Society Organisation
started in 2018 with the objective to promote future skills
development in the Region through Technical and Vocational
Education and Training (TVET) where business drives learning
and policy for work.
Disruption and transformation of work with the
introduction of new technologies is not new in the history of
work. Using steam engines to replace man power and horse
power was a big driver of the first Industrial Revolution. But
now the speed of transformation using algorithms is set to
permeate many sectors at once. Figure 4: Dato’ Palaniappan,
Chairman ASEAN Future
Dato’ Palaniappan sees four major drivers impacting the Workforce Council (AFWC)
ethics of work in ASEAN: the legal and regulatory framework,
rapid usage of artificial intelligence and automation, changes
in workforce composition and finally the pressure of external
stakeholders.

2 International Council for Mining and Metals https://www.icmm.com/en-gb/
our-principles retrieved 13 July 2023

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