N Sankar receiving the award from Rotary District Governor M Balaji (second from left), with Ranjit K Bhatia, Benjamin Cherian and K K Raman looking on.
The Sanmar Group’s firm commitment to practising the highest ethical principles in business received approbation and approval when the Rotary International (RI) District 3230 conferred on it the ‘Vocational Excellence Award’ on 19 January 2003. It was a moment of considerable pride for the group when its Chairman, N Sankar, received the award from the Rotary District 3230 Governor, M Balaji. The RI President’s Special Representative at the conference, Ranjit K Bhatia, District Governor nominee, Benjamin Cherian and
District Chairman for Vocational Service, K K Raman were among those present.
The citation read out on the occasion (reproduced in full here) said among other things that “Sanmar has shown that it is eminently possible to be ethical, even in an environment known to be corrupt”.
Sankar spoke on the Ethical Policy Document prepared by The Sanmar Group which focuses on several key issues like avoiding conflict of interests and nepotism, promoting transparency, intellectual honesty and curbing impropriety at all levels of the organisation. Integrity is the central theme of the Ethical Policy Document, without
which an organisation would be morally bankrupt, he said.