Ethics & Compliance

FDJ is committed to preventing breaches of human rights and to raising employment and working standards in the territories where it operates. The Group’s human rights risk prevention policy is communicated in FDJ’s Human Rights policy. It provides an overview of the issues identified and their implications for the Group’s entities, and presents a shared set of guidelines, indicating the specific approaches to be adopted with respect to 4 main stakeholders and 17 risks.

The Ethics Charter affirms the Group's collective commitment to promoting these values. It is based around four key ethics principles, namely, compliance with laws and regulations, sharing the culture of integrity, respect for employees and related parties, and engaging a constructive dialogue with civil society.

The prevention and detection of corruption is the responsibility of everyone within the FDJ Group, which has implemented an anti-corruption compliance programme. It is based on an Ethics Charter, an Anti-Corruption Code of Conduct, and specific procedures (gifts and invitations, declaration and management of conflicts of interest, third party assessment, etc.). It is led by senior management, managed by a dedicated department and deployed with the support of compliance experts and officers. 

FDJ Group’s Anti-Corruption Code of Conduct serves as a point of reference for the prevention and detection of corruption. It is an extension of our Ethics Charter, in line with local standards and regulations and international commitments. The Anti-Corruption Code of Conduct provides day-to-day guidance on the behaviours and actions of the FDJ Group and its stakeholders.  

Some situations can be difficult to handle because acting ethically requires more than simply following a set of rules. In case of doubt, FDJ Group employees can have discussions with their line manager, the anti-corruption compliance team or officers, their HR manager, etc. In addition to these traditional channels of listening and dialogue, the FDJ Group provides its employees and external stakeholders with an ethics whistleblowing system that offers enhanced safeguards of protection in the event of making a report. It makes it possible to report situations that violate the law, the Anti-Corruption Code of Conduct or our ethical principles.  

For several years, the FDJ Group has been committed to the prevention of sports corruption, active participation in monitoring the integrity of sports competitions and in cooperation with all sports, public and private stakeholders, both in France and abroad, in order to ensure better protection of sport against the risks of manipulation.