Ethics and integrity
We have high expectations for ethical conduct in every aspect of our business.
Our Ethics & Compliance group, led by our chief compliance and risk officer, is committed to continuing General Mills’ long-standing culture of integrity by ensuring that employees know what it means to behave ethically and to act in compliance with our Code of Conduct and policies.
We achieve these goals by regularly communicating and training.
In May 2011, James Ratley, president and CEO of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, was at our headquarters to speak on “Understanding the Mindset of the Fraudster.” Ratley discussed several recent high-profile cases of corporate fraud, which costs organizations an estimated 5 percent of annual revenues. In 2008, General Mills adopted a more comprehensive fraud policy that makes being aware of a fraud and not reporting it a violation.
