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The Ethics Commission is established in the IFSC Statutes, Article 14.5.

The Ethics Commission shall:

Address issues of ethical nature that may lead to lead to conflicts on ethical issues referred to it by the Executive Board;
Receive complaints and address cases regarding any infringement of the IFSC Code of Conduct;
Conduct research on ethical practices and recommend further measures for the application and implementation within IFSC; and
Advise on how to avoid or resolve perceived or existing conflicts of interests.

The composition and functioning of the Ethics Commission are described in the relevant Terms of Reference approved by the General Assembly.

Ethics cases

Year	Category	Description	Submission Pathway	Procedural Status	Outcome (if applicable)
11/2025	Safeguarding	Report of misconduct during competition	Safeguarding reporting mechanism	Closed	Recommendation to Executive Board to refer case to Disciplinary Commission
04/2025	Request of Advice	Request submitted by NF aimed at receiving support in handling national safeguarding case.	Safeguarding reporting mechanism	Closed	List of recommendations and best practices shared with requesting NF
03/2025	Safeguarding	Report of alleged grooming	Safeguarding reporting channel for whistleblowers	Ongoing	NA
09/2023 (precedent to current reformed Ethics Commission)	Safeguarding	Report of alleged grooming	Safeguarding reporting channel for whistleblowers	Closed	Case referred to the National Federation for further investigation. Case closed due to lack of substantive evidence

Ethics Commision