By ETH, for ETH

“Acting responsibly”, “Driving innovation”, “Building bridges”, “Nurturing well-being”, “Living inclusivity”, “Enabling people”: these are the new social and leadership competencies that will be part of ETH employees’ university work from now on. Read on to find out how this came about, why competencies are important and how they differ from the new ETH values.

Visualisation of the competencies
This is how the new values, competencies, mission and vision play together. (Illustration: FS Parker / ETH Zurich)

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  • Janet Hering19.01.2023 22:49

    Can the new social and leadership competencies (and their underlying values) be meaningfully promoted without accountability and recompense for past (and current) failures? Recent reporting (“Der Alltag im ETH-Labor hält sich nicht an Diversity-Pläne”, NZZ, 29.12.2022) indicates that policies alone are no guarantee for the intended results.

     
    • Sara van Leeuwen (VPPL)30.01.2023 12:34

      Dear Janet Hering, thank you for your question. ETH Zurich has regulations on the reporting of inappropriate behaviour by its members and does hold people accountable for inappropriate behaviour (RSETHZ 615). The regulations serve as the basis for our grievance procedures and were finalized in August 2020 through a widespread consultation process involving many university groups (including AVETH, VSETH and the Women Professors Forum), departments and offices. The team that handles grievances is professionally trained and does so in a systematic manner according to the regulations and in accordance with Swiss law.