What globethics does

Globethics is an international non-governmental organisation and Swiss-registered foundation founded in Geneva in 2004 by Christoph Stückelberger and 29 other ethics experts from 21 countries. Its mission is to empower individuals and institutions towards excellence in responsible governance, delivered across three 2025–2027 focus areas: Responsible Governance, Ethics of AI and Emerging Technology, and Ethical Frameworks for Peace.

The core product stack is built around the proprietary WISE+ ethical decision-making framework, a structured methodology deployed across leadership development programmes, workshops, one-to-one executive coaching, and capacity-building engagements. Supporting products include the Globethics Repository (an institutional repository with AI-supported research tools), the Globethics Academy (online courses priced at $50 per course with EAHEA-accredited ECTS credits), the EMET institutional self-assessment tool, and a publications programme producing books and the Journal of Ethics in Higher Education. The technical architecture combines a dedicated learning management system (classroom.globethics.net) with a CC-licensed open-access publications platform.

The business model is a hybrid non-profit foundation sustained by five revenue streams: training and leadership development (professional services, course fees), consulting and advisory (bespoke project engagements), online course delivery (recurring per-course fees), conferences and events (registration, sponsorship, partnership fees), and publications (freemium digital downloads plus differentiated Global South/Global North print pricing). Go-to-market is sales-led and event-driven, leveraging a global network of 8 regional centres across 5 continents, non-resident fellows, and co-convening partnerships with UNESCO, IPU, AI for Good, ITU, and regional academic institutions to reach international organisations, universities, faith-based organisations, civil society groups, governments, and corporate clients.

Name

globethics

Legal name

Globethics Foundation

Website

https://globethics.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Globethics is a Geneva-based non-profit foundation that delivers ethics training, consulting, and policy dialogue to international organisations, universities, faith-based bodies, and governments across 6 continents, anchored by its proprietary WISE+ ethical decision-making framework and a network of 8 regional centres.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ethics Training and Governance Consulting

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Code of Conduct & Business Ethics (EDABADAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ethics, Integrity & Whistleblowing Program Advisory (BPAHAFAI), Whistleblowing, Speak-Up Culture & Investigations Training (EDABADAL), Legal & Governance Professional Development (EDAGANAK)

Keywords

• Ethics training programs
• Governance consulting services
• AI ethics advisory
• Academic ethics publications
• Ethics conferences networking

Headquarters

HQ city

Le Grand-saconnex

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Training & Leadership Development: Peer-learning labs, one-on-one coaching by C-suite executives, and scalable capacity-building training programmes delivered to organisations and professionals. Revenue generated through course fees and programme delivery contracts.
2. Consulting & Advisory Services: Adaptive consulting solutions tailored to client contexts, challenges and objectives — working as an independent partner to help organisations move beyond compliance toward lasting institutional integrity. Billed through bespoke project engagements.
3. Online Course Delivery: Full-fledged, structured, accredited online courses on ethics (Cyber Ethics, Responsible Leadership, Interreligious Cooperation for Peace, Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development, Ethics in Higher Education for Teaching and Administrative Professionals). Delivered via dedicated LMS with certification and ECTS credits.
4. Conferencing & Networking Events: Flagship Global Ethics Forum and regional conferences generate revenue through event registration, sponsorship, and partnership fees. GEF2026 in Bali is co-hosted with YADEMA.
5. Publications Sales: Publications offered as free open-access downloads (CC Licence) and as paid print copies with differentiated pricing for Global South vs Global North institutions. Bulk print orders and special rates for low/middle-income countries.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Globethics is a Geneva-based international non-profit foundation that delivers ethics training, consulting, and convening services to leaders, organisations, and institutions across more than 150 countries. Its core offerings comprise Training & Leadership Development (built on the WISE+ framework, including accredited online courses, peer-learning labs, and 1-to-1 executive coaching), Consulting & Advisory on responsible governance and anti-corruption, and Conferencing & Networking anchored by the biennial Global Ethics Forum.

Product overview

Globethics offers a comprehensive portfolio of ethics and governance products and services centred around three core service areas: Training & Leadership Development (WISE+ framework, peer-learning labs, executive coaching), Consulting & Advisory (ethical risk management, institutional integrity consulting), and Conferencing & Networking (Global Ethics Forum flagship conference). Supporting these are digital platforms including the Globethics Repository (institutional repository with open-access ethics resources) and an online learning platform offering accredited ethics courses. The organisation also produces publications including books and the Journal of Ethics in Higher Education, and runs an Ethical AI Governance Fellowship programme. Key tools include the WISE+ ethical decision-making framework and the Ethics Model of Excellence Tool (EMET) for institutional assessment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WISE+: Ethical decision-making methodology and framework used throughout Globethics leadership development programmes
• Global Ethics Forum (GEF)
• Globethics Repository
• Globethics Publications
• Globethics Academy

Products and services

• Accredited Online Ethics Courses Full-fledged structured online courses covering Cyber Ethics (12 modules), Interreligious Cooperation for Peace (3 parts of 8 modules), Responsible Leadership (12 modules), Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development (8 modules), Ethics in Higher Education for Teaching Professionals (8 modules), and Ethics in Higher Education for Administrative Professionals (8 modules). Delivered via dedicated LMS with certification and ECTS credits (1 ECTS = 2 CATS or 0.5 USC). Priced at USD $50 per course including certification. 36 hours of study including 8 hours of lessons.
• Responsible Governance Consulting Independent advisory services helping organisations move beyond compliance toward genuine institutional integrity. Engagements cover ethical risk management, governance cultures, anti-corruption programme design, AI governance frameworks, and one-to-one executive coaching. Billed through bespoke project engagements.
• Global Ethics Forum Flagship biennial international conference convening leaders across business, government, academia, civil society, and faith communities. Generates revenue through event registration, sponsorship, and partnership fees. GEF2026 in Bali is co-hosted with YADEMA.
• Emerging Leaders in Ethical AI Governance Fellowship Fellowship programme supporting early-career practitioners working on AI ethics and governance worldwide, including attendance at Geneva Digital Week and the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance.
• Globethics Repository Institutional repository collecting, preserving and providing open-access scholarly resources in ethics, with specific focus on Responsible Governance, Ethics in Higher Education, Digital and Emerging Technologies, and Inclusive Peace. Features curated collections and AI-supported solutions for research.
• Globethics Publications High-quality scholarly books focused on ethics across series on Governance, Higher Education, Peace and Justice, Sustainability, and Religious topics. Publications offered as free open-access downloads (CC Licence) and as paid print copies with differentiated pricing for Global South vs Global North institutions. 3.5M+ downloads since 2015.
• Journal of Ethics in Higher Education Peer-reviewed academic journal publishing research on ethical issues in higher education contexts, issued by Globethics.
• Ethics Model of Excellence Tool (EMET) Self-assessment tool for academic institutions to conduct Ethics Performance Assessments and establish ethical benchmarking, monitoring, and evaluation systems.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25,686+ people trained in ethics since 2004
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

24 partnerships are on record, tiered core, key and supporting.

• UNESCOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobethics works with UNESCO as an independent partner providing ethics expertise and pedagogical management for AI ethics courses, including 'Empowering Civil Society Organizations to Lead the Way in Advancing AI Ethics'. Globethics was selected to co-lead the UNESCO subgroup on Empowering Citizens and Civil Society in AI Governance. Jointly organised the Third Ministerial Summit side event in Santo Domingo for the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance.
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobethics partners with IPU on multistakeholder governance and ethical leadership, notably co-hosting the AI for Good panel on 'AI as a Global Common Good' with the Muslim Council of Elders. IPU Secretary General-elect Anda Filip described their alliance as 'an effective and impactful type of multistakeholder partnership'.
• Global Infrastructure Anti-Corruption Centre (GIACC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobethics collaborates with GIACC and WFEO-CAC on the Training of Trainers: Preventing and Investigating Corruption programme. The international partnership trained 149 professionals from 43 countries and certified 15 as global trainers to scale ethical governance.
• World Federation of Engineering Organizations Committee on Anti-Corruption (WFEO-CAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-delivers the Anti-Corruption Training of Trainers programme alongside GIACC and Globethics. 149 professionals from 43 countries trained; 15 certified as global trainers for ethical governance scaling.
• National Directorate of Higher Education (DNES), El SalvadorkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn collaboration with DNES, Evangelical University (UEES), and Universidad Salvadoreña Alberto Masferrer (USAM), Globethics is implementing the project 'Integrating Ethics in the National Higher Education System of El Salvador', aiming to embed ethics as a core element across all HEIs in the country. 246 professionals undertook ethics training in 2024.
• All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC)keyStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince 2015, Globethics Eastern Africa Centre, in collaboration with AACC and with support from Bread for the World, has implemented the African Church Assets Programme (ACAP) to build practical capacity, accountability, and transparency in management of assets and resources. 200 member churches adopted ethical investment guidelines in 2023.
• Bread for the WorldsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunder and strategic partner supporting the African Church Assets Programme (ACAP) implemented by Globethics and the All Africa Conference of Churches.
• CAF - banco de desarrollo de América Latina y el CaribekeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organised the Third Ministerial Summit and High Authorities Meeting on the Ethics of AI in Latin America and the Caribbean in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, alongside UNESCO and OGTIC.
• Oficina Gubernamental de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (OGTIC), Dominican RepublickeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with UNESCO and Globethics to organise the Third Ministerial Summit side event and a regional position paper for the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, representing civil society and academic voices from Latin America and the Caribbean.
• YADEMA (Yayasan Dharma Etika Madani), YogyakartacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-host of the Global Ethics Forum 2026 in Bali, Indonesia. YADEMA is Globethics' East-Asia Pacific Centre partner and co-organiser of GEF2026. Website: https://yadema.org/en/
• Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram (DVK), IndiakeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-established the South Asia Centre in Bangalore in September 2010, developing conferences, research, publications, anti-corruption campaigns, and training for higher education institutions across South Asia.
• Center for Social Justice and Ethics (CSJE), Catholic University of Eastern AfricakeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerHosts the Eastern Africa Centre of Globethics in Nairobi, Kenya. CSJE has been the institutional host since the Eastern Africa Programme was established in March 2011.
• Kingdom Equip Network, GhanakeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobethics partnered with Kingdom Equip Network in Ghana since 2018; Dr Emmanuel Ansah was appointed National Contact initiating partnerships with higher education institutions. The Western Africa Centre was launched in Accra in 2022.
• Universidad de los Andes, ColombiakeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organised the international conference 'Transversal Ethics in Higher Education: Facing the Challenges of Contemporary Societies' in Bogotá (November 2023) and launched the first Competence Centre on Ethics and Standards in Higher Education. Also partnered on the Conference on Ethics in Higher Education (300 participants).
• AI for GoodcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobethics co-hosted the panel 'AI as a Global Common Good: What Do Religious and Industry Leaders Think?' — the summit's first panel bringing religious insight into the AI governance conversation — alongside the Muslim Council of Elders.
• ITU (International Telecommunication Union)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWSIS Forum host and WSIS Prizes convenor. ITU platforms host Globethics panels on CSO and youth participation in AI governance. ITU's Geneva Digital Week co-located with the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance and AI for Good.
• IndiaAI (India AI Impact Summit)keyStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobethics contributed to the India AI Impact Summit 2026 — the first global AI summit hosted in the Global South — through a dedicated roundtable on 'Trust as a Global Imperative: How to Operationalise Safe AI for All'.
• Wilton ParkkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in convening dialogues on peace and ethical frameworks. Listed as a strategic partner for the emerging Global Alliance for Peace.
• Faith for RightssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the emerging Global Alliance for Peace and multistakeholder dialogue on ethical frameworks for peacebuilding.
• International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publisher of Globethics publications alongside UNESCO-ICHEI, contributing to the dissemination of ethics knowledge in higher education.
• International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics (ISBEE)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publisher of Globethics publications, supporting academic research in business and economics ethics.
• World Council of Churches (WCC)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publisher of Globethics publications, contributing religious and theological ethics perspectives to the publications programme.
• Muslim Council of ElderskeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosted the AI for Good panel 'AI as a Global Common Good: What Do Religious and Industry Leaders Think?', bringing religious and interfaith perspectives into AI governance discussions for the first time at the summit.
• Digital Empowerment FoundationkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organised a panel on digital literacy and empowerment at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, reinforcing shared conviction that equipping communities with skills to critically engage with AI is essential for social empowerment.

Scale indicators19 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Institute of Business Ethics (IBE): UK-based non-profit providing business ethics advisory, training and research to multinationals and institutions. Closely comparable to Globethics' consulting and training model in the corporate ethics space.
• Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI): US-based non-profit membership organisation offering ethics research, training, benchmarking and consulting to organisations. Directly comparable to Globethics in mission and service portfolio (research, training, member services).
• Basel Institute on Governance: Swiss non-profit delivering anti-corruption training, collective action programmes and governance research. Highly aligned with Globethics' anti-corruption and responsible governance training portfolio.
• International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA): International organisation offering anti-corruption education and capacity-building to professionals and governments. Directly comparable to Globethics' GIACC/WFEO-CAC anti-corruption training programmes.
• Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs: US-based non-profit producing ethics training, podcasts and policy dialogue on AI, peace and governance. Comparable to Globethics in focus areas (AI ethics, peacebuilding, multistakeholder convening) and educational content model.
• The Ethics Centre: Australian non-profit delivering ethics advisory, training and thought leadership to organisations and government. Directly comparable to Globethics' consulting and leadership development service lines.
• Markkula Center for Applied Ethics: University-based applied ethics institute providing ethics curricula, training and consulting across technology, bioethics and business ethics. Comparable to Globethics Academy's accredited ethics courses and institutional training programmes.

Broad incumbents

• Ethisphere: For-profit ethics and compliance consultancy defining the World's Most Ethical Companies benchmark. Overlaps with Globethics' consulting and benchmarking work but operates at much larger commercial scale in the private sector.
• Transparency International: Global NGO focused on anti-corruption with national chapters worldwide. Comparable in mission overlap (anti-corruption training, ethics governance) and global footprint to Globethics' work with AACC and GIACC.

Emerging players

• International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL): Global non-profit focused on civil society law, governance and enabling environment. Partially comparable to Globethics' work on civil society empowerment and policy advocacy around ethics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries8 records

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