Fikret Sebilcioğlu Spoke at TEİD’s 12th International Ethics Summit

The 12th International Ethics Summit, organized by the Ethics and Reputation Society(TEİD), was held on November 4, 2025, at the Hilton Bosphorus Hotel in Istanbul under the theme “Beyond Compliance: The Power of Ethical Intelligence in Reputation Management.”

Fikret Sebilcioğlu, Managing Partner of Cerebra and Board Member of TEİD, took part in the summit as the moderator of the panel titled “Two Sides of the Coin: Ethics in Discourse and Ethics in Action”.

The panel was co-moderated by Gökhan Yılmaz, Partner at PwC Turkey and Board Member of TEİD. Panel speakers included Aysel Karimli, Deputy Head of Compliance at SOCAR; Bahar Uçanlar, General Manager of Diageo Turkey; and Murat Kösereisoğlu, Country President of Securitas Turkey, who shared their valuable insights.

The discussion explored the integration of ethical values into corporate decision-making processes, the gap between discourse and action, the influence of leadership and corporate culture on ethical behavior, and best practices for embedding ethics into day-to-day operations.

During the session, Fikret Sebilcioğlu emphasized the importance of “shame, memory, and conscience.” Referring to the song “Utanmazsan Unutmam” by the Turkish band Adamlar, he noted that “we can carry our conscience throughout our lives like a golden medal.”

Highlighting that the sense of shame reflects a person’s moral capacity, Sebilcioğlu stated:

“When an employee takes responsibility to make the right decision in a difficult moment, it shows that they possess both ethical intelligence and a sense of shame. Making ethical decisions is a matter of memory. A person with ethical intelligence learns from both their own mistakes and those of others, engraves these lessons into their value system, and it is this sense of not forgetting that keeps their commitment to ethics alive.”