Our Ethos & Values

Healthy Business, Healthy People, Healthy Planet

Imaging the World is committed to its mission to bring portable ultrasound to 15 million people by 2030, in line with our ethics as an organization.

Our Ethics

We aim to build capacity on the ground in Sub-Saharan Africa, building sustainable relationships with local governing bodies, health centers, and healthcare providers. We believe in responsible and ethical approaches to everything we do and care greatly about sustainability, health and the planet, honesty,  integrity and authenticity, teamwork, and respect.

We encourage flexibility, openness to new experiences, continual cross-cultural exchange and learning, and transparency.

In addition, at ITW we consider ourselves to be dedicated and compassionate, innovative with technology and process, and community oriented.  Above all we are focused on our quality of care - from the inside out; with our staff, trainees, patients and partnerships.

Our Environmental, Social and Governance practices

From the very beginning we have focused on creating a climate friendly, socially impactful organization that helps support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - whether directly or indirectly.

Environmental

  • Energy Use and Efficiency

  • Climate Change Strategy

  • Carbon Footprint Reduction

  • Sustainable Investment

Our Efforts

  • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 

  • Focus on Circular Economy (industry & suppliers)

  • Solar Powered Facilities and equipment

  • Responsible travel

  • Carbon Zero Strategy for expansion of diagnostics in rural and low-resource areas

Social

  • Fair Pay & Living Wages

  • Equal employment opportunity

  • Benefits

  • Workplace Health & Safety

  • Capacity building & capability development

  • Community Engagement

  • Data Security & Privacy

  • Responsible Supply Chain Partnerships

  • Adherence to Labor Laws

Our Efforts

  • Fair, Equitable contracts, HR Policies & Procedures

  • Focus on Diversity & Inclusion of the Team and Community

  • Health, Wellness, Education and Retirement Benefits

  • Enforceable Workplace Health & Safety Policies

  • Integrated Continuous Professional Development Programming (CPD)

  • Capacity Building in technology education, advocacy, support supervision and supply chain for better systems of safe & reliable care delivery

  • Community Engagement

  • Integrated Data Security & Privacy in our IT Platform

  • Responsible Supply Chain partnerships

  • Adherence to Country Labor Laws, Rules & Regulations

Governance

  • Corporate Governance & Strategic Oversight

  • Risk Mitigation & Management

  • Compliance

  • Ethical Business Practices

  • Conflict of Interest Policy

  • Accounting Integrity & Transparency

  • Anti-bribery & Corruption

Our Efforts

  • Independent Board Structure with Strategic & Budget oversight

  • Integrated Risk Mitigation & Risk Management

  • Compliance Policies

  • Ethical Business Practices, including anti-bribery & corruption policies

  • Conflict of Interest Policy for all Board members, staff & volunteers

  • Systemized accounting integrity & transparency with regular audits

  • Ethical Research according to Government & Institutional Review Board Policies

  • Patient Health Information Privacy and Security

  • Advocacy