Vision & mandate
To build and strengthen public participation in support of the common good.
That vision sits behind everything JSEC does: our mandate is to pursue justice and nation building, and to provide social and ethics consultancy services that hold to it. Three commitments run through every engagement —
Trans-generational value
Work that holds up beyond a single reporting cycle, or a single board.
Good stewardship
Treating every engagement, and every relationship it touches, as something held in trust.
The common good
Corporate brand defence and addressing poverty and inequality are not competing goals.
Our team
Practitioners across governance, diplomacy and ethics.
Robert Botha
Director
Robert is the director of JSEC — a former diplomat, diplomatic trainer, relational practitioner, executive coach and senior anti-bribery and corruption practitioner.
Marlie Holtzhausen
Associate
Marlie is an associate of JSEC, a researcher in political economy and development, relational practitioner and part of the anti-bribery and corruption team.
Mpho Mfenyana
Associate
Mpho brings 18 years of working experience across diplomacy, stakeholder relations, marketing and communications.
Philip van den Ordel
Associate
With 10 years' experience as an Advocate, Philip is radically committed to contracts, and to rendering a new suite of professional services for the betterment of business society.
Mike Batley
Associate
Trained in social sciences and ethics, Mike is a Certified Ethics Officer with The Ethics Institute, providing consulting, coaching and training services.
Pieter van Eeden
Associate
Pieter worked in construction from 2004 to 2019. Since then he has been building homes instead of houses, with the James 1:27 Trust and as an associate of JSEC.
Our partners
We don’t do this alone.
The James 1:27 Trust
A social enterprise based at the Innovation Hub in Pretoria, mandated to care for orphans and vulnerable children — a beneficiary of JSEC and a shared founding objective.
Relational Analytics
Holds the exclusive worldwide license for Relational Proximity metrics, sublicensed to JSEC for stakeholder relations consulting.
ICCASA
The Industry Compliance and Certification Authority of South Africa — works with JSEC on independent third-party auditing and certification, including SANS 1734.