Fractional Ethics Officer
What do you do when your organization needs ethics and risk management advisory, but you can’t afford a full-time Chief Ethics Officer?
A salaried Chief Ethics Officer will cost between $100,000 - $160,000 per year. By contrast, our Fractional Ethics Officer service begins at $2,500 per month. By purchasing our Fractional Ethics Officer service your organization is able to save the cost of an executive staff member while still having an expert Ethics Officer to consult with on key issues. By embedding a Fractional Ethics Officer within your organization’s leadership structure, you gain a trusted advisor who provides dedicated, ongoing ethics and policy advisory within your organization. By keeping an executive-level Ethics Officer on retainer you are guaranteed access to an expert in establishing guidelines, policy, organizational culture, and governance documents that are aligned with your organization’s Code of Ethics. This service supports your organization to:
Mitigate structural risk caused by misalignment of regulatory documents.
Develop organizational culture through aligning behavioural standards with regulatory documents.
Protect your public image as a leader in ethical governance.
Resolve intra-organizational conflict.
Navigate both routine and one-off ethical challenges in organizational operations.
To ensure enough time for the benefits of this advisory partnership to come to fruition, these contracts start at 3-month engagements with payment due on the 1st of each month.
The Fractional Ethics Officer service is divided into three tiers, each of which brings monthly access to a PhD-level healthcare ethicist and policy consultant.
Fractional Ethics Officer Core Competencies & Frameworks Include:
TCPS 2 (Research Ethics) Certified
PHIA (Health Information Privacy) Compliant Expertise
GBA+ (Equity & Intersectionality) Certified
Option A: Advisory & Oversight
$2500/month
Tier 1 of our Fractional Ethics officer service is designed to bring a trusted, senior advisor into your organization for a limited time each month. Designed for small regulatory colleges, professional associations, or early-stage biotech startups, Tier 1 grants you access to an expert in ethics and risk management who is able to help you navigate particular issues that are currently affecting your organization.
Deliverables:
6 hours of advisory work (either synchronous or asynchronous) per month
Quarterly Board or Committee meeting preparation
On-call advisory for emergency issues
Monthly 1-on-1 strategy alignment call
Option B: Embedded Frameworks
$6500/month
Designed for growth-stage organizations or mid-sized regulatory bodies facing active structural shifts, public pressure, or updating code implementations, Tier 2 brings Hearth’s regulatory expertise and experience with updating governance documents into your organization.
Deliverables:
15 hours of advisory work (either synchronous or asynchronous) per month
Active policy/code monitoring & compliance auditing
Attending monthly board/leadership meetings
Operationalizing ethics (building internal staff decision frameworks)
Option C: Intensive Enterprise
$12,000/month
Deliverables:
30 hours of advisory work (either synchronous or asynchronous) per month
Embedded fractional leadership presence (up to 7.5 hours/week engagement block).
Direct management of stakeholder consultation data
Overseeing large-scale policy overhauls