L’Institut National des Radioéléments (IRE) (National Institute for Radioelements), with its subsidiary IRE ELiT, is an internationally recognized company, focused on the development and marketing of innovative services devoted to human healthcare and protection of the environment.
In pursuing their mission, the management and personnel of IRE and its subsidiary IRE ELiT are committed to abiding by five key values that have each been broken down into attitudes and behaviours which are the references in the company’s organization.
Responsibility
A robust safety/security culture combined with a high quality culture are at the heart of their concerns at IRE - IRE ELiT.
The IRE - IRE ELiT pairing works simultaneously in the nuclear, pharmaceutical and environmental sectors.
They therefore have a responsibility to ensure that they give top priority at all times to safety/security, quality and the environment, in all the actions taken within the company and in all the decisions they make.
This means that achieving production, economic and financial objectives, as well as adhering to objectives within projects, takes a second place in their priorities and choices, after safety and quality.
This value expresses their duty and desire to protect, as a priority, the health and safety of their personnel, the local population and the patients who will benefit from IRE - IRE ELiT products, as well as to protect the planet’s environment as a whole.
The management of IRE - IRE ELiT assumes responsibility for organizing the company with this goal in mind.
The Management Systems of IRE - IRE ELiT ensure that this responsibility is shared and remains constant over time. These systems organize activities through policies, procedures and instructions relating to Quality and Safety/Security. In the same spirit, an Environmental Policy and an Environmental Management System are currently being developed.
The attitudes that must be adopted within IRE - IRE ELiT in order to fulfil this value are as follows:
Competence
Developing the skills of their staff is a priority. IRE - IRE ELiT is committed to implementing the resources necessary for the training and hiring of qualified personnel.
Maintaining a high level of requirement and quality of work, based on the professionalism and expertise of each member of their staff, is essential in the culture of IRE - IRE ELiT.
IRE - IRE ELiT checks that the skills required are appropriate at all times to the company’s needs and to the fulfilment of objectives in terms of responsibility.
The attitudes that must be adopted within IRE - IRE ELiT in order to fulfil this value are as follows:
Team Spirit
At IRE - IRE ELiT, team spirit between colleagues is a fundamental value that is essential to the fulfilment of the company’s missions with the highest safety and quality levels. This collective approach at work is essential both in the everyday management of radioisotope production processes and in the implementation of environmental control activities.
Moreover, IRE - IRE ELiT manages a significant number of structured projects and multidisciplinary improvement action plans where teamwork is essential to the achievement of objectives with the required level of quality.
The company highly values the human dimension, where loyalty and cooperation between staff members are paramount and where each person’s role is of equal importance, regardless of the hierarchical level.
The company therefore also pays special attention to the quality of social relations within the company.
The attitudes that must be adopted within IRE - IRE ELiT in order to fulfil this value are as follows:
Partnership
In its relations with outside partners, IRE - IRE ELiT aims to create long-lasting and quality relationships based on high levels of ethics and loyalty. This “customer-focused and ethics-oriented” dimension is key to adhering to its vision of internationally recognized excellence.
This value derives in particular from the IRE’s nature as a public utility foundation, which means that the company and its subsidiaries act in an efficient and professional manner, with a high reactivity that is not driven only by commercial or purely financial or productive imperatives.
The attitudes that must be adopted within IRE - IRE ELiT in order to fulfil this value are as follows:
Innovation
In order to achieve and maintain its objectives, IRE - IRE ELiT must constantly innovate. This is why the company invests a substantial portion of its resources in Research and Development, both for its products and for the services offered. Innovation also concerns the technology used and the company’s own operating processes.
Technological developments in the field of medical imaging and radiotherapy offer huge potential for IRE - IRE ELiT. This is a sector in which the company wishes to position itself and take an active part in scientific and medical development. The same applies to the environmental sector.
Innovation and creativity also affect all processes in the company. Initiative must be fostered and valued at all levels of the organization, provided it is integrated within the management systems controlling safety/security, quality and the environment.
This is the driving force behind the company’s development. Together with the other values, it will ensure that the company endures.
The attitudes that must be adopted within IRE - IRE ELiT in order to fulfil this value are as follows:
