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The elaboration and implementation of a code is not an ad-hoc process (Campos & Amaral, 2007a, 2007b) but a development process (process of tasks) that undergoes the articulation of possible mechanisms for the construction and sustainability of the code and for the renovation of the energies that led to its development. In this context, once the integrated process of the tasks was constructed, the approach followed consisted of proceeding with the implementation of this process to construct and support the GOTOPS code in an interactive and user-friendly way, resulting in a uniform, dynamic and interactive code, and the first in Portugal of technoethics governance for a sustainable organisation, business and IST. Thus, the GOTOPS code referred to aims at promoting the responsibility and sustainability of Portuguese organisations through the involvement of its top governance bodies (Abramo, 2000; Berleur et al., 2004; Birkett & Barbera, 1999; Brown, 2003; Campos, 2005; Driscroll & Hoffman, 2000; Initiative, 1998; Navran, 2003; Richard et al., 2002; Webley, 2001).