Ethics in the workplace

The training course covers the following objectives:

1. Explain the building blocks (key values) of effective ethics management.
2. Prepare delegates and management to understand and uphold the code of conduct within a work team.
3. Explain the concept of personal values in relation to the moral compass.
4. Explain unethical behavior and challenges within the public sector and threats from the private sector.
5. The role of leadership in governing ethics performance – value creation versus value preservation
6. Align personal values with organizational values – being ethical when no-one is looking.
7. Detect and report unethical conduct in a business unit without the fear of retaliation.
8. Provide a decision-making framework that will enable staff to make ethical decisions in the workplace.
9. Include ethical concepts & principles in the supply chain management processes – including conflict of interest and doing business with the state when employed by the state.
10. Cover the sharing of confidential information and the broad principles of the POPI Act.
11. Examples of Practical Ethical Dilemmas.
12. Understand the law and know what fraud and corruption are.
13. Know who the fraud and corruption enforcement institutions are.
14. Understand the linkage between fraud and corruption and procurement.
15. Enable staff and management to identify common indicators of fraud and embezzlement.
16. Know when and to which institutions/people of authority to report fraud and corruption to (blowing the whistle).
17. Understand common corrupt activities, its root causes and its consequences.
18. Fraud risk detection – building a dashboard to measure the impact of fraud and corruption.
19. Fraud prevention tools – key control objectives to limit opportunities for irregular behavior.
20. How to deal with tender defaulters

Practical case study on how Glencore turned the corporate culture around by redesigning the code of conduct.