Implementing Ethics in Business


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number


Overview/Description
The desire to do right in business will not automatically result in ethical business practices. What is needed is a clear model to follow. This course is designed to support the implementation of ethics into businesses by identifying the people who are needed to make it happen, and the processes that they need to follow. The course will also provide you with pointers on how to overcome the problems which are most likely to be encountered when implementing ethics in business.

Target Audience
Managers and supervisors in any organisation who are interested in ethical business practices.

Expected Duration (hours)
3.0

Lesson Objectives

Roles and Responsibilities

  • identify the value of establishing the key roles and responsibilities in the implementation of business ethics.
  • determine the actions required at board level to successfully implement business ethics in a given situation.
  • determine the appropriate action to be taken at managerial level with respect to ethical business practices.
  • demonstrate how to effectively involve staff in implementing ethical business practices in a given scenario.

    • Ethical Standards

  • recognise the benefits of benchmarking best practice in business ethics.
  • in a given situation, effectively implement best practice in standard setting, as part of implementing business ethics.
  • apply best practice techniques to communicate ethical principles.
  • determine appropriate methods for monitoring standards in a given situation.
  • identify ethical tests in implementing ethical business practices in a given scenario.

    • Barriers to Implementation

  • recognise the value to the organisation of dealing with barriers to implementation.
  • determine the systems barriers to ethical business practice in a given scenario.
  • apply leadership behaviours needed to remove barriers to the implementation of ethical business practices.
  • analyse a given scenario to identify the staff barriers to the effective implementation of ethical business practices.

    • Course Number:
    HR8122