Ethics Training
Learning and Development
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Ethics Training programs:
Ethics Accreditation
St James Ethics Centre is providing an opportunity to become accredited in its popular Ethical Intelligence and Good Decision-Making program. Ethics Adccreditation is open to individuals as well as organisations wishing to accredit their learning and development professionals.
Learn more about this new program. You can also download a PDF of our recent advertisement for Ethics Accreditation.
Ethical Intelligence and Good Decision-Making -
one day program
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This program is the foundation for understanding and embracing the ethical complexities and issues faced by individuals and organisations. Participants are formally introduced to the concept of ethics and are provided with a shared understanding of ethical language, methods, frameworks (such as codes of ethics and conduct) and decision-making models.
The program incorporates practical exercises to enhance the ability of individuals to be both ethically aware and ethically intelligent thus providing the basis for good decision-making.
The program is designed for Board Members, Senior Managers, Ethics and Compliance Professionals and Ethics Committees. The program can also be adapted for the organisation as a whole.
Business Ethics for Leaders and Managers -
two day program
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This program is based on an empirical model that assists your organisation to determine its alignment with the requisites for a sound ethical culture.
This practical program fully examines the eleven key elements required within the ReqSEC model to secure and sustain a sound ethical culture.
Participants are provided with the learnings and approaches to evaluate each individual requisite enabling them to prioritise and focus on what needs to be reinforced and improved within your organisation in the future.
The program is designed for Leaders, Senior Managers and Ethics Professionals.
Requisites for a Sound Ethical Culture (ReqSEC) -
two day program
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This program incorporates and builds on the foundation learning of the Ethical Intelligence and Good Decision-Making program (above).
Within the Business Ethics for Leaders and Managers program participants are exposed to the latest thinking on business ethics as well as models of human nature and their relevance to business ethics.
Learning is introduced through St James Ethics Centre's Holistic Model of Ethics* and is directed towards your organisation's ethics documents, its stakeholder relationships and commitments, its decision-making culture and its contribution to society. Ethical dilemmas and moral temptations are considered alongside the relevant internal systems (such as hotlines and performance measures), risk management strategies and the regulatory requirements.
Workshop exercises are included to explore and examine current ethical understandings and practices within your organisation and incorporate an introduction to the Requisites for a Sound Ethical Culture* model.
The program is designed for Leaders and Senior Managers. It can also be extended beyond a two day program for more intense learning by Leaders and Managers as well as Ethics and Compliance Professionals.
Ethics Training clients
Recently our programs have covered a diversity of industries and clients, such as:
- national not-for-profit
- government community service
- utility
- privately owned and publicly listed Australian corporates
- financial services
- counselling services
- university services
- rural tertiary institute – academic faculty and campus heads
- tertiary institute – faculty heads
- international (US owned) publicly listed company
Duration of Ethics Training programs
Typically programs conducted for Ethical Intelligence & Good Decision-Making are one-day and for Business Ethics for Managers and Leaders, two days. Many of these programs are adapted for particular client needs and, on occasion, combine both programs.
Programs over two or three days are also available in business ethics for ethics committees to include an exploration of the role and function of the committee and an analysis of the related systems.
Finally, a five day corporate program is available which can be delivered in non-consecutive days.
Professional Development and Speaking Engagements
Recently the ReqSEC model has been incorporated into many of our professional development and speaking engagements. These ranged from a one-and-a-half hour talk (including discussion) through to a two-and-a-half day program. Some examples were:
- InfoHRM conference 2004: HR Olympics raising the bar - topic: Ethics Game Plan for HR Professionals: are you game for the plan?
- CEO Circle NSW – topic: Ethics in Organisational Life
- Murray Darling Basin Leadership Program – topic: Ethical Decision-Making in relation to Custodianship of the Environment
- The Vincent Fairfax Fellowship, the ethics in leadership program of St James Ethics Centre – topic: Business Ethics for Leaders and Managers
Learn more about our ReqSEC model.
Ethics Training team
For more information contact us using our online form, by email at or telephone+61 (0)2 9299 9566.
* Designed by Suzanne Ross of St James Ethics Centre.
Ethics Consulting
Learn about our Ethics Consulting services.