Profiling Conduct and Ethics in Workplace Ethics | Online Course
Explore how to identify, understand, and uphold ethical conduct in the workplace to support a professional, respectful, and compliant work environment.
What is this course about?
This course focuses on identifying and promoting ethical conduct within the workplace. Learners will examine workplace behaviour, values, integrity, and decision-making through the lens of organisational ethics. The course covers key topics such as ethical profiling, understanding moral responsibility, respecting company policies, and addressing unethical behaviour effectively. Real-world examples and interactive content help participants apply ethical thinking to daily professional situations.
Why take this course on conduct and ethics?
Understanding workplace ethics is essential to maintaining a positive and compliant working environment. This course is ideal for employees, supervisors, and managers who are responsible for promoting ethical culture and conduct. It helps professionals align their behaviour with organisational expectations and build a workplace rooted in respect, trust, and accountability.
What you will gain from this course?
- Understand ethical principles and workplace expectations
- Identify and address unethical behaviour effectively
- Apply ethical reasoning to workplace decisions and challenges
- Promote accountability, integrity, and respect in professional conduct
- Contribute to a values-driven, ethical organisational culture
Overview
This unit standard introduces ethics in a business environment and focuses on ethics and the learner.
Description
This unit standard introduces ethics in a business environment and focuses on ethics and the learner. The qualifying learner can reflect on their values and belief systems and how they influence their behaviour. Discussing how an individual’s ethics impact the people around him/her. Explaining how an individual can behave ethically in a business context. Demonstrate techniques for dealing with situations where own values and ethics conflict with work practice.
- The concepts of values, belief systems, and ethics are explained with examples
- The source(s) of values and belief systems are identified, and an indication is given of how an individual’s ethics and values affect behavior
- Ways in which an individual may change his/her belief or value system are identified with examples
- Ways in which an individual’s ethics impact on behaviour and interpersonal relationships are indicated with examples
- The impact of personal ethics on the use of language is explained with examples
- The importance of respecting confidentiality is explained in its own context
- Ways in which an individual can influence the behaviour of others are identified and an indication is given of how this can impact on ethical conduct
- The concept of ethical business practice is explained with examples
- Adherence to company policy and confidentiality are discussed in terms of ethical conduct
- Ethical ways of receiving and giving gifts and favours in a business context are discussed with reference to an organisation’s code of conduct
- The importance of honesty in business dealings is explained with examples
- The deliverables in your own work situation are identified and an indication is given of the importance of productivity, accountability, attendance, and delivery of work on time
- Methods for dealing with unethical behaviour are demonstrated for three different situations
- Methods of dealing with unethical business conduct are demonstrated for three scenarios
- Own values and beliefs are compared to company practice and an indication is given of how an employee can deal with a situation where there is a conflict of an ethical nature
- Ways of dealing with instances where an employee’s rights are undermined are demonstrated for three case studies
- Non-accredited: Short course only
- Duration: 03h 10m
- Delivery: Classroom/Online/Blended
- Access Period: 12 Months
