Training Catalog

Ethics in Finance

Banking

Description

Introduction

The financial crisis and countless corporate scandals have shed light on the significant financial, social, and environmental costs of unethical and illegal behaviour. Why then does such misbehaviour still happen at the frequency we see and what can organisations do about it?

Objectives

This course will provide the participants with an understanding and a ready-to-implement toolbox to improve ethical awareness and decisions in their organisations.

In particular, the learning objectives of the workshop are to:

  1. Recognise whether an issue has ethical implications

  2. Solve professional ethical dilemmas

  3. Be able to voice and defend their own values

  4. Assess the values of the organisation in which they work

  5. Implement effective CSR activities

Programme

  • Session 1: What is ethical? How to solve an ethical dilemma?

    • The value of business ethics

    • Difference between ethics and compliance

    • Difference between an ethical dilemma and a moral temptation

    • The 7 steps to solve any ethical dilemma

  • Session 2: Why do good people make unethical / illegal decisions?

    • The ethical decision-making process

    • Individual and psychological factors that influence the decision-making process

    • Situational and contextual factors that influence the decision-making process

  • Session 3: Become an ethical leader: Speaking-up and Organisational Culture

    • Organisational culture and ethical leadership

    • How to speak-up and give voice to values (GVV)

  • Session 4: CSR, sustainability and firm performance

    • Shareholder Value Maximisation vs. Stakeholder Perspective

    • The CSR pyramid: Economic, legal, ethical and philanthropic responsibilities

    • Sustainability and firm performance

Target Audience

The course targets middle and senior managers working in the financial sector. 

Modalities

Course Material

No course materials are available for this for this course.

Contact

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Testimonials

Ethics in Finance

I would like to express my sincere thanks and gratitude to House of Training, for the organization of the training course on Ethics in Finance. The training was organized in high quality, proficiency and really effective, taking into account all the nuances to enable participants to be engaged in the virtual training course with zero challenge.

Special thanks to trainers for their professionalism, ethical conduct, devoted and rather punctual approach, skillfulness, individual approach and in fine, patience. These qualities are great assets for seminar conductors and witness of their high professionalism.

I deeply enjoyed the training, the atmosphere created within the virtual classroom thanks to efforts of trainers.  

Thanks to all your professional staff and efforts. Keep doing what you do and how you do!


Nelli AYVAZYAN  -  Armenia

Ethics in Finance

Excellent training. It is a "chip change"and everyone in an instituition should do this training at least once. This training provides us with tools so that we can decide with an Ethical dilemma, when we are faced with a situation in which we have to decide between two values. 

Elisângela BRITO  -  Cape Verde

Ethics in Finance

Great course, very updated and interesting, supported by practical examples. It was very challenging for our believes (sometimes).

Very useful, well structured. A very good session.


José Serra - Cape Verde