Ethics in Business

Ethics in Business

This workshop is designed to give an overview of what Ethics is and how it affects our organisations. The one-day workshop will look at some Ethical issues that have been faced by organisations, and how they addressed them. For example, why have Sainsburys introduced their &own brand fairtrade coffee?One of the issues with Ethics is how we &frame the Ethical issue, so we will look at some well-known methodologies for doing this.We will look at why Ethics is important to the corporate Brand and efforts that can be introduced through Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives, to improve the perception of the brand. For example, why do General electric (GE) support their employees to volunteer over 1 million hours per year!The course will look at well publicised Ethical issues as well as helping you think about an ethical strategy for your own organisation, with some ideas for policies and procedures.Who is this for?This workshop is designed for everyone who needs to be aware of ethical issues and how they might affect your organisation or the staff working in it.Please note this course is not looking at ethics from an advanced legal perspective and does not address the minutiae of whistle blowing and the law.What will you learn?The nature of Ethics and different approaches to Ethical problemsIndividual EthicsProfessional EthicsEthics in the workplaceEthics and HREthics and Learning DevelopmentFraming Ethical issues by looking at Ethical methodologiesEthics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Ethics policiesDealing with Ethical issues in the workplaceCodes of conductDisciplinary ProceduresWhistleblowing policiesEthics and your Corporate Brand