A strong ethical culture is the foundation of good organizational governance. An ethical culture is created through a robust ethics program that sets expectations for acceptable behavior within an organization and by its external partners. It includes effective board oversight, a strong tone-at-the-top, and organizationwide commitment, as well as a customized code of conduct with ethics training, communications, system monitoring, and an incident reporting system.Are you prepared to assess your organization for policies and processes concerning ethics?This course is a great place to start. It provides a comprehensive overview of the elements of organizational ethics and the responsibilities for establishing and maintaining an ethical climate in an organization. Explore the roles of internal audit and compliance departments in supporting and assessing the ethical climate, examine approaches to auditing ethics, and determine the best approaches for reporting the results of an ethics audit. *Updated in 2022 with modern applications and robust activities!
DESIGNED FOR
This course is intended to deliver a fundamental understanding of ethics, and how to conduct an audit assessment of an organization’s ethical climate and culture
BENEFITS
- Understand the elements of organizational ethics and the responsibilities for establishing and maintaining an ethical climate in an organization.
- Explore internal audit’s role in supporting and assessing the ethical climate.
- Be informed about approaches to auditing the ethical climate of an organization.
- Prepare to apply concepts of ethics to internal audit programs and engagements.
- Determine the best approaches for reporting the results of an organizational ethics audit.
- Examine ways to shift the ethical climate based on the results of an organizational ethics audit.
HIGHLIGHTS
This course will benefit internal auditors at all levels, including audit managers, compliance personnel, and all others desiring the skills to assess ethics-related programs.
COURSE LEVEL
Basic
PREREQUISITES
None
ADVANCE PREPARATION
None