A single case of employee dishonesty can cost a company far more than the money involved — reputation, client trust and future business all take the hit. The King III report is blunt about it: companies have to operate within sound business processes, guided by ethical standards and a fair culture, or they pay for it later.

This training course by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy gives participants the tools to understand corporate governance requirements, legal compliance, and ethics management at the executive level, with a strong focus on applying it in real workplace situations.

This training course is designed for:

Middle and senior managers, senior staff, compliance officers, financial risk management staff, and legal consultants.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Recognise the ethical duties managers carry and the dilemmas they may face, and apply the vocabulary and models behind sound ethical decision-making.
• Explain why ethical behaviour has real, measurable value for a business.
• Trace how corporate governance originated, how it has evolved over the years, and where it is heading.
• Assess the risks that weak corporate governance creates, and how legislation, institutional rules, and ethical necessities relate to one another.

Module 1: The Ethics Foundation

• Vocabulary of basic ethics and models of ethical decision-making.
• Ethical duties of managers and the moral dilemmas they may face.
• The value of ethical behaviour in business.

Module 2: Corporate Governance — Past, Present and Risk

• The origin of corporate governance and how it affects business.
• How corporate governance has evolved over the years, and its future prospects.
• The risks created by weak corporate governance.

Module 3: Where Law Meets Ethics in Practice

• The relationship between legislation, institutional rules, and ethical necessities.
• The costly consequences of employee dishonesty, and how to manage that risk through institutional and ethical models.