Corporate Governance and Financial Ethics Management Course (Online / Remote)
1Summary
Weak corporate governance rarely stays contained — it shows up quickly in service quality, professional reputation, and ultimately profit. The King III report frames the fix clearly: companies need business processes aligned with ethical standards and a genuinely fair internal culture, not just a policy on paper.
This course, delivered by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, gives participants a practical grip on corporate governance requirements, legal compliance, and ethics management at executive level, with a strong emphasis on applying these ideas in the real workplace rather than treating them as theory.
2Objectives and target group
Who Should Attend?
- Middle and senior managers, senior staff, compliance officers, financial risk management professionals, and legal consultants.
Knowledge and Benefits:
After completing the course, participants will be able to:
- Manage the risks and costly consequences of employee dishonesty by applying institutional and ethical models, and understand the value of ethical behaviour.
- Use the basic vocabulary of ethics and models of ethical decision-making.
- Recognise the ethical duties of managers and the moral dilemmas they may face.
- Explain how the relationship between legislation, institutional rules, and ethical necessities shapes governance in practice.
3Course Content
Module 1: The Real Cost of Weak Governance
- The costly consequences of employee dishonesty and how institutional and ethical models help manage that risk.
- The value of ethical behaviour, and the risks that weak corporate governance creates for a business.
Module 2: Foundations of Business Ethics
- Core ethics vocabulary and models used in ethical decision-making.
- The ethical duties managers carry, and the moral dilemmas they commonly face.
Module 3: How Corporate Governance Evolved
- The origin of corporate governance and how it affects business operations.
- How governance practices have developed over the years, and where they are heading next.
Module 4: Applying Governance, Law and Ethics Together
- The relationship between legislation, institutional rules, and ethical necessities.
- Turning these principles into practical decisions at the executive level.