[Executive Education, Inc. - Seminars for Corporate Financial Managers & Management Advisory Services]

Half Day Seminar

Making Ethics Real

Cultivating an Ethical Organization

Business ethics is no longer just something “nice to do” but can mean the difference between success, failure and survival in today’s increasingly competitive environment.  The key to successfully creating an ethical organization is balancing the conflicting needs of major stakeholders. 

Learn the financial manager’s role in creating an ethical corporate culture in this fun, interactive seminar.

Did you know?

Making Ethics Real was Executive Education’s #1 average attendance seminar in 2007-2008.

Topics Discussed Include:

Root Causes of Unethical Behavior in Business

8 Steps to Cultivating an Ethical Organization

  • Establishing a code of conduct
  • Building a team with a sense of ethics
  • Interpreting your code of conduct
  • Communicating expectations
  • Leading by example
  • Teaching employees the basic tools of ethical decision making
  • Backing your code with enforcement
  • Factoring values into organizational decisions

Ethical Leadership

  • The three roles of leaders
  • Leadership vs. management
  • The Organizational Alignment Model
  • Attributes of effective and ethical leaders
  • Leadership practices that sustain values
  • The financial manager’s responsibilities

Cases and Group Discussion

This seminar will include group discussion of four ethics cases.

Additional Information

Target Audience:  CFOs, controllers and other corporate financial managers

Level of Knowledge: Intermediate

CPE Credit:  4 hours group live

Area of Study:
            Traditional:  Ethics
            NASBA:  Behav. Ethics

Prerequisite:  None

Adv. Preparation:  None

Author:  Dan Chenoweth

Acronym:  MER

Scheduling:  Schedule with Change Management or Leadership Skills for the CFO to make a full day program