Embedding Ethics – Masterclass for Managers - online
This online workshop draws on aspects of ethical leadership and develops insights into how ethical behaviours and discretionary judgement based on values can underpin a high-performance ethical culture.
Description
Whether managing a business, team, or project, as the person in charge you have a responsibility to be the place where the ‘buck stops’. Understanding and managing bias, communicating ethical expectations, inspiring ethical behaviour in dynamic environments and encouraging a speak-up culture are just some of the hallmarks.
“If you embed an ethical culture, compliance will take care of itself – but the same is not true in the reverse”.
Learning outcomes
Participants will be able to:
- Recognise and challenge bias – including their own
- Build functional trust as a performance enhancer and economic driver for you and your team
- Apply the Code of Ethical Conduct to gray-area decision making as a leader
- Gather measurable data that serve as indicators of ethical culture
- Inspire confidence for listening and reporting when concerns arise
- Navigate ethical lapses and promote transparency and disclosure when things go wrong
Intended audience
This online course is designed for managers, project managers, and leaders of small engineering practices who want to be confident they and their teams are working in a culture of ethical high performance.
Format
Using case studies, principles and concepts of ethical high performance as a manager and for your team will be introduced and explained, then applied in by participants in practical hands-on activities and discussions with support from the facilitator. We will discuss common ethical problems and pitfalls that you may encounter, and strategies to address these effectively.
Presenter information
Jane Arnott is the director of the Ethics Conversation. Prior to this she was the first offshore Associate and Country Representative for the Institute of Business Ethics (IBE), UK, a position she held for over ten years. During her early career she was Chief Executive reporting to the Wood Council of New Zealand tasked with the commercial uptake of engineered timber. She was marketing principal for a nationwide engineering firm and consulted to a number of engineering companies across both ethics, marketing and communications. Jane became a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in June 2021 and in December 2021 she was appointed Adjunct Research fellow for the Brian Picot Chair in Ethical Leadership, School of Management, Victoria University of Wellington. Jane gained her post graduate Professional Ethics in 2007.