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Overview
What you will learn
Following successful completion of this Ethics in Action course offered by Dalhousie University , participants will:
- Understand fundamental moral and ethical theories and become confident in communicating about personal and professional ethics
- Be familiar with how to use ethical decision-making models pragmatically, both personally and professionally
- Gain insight into the nuances of ethics and understand the importance of considering various ethical stances
- Be aware of the importance of ethics in the workplace, including the use of codes of conduct and other governance measures
- Have explored hypothetical and real-life ethical dilemmas
- Have examined the self and how to manage oneself
- Be able to identify Organizational Integrity
- Have developed a code of ethics with a team
- Understand how to identify what stage of moral development people are functioning within
- Have learnt how to lead and manage ethically
- Considered the relevance of your learning to real ethical challenges faced by your organization
- Explored ethics in the context of modern technological developments
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- 'Values', 'Morals, and 'Ethics’
- Ethical theories (including Deontology, Utilitarianism, Rights and Virtue)
- Fatalistic Relativism and Ethical Relativism
- Personal values, ethical dilemmas, and confirmation bias
- Various ethical decision-making and moral analysis models
- Professionalism, professionalization, and the relationship between ethics and professionalism
- The Stages of Moral Development
- Confidentiality, competency, and reporting misconduct in the workplace
- The importance of ethics in leadership
- Conformism and responsibility
- Codes of Conduct, Codes of Ethics, Oaths, and the role of Governance within organizations
- Role Morality, groupthink, the externalization of ethics and the agentic state
- Shareholder vs. Stakeholder Theory
- Privacy and Informed Consent
- Ethical considerations that exist in the workplace including whistleblowing
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 3 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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More details
- We recommend registering no later than 48 hours prior to the start of the course.
Language
English
TOEFL® IBT 35
Delivered
Online
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Ethics View 4 other Short Courses in Ethics in CanadaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
TOEFL® IBT 35
Other requirements
General requirements
- Seasoned, experienced, leaders who wish to revitalize their thinking on ethics and ethics in the workplace
- Aspiring or newly appointed leaders and managers in public or private sector organizations of all sizes
- People with responsibility for managing internal and external conflicts of interest
- Anybody in a position of trust within their organization
- Consultants, advisors, coaches, mentors, HR professionals and others who can benefit from a robust understanding of ethics
Tuition Fee
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National
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Funding
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