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Ethics in the Workplace

(80 reviews)
by Anna Faherty

In a world full of grey areas and thorny dilemmas, acting ethically is far from straightforward. This course explores the concept of ethics and issues faced in the workplace. Discover how to adjust your own behaviour and promote ethical practices.

£100+vat
4 CPD hours
120 days' access

This course will enable you to

  • Identify your own stance on ethical issues
  • Understand the role of ethics in the workplace
  • Recognise the situations and threats that challenge ethical behaviour
  • Develop a more inclusive workplace by recognising the impact of unconscious bias
  • Make ethical decisions with confidence
  • Implement ethical practices in your own organisation

About the course

Issues of trust, transparency and ethics are never far from the minds of accounting and finance professionals. Yet, in a world full of grey areas and thorny dilemmas, acting ethically is far from straightforward.

This course introduces the concept and meaning of ethics, explores ethical issues within the workplace and identifies how best to resolve ethical dilemmas. You'll consider your own ethical stance, examine your unconscious bias and reflect on the impact exerted by organisational and wider cultures.

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Anna Faherty

Anna Faherty is an award-winning teacher and researcher who runs her own content development and training consultancy, Strategic Content. Anna is expert at communicating complex technical information to non-technical audiences. She uses the phrase, "Communicating Stuff. Really well." to describe what she does and organisations of all shapes and sizes endorse that by asking for her help. By working with a broad range of clients, Anna has acquired experience of many different sectors and many different aspects of many different sectors and learned how to adapt to different working cultures.

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19 Nov 2025
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Smith J
19 Nov 2025
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Smith J
19 Nov 2025
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