Ethical Decision Making: Navigating Choices with Integrity
This practical course helps participants confidently handle workplace dilemmas and “gray area” decisions. Learners explore how values, pressure, bias, and culture influence judgment, then use clear frameworks to evaluate options, anticipate impact, and choose actions aligned with integrity and organizational standards. Through real scenarios and discussion, participants build the courage and skills to speak up, seek guidance, and make consistent, ethical choices in complex situations.
Learning Objectives:
The participants will learn to:
- Define ethics and ethical decision-making in a workplace context
- Recognize personal and organizational values in decision-making
- Identify common ethical dilemmas and blind spots
- Apply structured frameworks to make sound ethical decisions
- Practice ethical reasoning through real-world scenarios
- Handle gray areas, pressures, and conflicting values effectively
- Build a consistent personal and professional ethical standard
Course Outline:
- Introduction to Ethics and Values
- Ethical Dilemmas and Gray Zones
- Frameworks for Ethical Decision Making
- Applying Ethics to Real Workplace Scenarios
- Ethical Courage and Speaking Up
- Personal Ethical Commitment & Wrap-Up
Supplement Material
A student manual is available for the learner to follow during the instructor’s presentation.
Benefits to the participants
Participants will gain practical frameworks and confidence to navigate ethical dilemmas, even under pressure or in gray areas. This will strengthen integrity, reduce risk, and build trust by making consistent, well-reasoned decisions.
Note: The course outline may be subject to changes.