ETHICS OFFICER CERTIFICATION PROGRAMME
12 – 16 MARCH 2012
The King III Report on Corporate Governance indicates that corporate governance is grounded on an
ethical foundation, and also sets guidelines on the management of ethics in organisations. This course
will provide participants with practical, skills-based knowledge to enable them to fulfil their Ethics
Officer responsibilities. Preparing current and future Ethics Officers for their various roles and
responsibilities increases the effectiveness of an ethics office, reduces organisational risk, and
prevents the waste of time and resources.
The first Ethics Officer Certification Programme took place in 2004 with five people in attendance.
Since then, the Ethics Institute of South Africa (EthicsSA) has trained over 390 individuals from the
public and private sectors, both in South Africa and in other African countries. Of these, more than
100 have been certified as Ethics Officers.
The programme will prepare you for:
 Identifying the need for the company’s ethics management programme;
 Setting up an ethics office;
 Assessing ethics related risks and vulnerabilities;
 Developing ethics statements, codes of ethics and ethics policies;
 Developing and implementing ethics management tools, processes and strategies, including
whistle-blowing;
 Communicating critical ethics data;
 Implementing and managing an ethics infrastructure;
 Developing an ethics training strategy;
 Understanding the role of ethics in corporate governance;
 Understanding ethics concepts and developing ethical reasoning skills; and
 Dealing with ethics related enquiries.
Who should attend?
 Prospective Ethics Officers;
 Current Ethics Officers;
 Compliance Officers;
 HR Managers; and
 Risk Managers.
For more information on the course,
click here
To register for the course, click here
Enquiries can be directed to Mandy Thackwray at
mandy@ethicssa.org
When: 12 – 16 March 2012
Participants have 90 days to complete a practicum
Where: Leriba Lodge; 245 End Avenue, Clubview, Centurion