Leadership and ManagementWorkplace Ethics and Productivity
Ethical failures in organisations are rarely committed by people who consider themselves unethical. This course examines how ordinary people in ordinary organisations come to do things they would not defend, and what prevents it. Delegates work through the situational pressures that produce misconduct, the role of incentives and targets, escalation of commitment, and the conditions under which people stay silent about something they know is wrong. Practical material covers speaking up, designing incentives that do not manufacture pressure, and the relationship between an ethical climate and sustained productivity.
Course objectives
- Explain how ordinary people come to act against their own standards
- Identify the situational pressures that produce misconduct
- Assess how incentives and targets shape behaviour
- Recognise escalation of commitment and interrupt it
- Understand why people stay silent, and reduce the barriers
- Design incentives that do not manufacture ethical pressure
- Connect ethical climate to sustained productivity
Who should attend
- Managers and supervisors
- Compliance and ethics professionals
- Human resources practitioners
- Internal auditors
- Senior leaders setting targets and incentives
Course outline
- 01How ethical failure actually happens
- 02Situational pressure and the ordinary person
- 03Incentives, targets and manufactured pressure
- 04Escalation of commitment and interrupting it
- 05Why people stay silent
- 06Making speaking up realistic
- 07Designing incentives that do not create the problem
- 08Ethical climate and sustained productivity
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 to 27 October 2026 | Lilongwe, Malawi | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 28 to 30 October 2026 | Lilongwe, Malawi | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 26 to 28 November 2026 | Victoria, Seychelles | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |