Description:
CPE Hours: 4 Ethics CPE Hours
INTRODUCTION
A strong ethical culture is the foundation of good organisational governance. An ethical culture is created through a robust ethics program that sets expectations for acceptable behaviour within an organiration and by its external partners. It includes effective board oversight, a strong tone-at-the-top, and organisation-wide commitment, as well as a customised code of conduct with ethics training, communications, system monitoring, and an incident reporting system.
Are you prepared to assess your organisation for policies and processes concerning ethics?
This course is a great place to start. It provides a comprehensive overview of the elements of organisational ethics and the responsibilities for establishing and maintaining an ethical climate in an organisation. Explore the roles of internal audit and compliance departments in supporting and assessing the ethical climate, examine approaches to auditing ethics, and determine the best approaches for reporting the results of an ethics audit.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This course is intended to deliver a fundamental understanding of ethics, and how to conduct an audit assessment of an organisation’s ethical climate and culture. This course will benefit internal auditors at all levels, including audit managers, compliance personnel, and all others desiring the skills to assess ethics-related programs.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
- Understand the elements of organisational ethics and the responsibilities for establishing and maintaining an ethical climate in an organisation.
- Explore internal audit’s role in supporting and assessing the ethical climate.
- Be informed about approaches to auditing the ethical climate of an organisation.
- Prepare to apply concepts of ethics to internal audit programmes and engagements.
- Determine the best approaches for reporting the results of an organisational ethics audit.
- Examine ways to shift the ethical climate based on the results of an organisational ethics audit.
COURSE OUTLINE
Applying the IPPF When Assessing Ethics
- The Standards associated with ethics.
- Organisational ethics and the elements of the ethical climate.
- The responsibilities of stakeholders in upholding the organisation’s ethical climate.
- Utilising a maturity model to gauge the ethical climate of an organisation.
Considerations When Assessing Ethics
- Internal audit’s role in assessing the ethical climate of an organisation.
- Considerations for auditing ethics.
- Potential processes and techniques for auditing ethics.
Reporting Organisational Ethics Audit Results
- Suggested approaches for sharing the results of an organisational ethics audit.
- Making changes to the ethical climate based on the results of an organisational ethics audit.
ABOUT THE TRAINER
 Mr. Nicodemus TanFellow (IIA Singapore), CIA, CFSA, CCSA, CRMA, CA (Singapore), B.AccPartner, Governance and Risk, Baker Tilly Mr. Nicodemus Tan is a Governance and Risk Partner with Baker Tilly with over 20 years of experience in internal audit, risk management, corporate governance and special reviews. Nicodemus was previously the head of internal audit for the APAC region for a Fortune 50 MNC. He is a Chartered Accountant of Singapore and holds the designations of Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA), Certification in Control Self-Assessment (CCSA) and Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) from The Institute of Internal Auditors.
REGISTRATION
Please email the completed registration details as per the excel form to IIA Academy at iia-academy@iia.org.sg. We will update you upon successful registration of the mentioned seminar. PAYMENT
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IMPORTANT NOTE
- Please email the completed registration details as per the excel form to IIA Academy at iia-academy@iia.org.sg. We will update you upon successful registration of the mentioned seminar.
- Once the course is confirmed, an email confirmation will be sent to the registrants’ contact email addresses 1 week prior to the course commencement date.
- If you do not receive any email notification regarding your course registrations, please call IIA Academy at 6324 9029 ext 2004 or 2005.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Contact person will be notified via email upon successful registration of the participants. The seminar details would be sent to the registered participants one week prior to the seminar.
- Registration fee must be received prior to the date of the seminar.
- Registered participants will be liable for the full registration fee in the event of non-attendance on the date of the seminar.
- Cancellation must be submitted in writing to the Academy team at iia-academy@iia.org.sg at least 7 working days prior to the seminar and subject to IIA Singapore's approval. A processing fee of $100 per participant will be imposed for any cancellation. Substitutions will be permitted and conditions will apply. You may substitute a “like” person to attend the seminar in your place – for example, if you are an IIA Singapore member, you may substitute with another IIA Singapore member.
- IIA Singapore reserves the right to revise the seminar programme as necessary.
- IIA Singapore reserves the right to cancel or postpone the seminar should the minimum class size is not fulfilled. IIA Singapore will refund the full registration fee which has been paid.
- IIA Singapore reserves the right to take videos and photographs during the seminar for use in IIA Singapore’s marketing collaterals and other publicity purposes.
- Complimentary parking, if any, will be provided on a first-come-first-served basis.
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