Workplace Ethics & Compliance
Practical workplace ethics for industrial and office roles: what a code of conduct is for, why good people drift under pressure, how to test a grey-area decision, the everyday issues from conflicts of interest to records integrity, and how to speak up safely.
54m
Total time
4
Competency levels
12
Lessons
What you'll learn
- Explain what a code of conduct is for, and why "it was legal" and "it was normal here" are not the same as "it was right"
- Recognise the pressures — targets, deadlines, loyalty, fear of speaking up — that make ordinary people drift into misconduct
- Apply a structured test to a grey-area decision before you act, not after
- Handle the common workplace issues: conflicts of interest, gifts and hospitality, confidential information, expense integrity, harassment and discrimination, and misreported data or hours
- Describe why falsifying a safety or quality record is treated as a cardinal offence, and what to do when you are pressured to sign for work you did not witness
- Raise a concern through the right channel, know your protection from retaliation, and act when raising it locally does not work
Curriculum
Progress through each competency level in order.
1
Awareness
- 3mLegal, Normal, Right: What a Code of Conduct Is ForKnowledge
- 3mHow Good People DriftKnowledge
- 7mAwareness Check: Standards and DriftAssessment
2
Knowledge
- 3mA Test for the Grey AreaKnowledge
- 3mThe Everyday IssuesKnowledge
- 8mKnowledge Check: The Test and the Everyday IssuesAssessment
3
Skill
- 3mRecords Integrity: The Cardinal OffenceKnowledge
- 3mPractice: Test a Real Decision and Audit Your Own ExposureAssignment
- 8mSkill Check: Applying the Test Under PressureAssessment
4
Mastery
- 3mSpeaking Up, Non-Retaliation and Personal AccountabilityKnowledge
- 3mCapstone: Speak-Up Readiness and an Ethics Case ReviewAssignment
- 7mMastery Assessment: Judgement, Escalation and AccountabilityAssessment
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