Ethics and Professionalism in Financial Services
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COURSE OVERVIEW
This course is designed to raise moral standards as a counter to potential or real misconduct within a banking environment. The focus is on ethics and corporate governance; it requires application of knowledge of legislation and codes that contain references to ethics for the financial services sector and analysis and interpretation of the implementation of a code within an organisation.
COURSE OBJECTIVE
• The course is designed to cover the following: • Codes of practice and standards of reporting in an organization. • Specific industry related legislation Viz: Bank of Uganda Acts, Supervision Acts, Supervision Regulations and other Acts and Regulations. • Codes and standards for employees, customers, providers, and related stakeholders. • Internationally accepted principles relating to the ethical question of doing what’s good, right and fair. • African value systems relating to collaborative and participative models of governance and ethics.
TARGET AUDIENCE
The course is designed for: • Senior managers. • Company secretaries. • Compliance officers. • Human Resources practitioners. • Risk managers. • Directors of companies. • Individuals interested in the regulatory framework of financial institutions.
WHAT YOU WILL STUDY
At the end of this training, participants will be able to: • Demonstrate knowledge and insight into legislation, regulations and codes relating to corporate governance and ethics in the financial services sector. • Explain internationally accepted principles that are the basis of a good code of conduct. • Analyse the iBy the end of the course participants will be able to. • Define ESG and understand the key drivers for the increasing importance of ESG in the business environment. • Identify and act upon the main ESG issues impacting businesses. • Integrate ESG into organizational strategy. • Interpret latest company reporting requirements in relation to ESG Report and make appropriate reports. • Apply the appropriate methods banks use to integrate ESG data into commercial lending decisions.mpact of African value systems on codes of ethics. • Explain the business case for compliance with codes and the ethical code of an organisation.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the course participants will be able to. • Define ESG and understand the key drivers for the increasing importance of ESG in the business environment. • Identify and act upon the main ESG issues impacting businesses. • Integrate ESG into organizational strategy. • Interpret latest company reporting requirements in relation to ESG Report and make appropriate reports. • Apply the appropriate methods banks use to integrate ESG data into commercial lending decisions.