Self Study/On-Demand
INCPAS On-Demand: 2025 Corporate Finance Forum Session - Ethics in the Real World
This session challenges traditional approaches to ethics training and explores why common initiatives-like codes of conduct and tone-at-the-top messaging-often fail to improve ethical behavior. Through behavioral research and real-world examples, participants will learn why people make unethical choices despite good intentions, how memory distorts ethical recollection, and what strategies actually work to foster ethical decision-making. The course emphasizes practical applications for individuals and organizations seeking to strengthen ethical culture.
Highlights
- Why Traditional Ethics Programs Often Fail
Behavioral insights into the limitations of rules-based thinking and ethics codes. - Cognitive Biases and Ethical Blind Spots
How overconfidence, goal fixation, and emotional distancing distort ethical judgment. - Behavioral Ethics in Practice
Real-world experiments (e.g., daycare fines, cheating studies) and what they reveal about human behavior. - Improving Ethical Decision-Making
Practical strategies for individuals and organizations to enhance ethical awareness and accountability.
