10 Ethics Training Programs

1. Ethics and Code of Conduct

A positive work environment is crucial for improving productivity since it lets employees concentrate on their work without being subjected to negative and toxic behavior from colleagues. Creating a healthy work environment requires employees to understand their company's principles and code of conduct. SC Training (formerly EdApp) offers this ethics training that illustrates positive values and principles to guide employees' actions and decisions.

With SC Training (formerly EdApp), you don’t have to always start from scratch – its free editable course library offers hundreds of courses that you can tailor with your own expertise or standards specific to your company. The course comprises four micro-lessons that employees can take at their convenience from any location. It covers critical topics such as safeguarding company assets, building a culture of integrity, and creating a healthy work environment, including policies on the use of company resources and values.

If you have important documents and materials that your employees need to access, SC Training (formerly EdApp)’s Briefcase feature will come in handy. Learners can easily reference them anytime as they’re right at their fingertips. Even better? They can search briefcase documents in the learner's app!

• Cost: Free
• Scope: Work environment, protecting company assets, culture of integrity, code of ethics

Created By SC Training (formerly EdApp)

3. Ethics of Technology

Coursera’s ethics training program will examine the ethical consequences of data analytics. This ethical training for employees draws connections between longstanding concepts such as privacy, surveillance, power, justice, accountability, corporate responsibility, and stakeholder theory. The lessons also take a look at emerging technologies and applications, such as the use of machine learning to forecast criminal activity. 

By taking this course, employees will gain the skills to assess strategic debates about the ethical implications of data analytics, and analyze how data analytics aligns with ethical principles.

• Cost: Free
• Scope: Consequences of data analytics, forecasting criminal activity, data analytics and ethical principles

Created by Coursera

5. Introduction to Research Ethics: Working with People

As the leader of a research team, it is your duty to ensure that study participants give their consent and are aware of their rights, while also safeguarding their data. To make sure that your research is valid, it’s important to work with all participants in an ethical manner. The Introduction to Research Ethics course offered by the University of Leeds provides a comprehensive overview of research and applied ethics, including best practices for working with study participants. 

The course covers key ethical research principles, potential issues related to ethical standards, and their application in practice. The course involves four hours of study per week for a duration of two weeks and includes a variety of materials such as videos, audio recordings, articles, and assessments.

• Cost: Free
• Scope: Key principles of ethical research, potential ethical issues, application

Created by FutureLearn

6. Avoiding Conflicts of Interest

Sometimes, lines can be blurry and it can be tricky to determine if personal interests already cross the line and affect professional relationships. In Traliant’s ethics training program, teams will learn how to deal with them to safeguard your company’s reputation. First, this ethics training program will define what a conflict of interest is, cite common types of conflict of interest, and outline the consequences when one occurs. To better handle these situations, learners will be taught how to identify them, deal with them, and come up with solutions.

Learners are led by a video host through different interactive episodes that showcase real-life scenarios. This is in the form of tweets from viewers and activities where learners can drag and drop elements to reinforce important concepts, helping them retain knowledge better.

• Cost: Get a free trial
• Scope: What is conflict of interest, common types of conflict of interest, situations and solutions

Created by Traliant

8. Workplace Ethics Training

ProProfs’ workplace ethics training will help employees understand the importance of having good ethical behavior and maintaining integrity. The course starts by defining what ethics is, outlining ethical standards, and having a code of conduct. It then explains the importance of one’s individual responsibility to maintain good ethics and build trust. To do this, the dos and don’ts of ethical behavior and taking consideration of others are discussed. It then moves from individual to collective ethics by discussing corporate responsibility and values, and sustaining an ethical environment at work.

• Cost: Get a demo
• Scope: What is ethics, ethical standards, individual and collective ethics

Created by ProProfs

10. Social Media Policy

Many companies use social media to share updates and information about their industry, but it's important to have a policy in place for the social media team to make sure that they’re following proper etiquette when promoting products to users and target audiences. SC Training (formerly EdApp)’s Social Media Policy helps your business ensure that your social media team is being ethical and using best practices. It also focuses on making sure employees protect the company’s data.

The course contains four lessons: social media compliance, protecting company information, online ethics, and professional use of personal accounts. Each lesson is presented in small, easy-to-digest portions to enhance learners' retention of information. Short quizzes at the end of each lesson assess learners' understanding of the topic.

• Cost: Free
• Scope: Social media compliance, online ethics, protecting company information

Created by SC Training (formerly EdApp)