The document outlines five key components for an effective ethics training program: understanding ethics as distinct from compliance, ensuring clarity and conciseness in training, making ethics user-friendly, providing practical applications, and incorporating a live interactive component. Emphasizing the importance of a well-written values statement, the document highlights how it guides employees in decision-making and fosters a culture of compliance and accountability. Overall, the message is that effective ethics training can significantly reduce ethics-related losses within organizations.

1. 5 Keys to an Effective Ethics
Training Program
Christopher Bauer, PhD, CSP, CFS
www.BauerEthicsSeminars.com

2. Christopher Bauer
Christopher Bauer, PhD, is a licensed psychologist by training with
more than 25 years of experience in helping organizations
develop cultures of ethics, compliance and accountability. Besides
his expertise in organizational culture change, Christopher Bauer's
unique style and contributions to reducing ethical problems in
organizations have led him to be recognized with the Certified
Fraud Specialist designation by the Association of Certified Fraud
Specialists. He is also a professional member of the National
Speakers Association and has earned their Certified Speaking
Professional designation.

3. What I Do For a Living
And why that matters for
this program

4. Grab a Pen & Paper
Your instructions are…

5. Forget Kumbaya…
Ethics training is more than a ‘feel-good’ exercise.
Your company is likely losing 5-7% of your bottom
line each year to ethics-related issues.
Ethics training – done right – can recoup as much
as half of those losses and possibly even more.

6. Key #1
You can’t really train on
ethics until…

7. …you actually know what
ethics are and aren’t.
You need to differentiate ethics from:
compliance
policies and procedures
mission and vision

8. Next
You need to get very clear about:
what ethics do mean in your organization.
behavioralize ethics. (What exactly do
employees need to do and not do to bring your
definition of ethics to life?)

9. Key #2
Employees need to be able to
“C” your ethics training.

10. To do the best job, your training
needs to be:
 Clear
 Concise (without compromising clarity)
 Comprehensive (without being overwhelming!)

11. Key #3
Make it “E-zy”

12. If your goal is to make ethics user-friendly,
it needs to be:
Easily understood
Easily applied
Easily retained

13. Poll question #1

14. Oh, and um…
Who actually gets ethics training in your
organization?
Remember, the integrity of your organization
is being judged all day, every day on the
basis of everybody’s behavior from the front
lines up through senior management.

15. Questions so far?
Bring ‘em on…

16. Key #4
Make it practical!!!

17. If your ethics training isn’t practical,
you’re sunk
 Remember “easily applied”.
 Provide not just information but easily applied ideas, tools, and
resources.
 If it sounds academic, you’ve probably lost them.
 If it sounds preachy, you’ve probably lost them.
 If it sounds too good to be true, you’ve probably lost them.
 If it’s “for the good of the business” and not also clearly for their
good, you’ve probably lost them.

18. Poll question #2

19. Key #5
Provide a Live, Interactive
Component.

20. The Three “C”s and three “E”s
Don’t Mean…
a dry, academic, un-applied program
a PowerPoint presentation of 200 rules
a lecture on “doing the right thing”
a ten point multiple choice test you can’t fail.
(Or, really, even one you can fail…)
a one time dose of anything

21. Significant risks from missing the
live, interactive piece…
Live, interactive ‘eyes in the room’ allow:
catching a lack of understanding of the ideas or how
best to apply them
informed conversations about barriers - whether real or
perceived - that your employees see to implementing
your training
a whole lot more fun
(PLEASE: No duds at the front of the room!)

22. Free Resources for You!
Here’s an opportunity to request one or both of these
free resources.
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Weekly Ethics Thought - newsletter
Ethics/Values Self-Audit Tool - document

23. One Last Tool…
Want to assure that you’re driving a culture of
ethics, compliance, and accountability?
A well-written, well-implemented values
statement is the ticket.

24. A Values Statement Done Right:
 tells every employee what the best way is to make a decision in
the absence of an existing rule or guideline
 helps every employee evaluate their actions – and the actions
of those around them – as to whether or not they align with
your most important, most persistent priorities
 gets everyone on the same page as to what’s most important
all day, every day in your organization

25. A Values Statement Done
Wrong…
…is a dangerous thing.
The goal of a values statement is to get everyone
on the same train. You’d better be sure you’re
getting them on the right train…
Need help getting yours done right?
Please be in touch!

26. Questions?
Here’s your last chance for the moment…

27. Thank-you for participating
Christopher Bauer
www.BauerEthicsSeminars.com
www.ChristopherBauer.com
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