Overview    

Strong ethical leadership is essential to maintaining accountability, professional conduct and trust within organisations, finance functions and professional practices. In environments where leadership is absent, passive, inconsistent or permissive, ethical uncertainty can quickly develop. This creates conditions that allow poor behaviour, weak governance, unmanaged risk and non-compliance to flourish.  

This practical webinar explores the ethical, operational and reputational consequences of weak leadership and unmanaged workplace culture. The session will examine the red flags and green flags that accountants, managers, CEOs, finance professionals and practice leaders should recognise when assessing the ethical health of a workplace, client environment, finance team or professional practice. . 

Join Caryn Maitland CA(SA) on the 11th of June 2026 from 10h00 to 12h00 as she provides practical insight into recognising leadership-related ethical risks and responding appropriately in complex professional environments.

Learning objectives   

Attending this webinar will equip you with the following skills:  

• Recognise the ethical risks created by absent or permissive leadership 

• Identify red flags and green flags within organisational culture, management behaviour and professional environments 

• Understand how leadership failures contribute to unethical conduct, poor governance and professional risk 

• Apply professional judgement when responding to weak leadership environments and ethical concerns 

• Develop practical strategies to strengthen ethical leadership, accountability and ethical decision-making 

Content   

The webinar will cover the following topics:  

• Introduction: When Leadership Goes Missing 

• Ethical Leadership and the Role of the Professional Accountant 

• The Code of Professional Conduct and Leadership Behaviour 

• Red Flags of Absent or Permissive Leadership 

• Green Flags of Ethical Leadership 

• The Cost and Impact of Leadership Failure 

• Case Studies and Practical Scenarios 

• Responding to Red Flags 

• Building Green Flag Environments

Obtaining your CPD certificate    

This training is compliant with the International Education Standard (IES7) issued by the International Federation of Accountants and recognised for CPD by relevant professional bodies including ACCA, CIMA, IAC, IIA, SAICA and SAIPA.  

All attendees are issued with a CPD certificate available in an online profile.  

About the presenter  

Caryn Maitland CA(SA) 

Caryn Maitland is a Chartered Accountant (SA). She has been a member of IRBA as a registered auditor and accountant since 2002 and is also a registered member of SAICA. 

Caryn has lectured Auditing and Accounting at various institutions and has conducted independent workshops and seminars for professional accountants since 2006 on various topics. She has presented on the national tour for the annual Legislation Update with ProBeta Training (Pty) Ltd in 2014 and 2015, as well as on the FASSET national tour for the Tax Administration Act in 2014.  Caryn is also involved with the annual SAICA SMP Technical tour.   

Who should attend?  

The following persons will benefit from attending this webinar:  

• Practising accountants including: CA(SA), Professional Accountant (SA), AGA(SA), FCCA, BAP(SA), BA(SA) and ACCA.  

• Registered auditors.  

• Audit managers.  

• Trainee accountants.    

Price  

• R 450.00 - Online admission - Individual.  

• Group Price 1 - From R337 per person (up to 5 users)   

• Group Price 2 - From R260 per person (up to 10 users)   

• Group Price 3 - From R224 per person (over 11 users)  

 Steps to register for the event:   

If you already have a profile, login and register for the webinar.  

If you don’t have a profile, create a free profile then login and register for the webinar.  

Click here to create a free profile (There is no charge to create a profile and gain access to our free Monthly Practice Management Series).  

Click here to find out about the Technical Resource Centre & CPD Subscription options.    

Additional material  

By attending this webinar you will be provided with:  

• A summarised slide presentation.  

• Reference documents and/or course material where available.  

• You can ask questions during the webinar and you will also have access to the presenter after the webinar.  

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