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Real Talk Ethics: Red Flags, Green Flags — The Ethical Cost of Absent Leadership

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) 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