Thandeka Msiza
The Ethics Ambassador Training Programme is designed to support the ethics management function in organisations. Ethics Ambassadors, situated at any level of the organisation, assists in building an ethical culture. They provide ethics advisory services to employees and facilitate two-way communication on ethics in organisations. This is accomplished by promoting the dissemination of ethics-related information throughout the organisation. Ethics Ambassadors also offer insight into the dilemmas and challenges faced in the organisation. Ethics Ambassadors are trained to provide employees with ethics-related information, address ethics-related issues employees may encounter, and assist employees in evaluating and resolving ethical dilemmas and challenges. They play vital roles in the ethics management programme of organisations. This programme trains employees with the necessary skills to act as ethics ambassadors in their respective organisations and serves to certify that the attendee has submitted a practicum to ensure that they have learned the skills necessary to function effectively in this role.
Skills / Knowledge
- 1. Understanding ethics and business ethics
- 2. Be capable of making ethical decisions (resolving ethical challenges and dilemmas)
- 3. Learning about the role of the ethics ambassador
- 4. Understanding the competencies an ethics ambassador must develop
- 5. Developing facilitation skills training and how to dialogue with employees on ethics
- 6. Understanding and evaluating the ethical culture/climate of the organisation
- 7. Generate knowledge about the formal and informal organisational ethical guidelines
- 8. Learning how to role out and market the ethics ambassador programme.
- 9. Understanding and providing support to employees on ethics related topics in organisations.
- 10. Being able to develop a terms of reference and workplan for an ethics ambassador programme implemented in organisations.