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Ethical Decision-Making

Course Category Audit

August 28, 2024

9:00 a.m.

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On-Site

This course will be delivered on-site in Palau.

Registration for this course is invitation-only. Please email us for additional details.

Course Description

As an auditor/leader you are you faced with tough decisions about how to handle sensitive situations and critical choices in your mission to seek the best possible outcome among competing priorities. Explore the ethical hazards and dilemmas facing auditors and leaders and review methods of analyzing and resolving them in this participative workshop. Come away with a skill set for dealing with the common, right vs. wrong hazards (temptations) and the more difficult right vs. right conflicts or dilemmas that leaders regularly face. Also, learn ways to mitigate the risks, fortify the courage associated with carrying out ethical decisions, and review how to integrate effective ethics control systems into an organization.

What You Will Learn

Learning Outcomes:

Anticipate and recognize ethical dilemmas as well as distinguish right vs. wrong temptations from the right vs. right ethical hazards and dilemmas that leaders face in their work
Select, describe, and use the appropriate ethical decision-making process from a survey of widely accepted models
Apply tools of critical thinking to clarify priorities and reduce barriers to options
Describe the causes of unethical behavior and methods of discouraging that behavior
Mitigate the internal and external inhibitors to carrying out decisions when there are potential risks involved
Help establish an ethics and decision control system in organizations.

Who Should Attend

APIPA conference sessions are intended for island government accountability professionals. Audit, budget, finance, accounting, and related management and staff members will find interest and value in this presentation.

Health & Safety Protocols

For all on-site training in the insular areas, the Graduate School USA's Pacific and Virgin Islands Training Initiatives (PITI-VITI) works closely with local training hosts to ensure that participants, instructors, and training support staff enjoy a safe learning experience. Please note the following:

Full details of PITI-VITI's health and safety guidelines are available here.
Local health and safety guidelines for the government of Palau, which will be hosting this training, is available at http://www.palauhealth.org/.
Please contact PITI-VITI Admin at [email protected] with any questions or concerns.

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August 28, 2024

9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

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CPEs - 8 Credit Hours

On-Site, Palau

Republic of Palau, Palau

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Instructor

Michael Binder

Washington, DC

Michael, Gradudate School USA Instructor, is the fomer Director of the Graduate School USA, Government Audit Training Institute. Hes has served over forty two years in federal audit staff, management and executive positions in GAO, the Inspector General community and as Acting Inspector General of the National Endowment for the Arts. Michael has a BBA and MBA in Finance and Economics from the George Washington University, attended Harvard University, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the Federal Executive Institute. He is a Certified Internal Auditor, a Certified Fraud Examiner, and a former national officer of the Association of Government Accountants.

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