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Ethical Leadership and the Effective Director
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Live Online
6.75 CPD | 6.75 Hours
HRDA Subsidised
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Course Overview
Ethical leadership is fundamental to effective governance. Directors operate under increasing regulatory scrutiny and stakeholder expectations, where integrity, independence, and sound judgment are critical to sustaining trust and long-term value.
This programme strengthens the ethical, behavioural, and leadership competencies required at board level. It examines how personal values, corporate culture, and governance systems interact to influence decision-making and accountability. Participants explore ethical leadership principles, structured approaches to dilemma analysis, conflict-of-interest management, and the role of the board in setting the “tone from the top.”
Through practical frameworks, case studies, and reflective exercises, the programme equips directors to balance performance and purpose, embed ethics into strategy and risk oversight, and lead with transparency, responsibility, and professional integrity.
Training Objectives
By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
Describe ethical leadership and its role in corporate governance effectiveness.
Identify ethical risks, including conflicts of interest and integrity failures.
Explain the relationship between ethics, compliance, culture, and reputation.
Apply structured frameworks to analyse complex ethical dilemmas.
Manage conflicts of interest and boardroom tensions appropriately.
Integrate ethical considerations into strategic and risk-related discussions.
Promote transparency, accountability, and trust within governance structures.
Demonstrate moral courage and independence in board decision-making.
Training Outline
Introduction and Context
Course objectives and expectations
The importance of ethics in governance effectiveness
Foundations of Ethics and Governance
Ethics, values, and integrity
Ethical theories and practical application
Governance, compliance, and culture
Ethical Decision-Making Frameworks
Models for analysing ethical dilemmas
Applying structured reasoning in complex business contexts
Conflicts of Interest and Boardroom Integrity
Identifying and managing conflicts
Independence and fiduciary responsibilities
Confidentiality and sensitive information
Culture and Tone from the Top
Board influence on organisational culture
Building trust and psychological safety
Leadership accountability
Regulation, ESG, and Stakeholder Expectations
Regulatory requirements relating to integrity
Ethics and sustainability alignment
Communicating ethical standards
Whistleblowing and Accountability
Whistleblowing mechanisms and oversight
Protecting whistleblowers
Managing misconduct
Personal Effectiveness and Reflective Leadership
Emotional intelligence and moral courage
Self-assessment and ethical legacy
Case Study and Reflection Exercise
Balancing profit and principle
Defining one's ethical legacy as a director
Who Should Attend
Executive Directors
Non-Executive Directors
Board Chairs and Committee Members
Senior Executives preparing for board roles
Company Secretaries and Governance Professionals
Regulators and policy makers involved in corporate governance
Training Style
The programme combines focused lectures, structured ethical frameworks, board-level case studies, facilitated discussion, and guided reflection.
Emphasis is placed on practical application, peer dialogue, and real-world governance scenarios to strengthen decision-making confidence and ethical judgment in complex environments.
CPD Recognition
This programme may be approved for up to 6.75 CPD units in Financial Regulation. Eligibility criteria and CPD Units are verified directly by your association, regulator or other bodies which you hold membership.
In-house Training
For groups within the same organisation, this course may be customized to meet any specific needs and delivered in-house.
Facilitators
Petros Florides
Petros Florides has over 25 years of financial services experience in the areas of private banking, fund management, stockbroking, private equity, proprietary trading and microfinance. He is an Honours graduate in Accountancy and holds a number of professional qualifications, including: Chartered Director; Chartered Management Accountant; Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments ('CISI'); Certified Member and holder of the Governance Specialist Qualification of the Institute for Risk Management. He is currently employed by World Vision International as Senior Director of Global Governance for the regions of Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australasia. Petros has published numerous articles on governance and related areas, and was the lead author of the Code for Public Sector Governance which, after five years of public consultation, was approved by the Cyprus Council of Ministers in July 2019. Petros also serves as a Non-Executive Director - either as Char of the Board or Audit Committee - of companies within the industries of financial services, fintech and digital solutions. He has also served on the CISI Board of Trustees (UK) since June 2019, and is Co-Founder and Past-President of the CISI Cyprus National Advisory Council. Petros successfully completed: the Certified Sustainability (ESG) Practitioner Advanced Program (approved by the Chartered Management Institute) in 2021; and, the PRI Academy courses in Applied Responsible Investment and Responsible Investment for Trustees. In addition, Petros has represented the Cyprus Institute of Directors on various fora of the European Community Directors Association (‘ecoDa’). Petros is accredited in two different methods of psychometric testing that he uses to integrate an understanding of human behaviour in his teaching of professional and bespoke executive courses in the areas of governance, risk, leadership, sustainability and ethics through CISI Accredited Training Providers and other prestigious institutions. He is also a regular speaker and panelist at public events on the same subjects. Petros is also a founding member of the Advisory Council for the Centre for Good Governance."