Program Overview

Ethics for Human Resources Professionals

Course Description

HR professionals function as a key source of ethical awareness for managers and employees. This course reviews the role of HR professionals in advising others but also ethical issues faced by HR professionals.

Course Details

• Duration: As few as 4 weeks
• Units: 0.0
• Current Formats: Online
• Cost: Starting at $425.00

Learning Outcomes

• Identify the parts of an HR professional's job in which ethical issues are likely to be experienced
• Employ practical techniques to develop solutions, evaluate their impacts, and decide on a course of action
• Recognize the impacts of cultural and organizational pressures to conform and the strategies to manage those impacts
• Know the early warning signs of conflict between personal and work values
• Assess how to maintain personal integrity

About This Course

Today's HR professionals function as a key source of ethical awareness for managers and employees. This course heightens awareness of when integrity and an understanding of ethical issues are required, not only when advising others, but also when addressing the issues HR professionals face.

Course Schedule

Spring 2026 Schedule

• Date: May 18 - June 14
• Format: Online
• Instructor: Paola Amaro Alvarez
• Fee: $425.00

Summer 2026 Schedule

• Date: June 22 - July 19
• Format: Online
• Instructor: Corin Choppin
• Fee: $425.00

Course Requirements

• Book: Workplace Ethics: Mastering Ethical Leadership and Sustaining a Moral Workplace (The Paul Falcone Workplace Leadership Series) by Paul Falcone
• Internet access required to retrieve course materials

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