Business Ethics
The decisions that are legal but still wrong. A short, scenario-led course on how ethical failures start small and get expensive.
- Format
- Web-based (SCORM)
- Duration
- About 30 minutes, pause anytime
- Assessment
- Randomised question bank
- Certificate
- Timestamped, CPD accredited
- Audience
- All staff
- Refresh
- Annual re-enrolment, automatic
What the course covers
5 focused sections, each built on the Irish legal position rather than generic principles, then a randomised exam and your certificate.
Legal basis: Supports IAF conduct standards and professional codes
Most failures were legal at the time
Compliance is the floor
Meeting the minimum standard is not the same as behaving well. Regulators increasingly assess outcomes, not box-ticking.
Small steps compound
Serious misconduct rarely begins with a serious decision. It begins with a small rationalisation nobody challenged.
Pressure distorts judgement
Deadlines, targets and hierarchy predict ethical failure far better than character does.
Speaking up early is cheaper
An issue raised internally is a conversation. The same issue raised externally is an investigation.
How it is assessed
Every learner sits a randomised exam drawn from a larger question bank, so no two people see the same paper and sharing answers gets nobody anywhere.
- Questions rotate per learner from the bank
- Pass mark set for genuine competence
- Learners can pause and resume at any point
- Retakes available without starting the course again
What you can evidence
The certificate is the point. It is issued automatically on a pass and lands straight in your audit trail.
- Learner name, completion date and exam score
- Course outline and the exact version taken
- CPD hours, ready for a professional CPD log
- One-click audit export across your whole team
About 30 minutes, including the randomised exam. It runs in any browser with nothing to install, learners can pause and resume, and the certificate is issued the moment they pass.
Yes. The course carries CPD accreditation codes issued by the LIA and the IOB, and every certificate states the course outline, completion date, exam score and CPD hours, ready for a professional CPD log or the firm’s training file.
All staff. It is written for Irish regulated firms, to the Irish legal position.
Supports IAF conduct standards and professional codes. The content is written to that legal position rather than to a generic international syllabus, and the certificate records the version taken.
Yes. Upload a list or share an invite link, track completions on the Harrington Hub dashboard, let automatic reminders chase the stragglers, and export every certificate and score in one click when an auditor or the regulator asks.
Put Business Ethics on your audit trail.
Book a demo and we will show the course, the randomised exam and the certificate, with your team's names on the dashboard.