Leverage CSR Agenda to Develop a Moral Code of Conduct to Manage Risks & Create Shared Value

Synopsis

In a world where moral values that were previously taken for granted are now strongly questioned, there is no clear moral compass to guide leaders through complex dilemmas about what is right or wrong when managing Risks and Opportunities. Effective leaders and managers must recognize that sustainable profitable growth for their organizations is not possible without considering the needs and demands of broader society on a broader range of ethical and social issues. This workshop explores the complex ethical and social challenges of business and provide a framework that will help participant identify and act on the ethical and social dimensions of business issues, make reasoned decisions when faced with a dilemma, and justify decisions and actions to stakeholders and the public within a social context. It further explores how to build a Business Model based on CSR with active compliance with the spirit of regulations and ethical standards to create shared value through a positive impact of an organization’s activities on the environment, consumers, employees, communities and other stakeholders.

Learning Objectives

After attending this session, you should be able to:

• Understand the role of Moral Values & Ethics in Business Relationships in our modern economic ssystem
• Understand the reasons behind the emergence of the CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility Agenda
• Learn how to assess whether your Business Model is CSR compatible
• Learn how to conduct a corporate values and business practices analysis
•  Understand how to change a Corporate Culture  and System to nurture the values system necessary to support effective risk management

Workshop Outline

• Business Ethics: Good to have or business Imperative?
• ERM: A Rules or a Values based approach?
• The Emergence of the CSR agenda: A New code of conduct for doing Business?
• Corporate Cuture, Values and Organizational System
• Risk Management Governance Models & Structure
• Business Ethics & Performance Management Systems

Tool Box: A Case Study

• Risk Maturity Scorecard
• CSR Practices Survey
• Checklists, how-to procedures/reminders and templates

Testimonials

“Through to use of very good case studies, the trainer was able to demonstrate with razor sharp clarity the fallacy of risk Management control systems that do not take into consideration enough the impact of cultural and ethical factors in influencing decision-making at every level of an organization. Very enlightening!” SVP, ORM, Financial Institution