Corporate Integrity Excellence
Building High-Impact Ethics & Compliance Programs
Gain insight into how ethics and compliance programs are designed, embedded, and validated to strengthen governance and accountability.
29th September – 1st October 2026 Online — Saudi Arabia / Dubai / Malaysia / London
Key Learning Outcomes
By the end of this programme, participants will be able to:
Recognise the core elements of effective ethics and compliance programmes.
Translate regulatory expectations into practical programme design choices.
Connect governance, risk management and compliance into one integrated operating model.
Assess compliance risks such as bribery, fraud, conflicts of interest, AML and third parties.
Develop monitoring, reporting and improvement mechanisms that demonstrate effectiveness.
Training Agenda
3-Day Comprehensive Programme
- The shift from rules-based compliance to values-led integrity
- The role of compliance within wider governance, risk and control systems
- Regulatory expectations, enforcement trends and the problem of "paper programs"
- How ethics, trust and reputation support performance and profitability
- Program building blocks: governance, risk assessment, standards, controls and assurance
- Roles and responsibilities across the board, management and business teams
- Third party risk management and due diligence as core pillars
- Practical exercise: assessing programme maturity
- Rules-based versus principles-based regulation
- Global reference points: FCPA, UK Bribery Act, AML standards, GDPR, SOX, OECD
- The Three Lines model, ERM and risk appetite
- Key risk areas: ABAC, fraud, conflicts of interest, AML, sanctions and conduct
- Assessing third party, intermediary and supply chain risks
- Risk appetite, prioritisation and mitigation planning
- Practical exercise: conducting a focused risk assessment
- Policies and procedures employees can understand and apply
- Controls for gifts, hospitality, donations and facilitation payments
- Governance models: oversight, independence and board roles
- Group workshop: designing a governance structure
- Connecting risk assessments with ERM, COSO, ISO 31000
- KRIs, KPIs, dashboards and decision-support reporting
- Embedding accountability for risk ownership
- Leadership, tone from the top and the role of middle management
- Behavioural drivers, incentives and pressure points
- Scenario exercise: making defensible decisions under pressure
- Designing training and awareness that changes behaviour
- Speak-up culture, reporting channels and psychological safety
- Workshop: building a targeted communication campaign
- Monitoring tools, assurance planning, KPIs and dashboards
- Root cause analysis, remediation and demonstrating effectiveness
- Final workshop: building a roadmap for your programme
Who Should Attend?
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Compliance & Ethics Leaders: Compliance officers, compliance managers and ethics leaders.
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Legal & Regulatory Affairs: Legal counsel, in-house lawyers and regulatory affairs professionals.
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Risk & Audit: Risk management, internal control and internal audit professionals.
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Governance Teams: Corporate governance, company secretariat and board support teams.
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Financial Crime Specialists: Financial crime, anti-bribery, anti-fraud and AML specialists.
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HR & People Leaders: Responsible for culture, conduct and accountability.
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Senior Executives & Board Members: With oversight responsibilities.
Why This Program Works
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Practical, Actionable Tools
Realistic scenarios and defensible evidence of effectiveness, not just theory.
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Governance, Risk & Compliance Integrated
Links legal and regulatory expectations with real organisational behaviour.
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Culture & Leadership Focus
Explores the leadership and cultural factors that make programmes truly effective.
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Defensible Evidence
Build monitoring and reporting mechanisms that demonstrate effectiveness under scrutiny.
Why You Should Attend?
Attending this programme is essential for anyone involved in designing, delivering or overseeing compliance, governance and risk frameworks.
Design Effective Programs
Translate regulatory expectations into practical, defensible programme design choices.
Assess Key Risks
Learn to assess risks such as bribery, fraud, conflicts of interest, AML and third parties.
Strengthen Governance
Connect governance, risk management and compliance into an integrated operating model.
Demonstrate Effectiveness
Build monitoring, reporting and improvement mechanisms that hold up under scrutiny.
Frequently Asked Questions
A 3-day programme on designing, embedding and validating ethics and compliance frameworks so they are genuinely working in practice, not just documented.
Compliance officers, legal counsel, risk and internal audit professionals, corporate governance teams, financial crime specialists, HR leaders, and senior executives with oversight responsibilities.
Day 1 covers the foundations of effective programmes, Day 2 covers risk assessment and programme design, and Day 3 covers embedding integrity into culture and operations.
Pricing is USD 1,495 for 1 delegate, USD 1,195 per delegate for groups of 2-4, and USD 1,045 per delegate for groups of 5 or more (excl. taxes).
The fee covers the live online course session and course material soft copies, along with a Certificate of Attendance.
Cancellations must be submitted in writing by email and are subject to charges based on how close to the event they are received. Substitution of a delegate is the best way to avoid cancellation charges.
Investment & Registration
Event Code: IL-ECPDM-010 | 29th September – 1st October 2026 | Online — Saudi Arabia / Dubai / Malaysia / London
Delegate 1
USD 1,495Book 1 delegate
Per delegate · Excl. taxes
Group
USD 1,195Book 2 to 4 delegates
Per delegate · Best Value
Corporate
USD 1,045Book 5 or more
Per delegate · All pricing excl. taxes