DEVELOPING A CULTURE OF INTEGRITY
From Compliance to Trust
Establishing a culture of integrity is essential for preventing misconduct and strengthening trust within teams.
Beyond rules and procedures, this training emphasizes human relations, cooperation, and shared responsibility.
By drawing on insights from the ethics of care, ethical management, and organizational psychology, it helps participants identify concrete levers for fostering integrity in daily operations.
Objectives
This training is designed for professionals seeking to strengthen their organization’s capacity to promote a culture of integrity based on trust and fairness.
It aims to strengthen participants’ ability to:
• Identify levers that strengthen collective integrity
• Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of ethical environments within teams.
• Implement practices of ethical leadership;
• Monitor progress using qualitative indicators, combining relational, ethical, and organizational dimensions.
Requirements
• Target Audience: •Managers, HR managers, middle management, members of integrity units, ethicists, internal trainers, compliance officers
• Prerequisites: none
• Equipment: PC | Smartphone
• Duration: 3 hours
• Accessibility: for all, see the “Training Accessibility” sheet
• Output: educational booklet containing:
1)The different theoretical approaches to a culture of integrity;
2)Organizational levers that support integrity;
3)Fair and responsible management practices;
4)Indicators for monitoring the culture of integrity
Teaching methods
The training is based on a participatory pedagogy, rooted in practice:
•Structured input on the foundations of a culture of integrity (theoretical models, examples of international best practices).
•Real case studies illustrating the effects of organizational cultures on trust and performance.
•Practical workshops to design or adapt concrete actions within the participants’ context.
•Group discussions on ethical dilemmas and complex work situations.
Training schedule
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Timing |
Description |
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15 min |
Introduction : -Discussion on needs and context -Objectives of the workshop |
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35 min |
Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks: – foundations of a culture of integrity; role of structural and conjunctural aspects, organizational climate – Discussion on levers for a culture of integrity. |
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40 min |
Case Studies: – Comparison of different integrity crisis management strategies – Discussion on possible measures to strengthen integrity |
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45 min |
Practical workshops: – Development of individual and collective action plans to strengthen integrity (tools, rituals, feedback). |
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30 min |
Group discussion: – Tensions between control and trust; indicators of a living culture of integrity; inclusion and gender. |
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15 min |
Assessment and validation: – Application exercise; collective feedback – Conclusions |
Assessment and validation 🎓
Assessment is based on interactive teaching methods, combining:
• A test at the end of the course for each participant, related to the course and the participant’s professional context. This skills assessment identifies what has been learned and areas for improvement.
• Collective feedback to consolidate learning.
• A certificate of participation certified by Ethicor, issued after validation.
Ethicor ensures the traceability and monitoring of assessments in accordance with confidentiality rules.
Trainer
Dr. Guillaume Nicaise
Guillaume has been working for over ten years on corruption prevention, risk management and the establishment of organisational cultures based on trust.
He has worked for the U4 Anti-Corruption Centre, supporting ministries and development agencies in eight different countries, as well as for GIZ and other international organisations such as NATO.
He now assists international organisations in strengthening their whistleblowing systems, incorporating an inclusive approach.
Accessibility of training courses
Ethicor is committed to making its training courses accessible to all.
Our modules are designed to be taken online, remotely, from any connected device (computer, tablet or smartphone).
If specific accommodations are required (assisted reading, subtitling, adjusted pace, cognitive or sensory accessibility), participants are invited to contact our accessibility advisor before the start of the training course: contact@ethicor.org
Training materials are available in adaptable digital formats (accessible PDF, optimised contrast, legible font).
Particular attention is paid to inclusive language, fair gender representation and diversity in professional situations in the educational examples.
Ethicor provides personalised follow-up on adaptation requests to ensure fair access to training.
