Financial Conduct, Leadership & Ethics
Module overview During this module you will learn how to build an ethical leadership capacity in critical areas of banking, and in particular financial conduct. You will explore what ethics in business are, and should be, by taking an economic approach and exploring how incentives and industrial structure may alter the propensity to malpractice. You will study ethical leadership from all angles; academic, through practice and via peer learning, as well as exploring financial conduct, covering the regulatory rules and the enforcement tools available if ethics are poor. Who would benefit from this module? This module would benefit those working in central banks as well as investment banks and rating agencies as well as those working as Asset Managers and Reserves Managers who need to gain an understanding of how it is derived and implemented as well as its effects.
Key benefits ■ Gain an insight into ethical leadership and its benefits ■ Discover tools which you can use in your own organisation ■ Understand the use and implications of enforcement tools in financial regulation ■ Understand financial market vulnerabilities ■ Gain a Postgraduate Award upon successful completion.
Key topics covered During this module, you will cover the following.
Topics
Financial Conduct
Ethical Leadership
Ethics
Insights from the Fair and Effective Markets Review
Values based leadership and morality
What are business ethics and the differing approaches? What leaders can do to ensure their own organisation’s ethics Competition and ethical behaviour, including its interaction with the law
Mis-selling and consumer protection
Creating an ethical corporate culture
Anti-money laundering and anti-insider dealing
Ethical leadership across societies
Please note that this is not an exhaustive list and we recommend you contact us for a more detailed discussion.
Class profile*
Module structure ■ The module lasts for 17 weeks and culminates in an assessment ■ Module materials are organised into 10 lessons – each lasting one week ■ You can expect to spend around 11 hours studying per lesson ■ Lessons include reading materials, video interviews, discussion points, reflection activities ■ There are four wbsLive online sessions with your tutor.
Faculty On this module you will gain insights from the likes of Mark Yallop (Chairman of the FICC Markets & Standards Board), Anna Jernova and Orlando Fernandez-Ruiz (Bank of England Prudential Policy Directorate), Professor Joshua Greene (Harvard University) and Nick Van Benschoten (UK Finance).
Key info
1 Nationalities represented
46 Average age of participants
57/43 % male/ female split
21 Average years’ work experience
■ The module will run between October 2021 and February 2022 ■ This module features a two-week induction period prior to starting
*February 2021 Postgraduate Award intake
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