Ethics and Compliance Operating Systems Course

Advanced practice in ethics governance, conduct controls, speak-up systems, culture measurement, monitoring, and improvement

This 1-week course has 76 dates from November 2026 to November 2027 in 54 cities and live online. The next date runs 16 – 20 November 2026 in Amsterdam. Fees per participant run from €4,100 (Lagos) to €14,000 (San Diego) in a classroom, and from €1,500 live online.

Ethics and Compliance Operating Systems Course
Duration
1 Week5 days
Next start
Amsterdam
Scheduled dates
76
Classroom cities
54Amsterdam, Toronto, San Diego, London and more
Format
Classroom and live online
Fee per participant
€1,500–€14,000Average €5,750

What does this course cover?

Overview

Ethics and Compliance Operating Systems Training Course is a one-week advanced course for professionals who design controls and culture, leaving with an Ethics and Compliance Operating System Pack. The course connects governance, conduct standards, risk assessment, speak-up processes, investigations interfaces, incentives, culture measurement, monitoring, and improvement. Participants use ISO 37301:2021 and ISO 37002:2021 as operating references. Agile Leaders Training Center positions ethics and compliance as measurable organizational practice.

Who Should Attend

  • Teams responsible for ethics and compliance system design
  • Teams responsible for conduct standards and policy governance
  • Teams responsible for speak-up channels and case-routing controls
  • Teams responsible for compliance risk, monitoring, testing, and assurance
  • Teams responsible for incentives, discipline, culture, and employee relations
  • Teams responsible for board and executive compliance oversight

The course assumes participants already manage compliance or conduct activities and leaves out jurisdiction-specific legal advice and certification preparation.

Departments and Industries

The course supports functions and sectors that need coordinated ethics and compliance controls.

  • Compliance, ethics, legal, governance, and company-secretariat functions
  • Risk, internal audit, investigations, human resources, and assurance teams
  • Financial services, insurance, professional services, and technology organizations
  • Energy, construction, manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare operations
  • Nonprofit, education, family-enterprise, and public-service organizations

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Analyze ethics and compliance governance, authority, and accountability
  • Build a risk-based compliance control architecture
  • Apply code-of-conduct and speak-up operating controls
  • Evaluate incentives, discipline, and investigation interfaces
  • Use culture indicators, monitoring, and testing methods
  • Prioritize lessons learned and system improvements

Course Agenda

Day 1: Governance and System Architecture

  • ISO 37301:2021 Compliance System Structure Map
  • Ethics and Compliance Mandate and Accountability Matrix
  • Leadership Commitment and Oversight Evidence Model
  • Compliance Function Authority, Access, and Resource Assessment
  • Ethics and Compliance Operating-System Blueprint

Day 2: Conduct and Risk Controls

  • Values-to-Code-of-Conduct Design Method
  • Compliance Risk Assessment and Prioritization Matrix
  • Policy, Procedure, and Control Ownership Map
  • Conflict-of-Interest Disclosure and Decision Workflow
  • Third-Party Conduct and Due-Diligence Control Set

Day 3: Speak-Up and Accountability

  • ISO 37002:2021 Trust, Impartiality, and Protection Model
  • Reporting Channel and Concern-Intake Architecture
  • Triage, Investigation Referral, and Need-to-Know Matrix
  • Anti-Retaliation Monitoring and Protection Checklist
  • Incentive, Discipline, and Consequence-Consistency Framework

Day 4: Culture, Monitoring, and Improvement

  • Ethics and Compliance Culture Indicator Map
  • Monitoring, Testing, and Assurance Plan
  • Compliance Data Access and Evidence Inventory
  • Lessons-Learned and Root-Cause Feedback Loop
  • Effectiveness Dashboard and Improvement Backlog

Day 5: Ethics and Compliance System Practice

  • Exercise: Governance and Resource Adequacy Review
  • Exercise: Conduct Risk and Control Mapping
  • Exercise: Speak-Up, Triage, and Protection Simulation
  • Exercise: Culture and Effectiveness Evidence Challenge
  • Capstone Exercise: Ethics and Compliance Operating System Pack

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities that turn ethics commitments into operating evidence.

  • Suggested activity: map accountability, reporting access, resources, and oversight evidence for an ethics and compliance function.
  • Suggested activity: trace a conduct risk through policy, control, owner, indicator, and assurance evidence.
  • Suggested activity: route a speak-up concern while protecting confidentiality and separating triage from investigation decisions.
  • Suggested activity: convert culture indicators and lessons learned into an improvement backlog.

FAQs

Who should attend the Ethics and Compliance Operating Systems Training Course?

The course suits professionals who design, govern, operate, test, or oversee ethics and compliance controls. It assumes practical responsibility for compliance or conduct activities.

How does an ethics and compliance operating system differ from compliance fundamentals?

An ethics and compliance operating system integrates governance, conduct controls, reporting channels, accountability, culture evidence, testing, and improvement, while a fundamentals course introduces core concepts and responsibilities.

How can organizations measure ethics and compliance culture?

Organizations can combine speak-up patterns, retaliation indicators, employee feedback, control behavior, incentive evidence, disciplinary consistency, training application, leadership actions, and lessons learned while interpreting each measure in context.

What makes ethics and compliance monitoring useful?

Useful monitoring links risks to controls, owners, evidence, indicators, testing criteria, exceptions, root causes, and action closure so decision-makers can distinguish activity from effectiveness.

Conclusion

The course links ethics, compliance, conduct, reporting, accountability, culture, monitoring, and improvement in one operating cycle. Participants take back an Ethics and Compliance Operating System Pack with governance, control, culture, and effectiveness artifacts. The pack makes ownership, evidence, decisions, and improvement priorities easier to test and explain.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

When and where does this course run?

Showing 1-20 of 76 events
Image Location Dates Duration Mode Price Actions
Amsterdam Amsterdam Week 47, 2026
16 – 20 November 2026
1 Week Onsite €5,700
Toronto Toronto Week 47, 2026
22 – 26 November 2026
1 Week Onsite €12,000
San Diego San Diego Week 48, 2026
23 – 27 November 2026
1 Week Onsite €14,000
London London Week 49, 2026
30 November – 4 December 2026
1 Week Onsite €5,700
Lagos Lagos Week 49, 2026
6 – 10 December 2026
1 Week Onsite €4,100
Istanbul Istanbul Week 50, 2026
7 – 11 December 2026
1 Week Onsite €4,500
Tokyo Tokyo Week 51, 2026
14 – 18 December 2026
1 Week Onsite €10,000
Trabzon Trabzon Week 51, 2026
20 – 24 December 2026
1 Week Onsite €6,800
Dubai Dubai Week 52, 2026
21 – 25 December 2026
1 Week Onsite €4,500
Vienna Vienna Week 53, 2026
28 December 2026 – 1 January 2027
1 Week Onsite €5,700
Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Week 53, 2026
28 December 2026 – 1 January 2027
1 Week Onsite €4,700
Cape town Cape town Week 53, 2027
3 – 7 January 2027
1 Week Onsite €4,500
Dubai Dubai Week 01, 2027
4 – 8 January 2027
1 Week Onsite €4,500
Geneva Geneva Week 01, 2027
10 – 14 January 2027
1 Week Onsite €6,200
Berlin Berlin Week 02, 2027
11 – 15 January 2027
1 Week Onsite €5,700
Athens Athens Week 03, 2027
18 – 22 January 2027
1 Week Onsite €6,700
Nice Nice Week 04, 2027
25 – 29 January 2027
1 Week Onsite €5,700
New York New York Week 05, 2027
1 – 5 February 2027
1 Week Onsite €12,000
Paris Paris Week 06, 2027
8 – 12 February 2027
1 Week Onsite €5,700
Amsterdam Amsterdam Week 07, 2027
15 – 19 February 2027
1 Week Onsite €5,700

Frequently asked questions

When does this course next run?

The next date runs 16 – 20 November 2026 in Amsterdam. It is one of 76 dates scheduled up to November 2027.

Where is this course held?

In a classroom in 54 cities: Amsterdam, Toronto, San Diego, London, Lagos, Istanbul, Tokyo, Trabzon, and more. It is also scheduled as live online sessions.

Can I attend this course online?

Yes. One date is scheduled as a live online session: 20 – 24 September 2027, from €1,500 per participant.

How long is the course?

1 Week. Each date shows its start and end dates.

How much does the course cost?

Fees per participant run from €4,100 (Lagos) to €14,000 (San Diego) in a classroom, and from €1,500 live online. Each date shows its own fee.

What does this course cover?

OverviewEthics and Compliance Operating Systems Training Course is a one-week advanced course for professionals who design controls and culture, leaving with an Ethics and Compliance Operating System Pack. The course connects governance, conduct standards, risk assessment, speak-up processes, investigations interfaces, incentives, culture measurement, mon…

Are training dates available?

Yes. Available dates and destinations are listed in the course dates section on this page.

How can I register?

Choose an available date on this page and complete the registration form, or send a programme enquiry.

Can I download the course brochure?

Yes. Use the brochure download link provided on this page.

Can this course be run for our team?

Yes. Tell us the number of participants and your preferred dates and city through our training request form.

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