INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS & ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING

Module 2 - INTERMEDIARY COURSE

INTERMEDIARY COURSE ON ETHICS & PROFESSIONALISM

Theory and Application
Date : 9 July 2025
Venue: Southern Sun Rosebank, Johannesburg

This one-day, in-person ECSA accredited Intermediary Ethics & Professionalism course, is the second in a three-part series. This intermediary course serves to introduce the candidate to the concept of Professionalism, and Professional codes of conduct in terms of their ethical expectations and real-life application.

This is an interactive course that covers the definition of Professionalism & the ECSA code of Professional conduct, Public Engagement, Risk and Mitigation strategies and Whistleblowing.

Candidates will learn how Professional Codes of conduct expect and exact specific qualifications, ethics and professional behaviours from their members whilst also encouraging them to interact with the wider community through public forums when community projects are being planned and proposed.

This Intermediary in-person course is divided into 6 study modules over the course of the day.
Each module will consist of 1 hour of lectured material including time allocated for questions from candidates. The following study modules will make up the programme for our one day in-person Intermediary course on Ethics & Professionalism.

INTERMEDIARY ETHICS & PROFESSIONALISM ONE DAY, PROGRAMME

• Definition of a Profession & Professionalism (1 Hour)
• ECSA code of Professional Conduct (1 Hour)
• Public engagement (1 Hour)
• Deontology (1 Hour)
• Risk & Mitigation Strategies (1 Hour)
• Whistleblowing (1 Hour)
• Case Study examples of professionalsnon-compliant with the ECSA code (1 Hour)

Module 3 - Advanced course

ADVANCED COURSE IN ETHICS CASE STUDIES

Theory and Application
Date :10 July 2025
Venue: Southern Sun Rosebank, Johannesburg

This one-day, in-person ECSA accredited Introduction This one-day, in-person ECSA accredited Advanced course in Ethics Case Studies serves, through the use of real-life examples, to demonstrate the importance of ethics in both our personal and professional lives.

This is an interactive course that brings to a conclusion the 3-part SAIMM Ethics Course in teaching how ethics shape our understandings, opinions and actions at home and in the workplace. The impact of extrinsic forces will also form part of this course and the role they can play in supporting, opposing, or even sabotaging our ethical decision-making.

Candidates will briefly re-visit ethical approaches before interrogating case studies to see how they conform with ethical approaches, or how they are deficient in ethics. As will be demonstrated through case study outcomes, the lack of ethics can often lead to unsatisfactory and even fatal consequences.

This Advanced in-person course on Ethics in Case Studies is divided into 6 study modules over the course of the day.
Each module will consist of 1 hour of lectured material including time allocated for questions from candidates. The following study modules will make up the programme for our one day in-person Advanced Course in Ethics Case studies.

ADVANCED COURSE IN ETHICS CASE STUDIES

• Re-visiting ethical approaches (1 Hour)
• Extrinsic Forces & Environmental Ethics: Bhopal disaster (1 Hour)
• Human Dignity & the Right to life: Case studies Tylenol & 737 Max8 (1 Hour)
• Case studies: Grayston Bridge & Tongaat Mall Collapses (1 Hour)
• Case studies: Citicorp & George Building Collapse (1 Hour)
• Case studies: Ford Pinto & Ford Kuga (1 Hour)

Registration fees

Kindly note, registration closes on 4 July 2025. Please note late registrations will incur a R500 administration fee for registrations received after the closing date.

Presenter

L. Doherty
Prior to her return to academia in 2010, Dr Doherty had a successful career in local and international marketing. Brands under management included Trivial Pursuit®; Star Wars®; Five Roses®; Willards®; Johnson Wax Rally® and Pennzoil®
Dr Doherty was the head of Complementary studies in the School of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical

Engineering at Wits from 2013 until 2024 where she became a regional expert in Engineering Ethics. She authored a book “Engineering Ethics in Southern Africa: Theories & Cases published in 2023 by Juta Publishing, which is recommended by Universities who have an ECSA accredited Engineering programme.

Her academic interests lie in Ethics, Philosophy, Business Management and Organisational Behaviour and she now guest lectures in industry.

Contact

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gugu Charlie, Conferences and Events Coordinator
E-mail: gugu@saimm.co.za | Tel: +27 11 538-0238 | Web:www.saimm.co.za