Who is presenting?
Liezl Groenewald
Liezl Groenewald is Senior Manager: Organisational Ethics at The Ethics Institute (TEI) in South Africa and the President of the Business Ethics Network of Africa (BEN-Africa).
Liezl holds a BA (Communication Science), a MPhil Degree in Applied Ethics for Professionals and is currently a PhD candidate in Applied Ethics (Stellenbosch University).
30 years’ working experience includes being a national security manager, VIP protector, political analyst and corruption and ethics investigator.
Liezl is a Council member of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), serves on several Council sub-committees, SAIPA’s Investigation Committee the global working group responsible for drafting an ISO Whistle-blowing Standard.
Who should attend?
This course is intended for persons responsible for conducting investigations into transgressions of organisations’ codes of ethics, organisational values and ethics related policies (e.g. conflicts of interest, sexual harassment and victimisation).
This course is NOT intended for persons with an investigative background.
Course background
The Ethics Investigations course is focused on the methodology of ethics investigations, interviewing skills and report writing.
What content is covered?
In the course the following themes are introduced and discussed:
- Introduction to ethics investigations vs. forensic investigations
- Essential qualities of an investigator
- The steps in an investigation, including:
- Planning and investigation
- Establishing facts
- Evaluating information
- Writing a report
- Interviewing, including:
- Preparing for an interview
- Setting the scene
- Differentiating between question types
What does it cost?
Members*/Supporters R1 093.00 (including VAT)
Non-members R1 300.00 (including VAT)
*Applies to members of TEI, ACFE, BEN-Africa, FPI, ICFP, IIASA, IoDSA, IRMSA, SABPP, SAICA, SAIPA, and SIOPSA
