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ethics management interventions that candidates have to compile . Accreditation for this course is done through the University of Stellenbosch Business School Executive Development , TEI ’ s academic partner in offering this course . We present bespoke private sector as well as public sector versions of the programme that are open to any organisation in these sectors , as well as in-house private sector and public sector programmes delivered to specific client organisations . The graph below shows the cumulative number of more than 2 160 persons trained on 140 editions of program over the last 19 years .
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• Ethics assessments Organisations are able to have their ethics performance formally assessed , for the purposes of gauging their current performance and developing a strategy going forward . For this purpose , TEI has developed its own assessment instruments , which have all been rigorously tested and normed . Specialised assessment instruments have been developed for assessing ethical conduct risk in organisations , for auditing the maturity of ethics management programmes , processes and structures in organisations , as well as for assessing the maturity or the ethical culture of an organisation . Because most of these instruments are standardised and normed , organisations can compare their ethics risk profile or the maturity of their ethical culture with those of their industry peers . These assessment instruments compare well with the best available instruments in the world . Most of the assessments can be completed online .
In addition to these assessment instruments , TEI has also developed its own audit standard for assessing safe reporting ( whistleblowing ) systems . The purpose of assessing these systems through an annual audit is to provide assurance to potential reporters of unethical or illegal conduct that their reports will be handled in a professional manner , and that their identity will not be revealed should they select to submit an anonymous report .
• Advisory services TEI also provides advice to organisations on how to increase the effectiveness of their ethics interventions in the form of one-on-one or group sessions for all organisational levels . Our advisory services are tailored to the specific requirements of the client organisation . Advice is provided on all aspects of the governance and management of ethics . This can include advice on the development of codes of ethics and ethics-related policies , like whistleblowing , gifts , or conflict of interest policies . It can also include advice on setting up governance and management of ethics structures , or advice on improving the trust in ,