Course Overview:

This course uses case-based instruction to explore real-world ethical dilemmas, blending classical leadership ethics with customizable, discipline-specific scenarios. Each module follows a structured approach—introducing ethical themes, analyzing anchoring and applied cases, and facilitating discussion—to help you identify tensions, evaluate decision pathways, and strengthen moral courage. Topics range from unchecked authority and accountability to ethical fatigue, delegation, and legacy-building, ensuring relevance for professionals in public health, business, law, policy, and beyond. 

Modules:

• Power, Authority, and Accountability
• Moral Courage and Speaking Up
• Rules, Compliance, and Ethical Fatigue
• Complexity, Delegation, and Responsibility
• Legacy, Succession, and Ethical Continuity

Audience:

Professionals who have completed foundational ethics training or have significant leadership experience from any discipline are welcome to register. Case studies used will be customized based on registered participants’ disciplines. 

Open to professionals in all disciplines.

Learning Objectives:

This course will enable participants to:

1. Analyze how unchecked authority leads to ethical drift and identify mechanisms for ethical restraint.
2. Evaluate “speak-up” scenarios and assess ethical escalation strategies.
3. Distinguish between compliance and ethical responsibility and recognize ethical fatigue.
4. Identify responsibility gaps and clarify ethical ownership in complex organizations.

5. Assess ethical risks during transitions and articulate responsibilities tied to legacy.

Contact Information:

Veronica Ponce de Leon, CE Director: (310) 206-2304, vponcedeleon@ph.ucla.edu 

Payment Terms:

Classes are subject to cancellation by the host due to low registration or scheduling issues. If a class is cancelled by the host, participants will receive a full refund of their original payment.

(rev. 11/6/09):

Participant cancellations must be in writing. Refund schedule due to participant-requested cancellations is:

• 15 or more business days before the class: 80% of registration fee
• 7-14 business days before the class: 50% of registration fee
• Less than 7 days before the class and "no shows": No refund

If course materials such as books have been sent to course participants in advance, the cost of that material will be subtracted from the refund.

UCLA reserves the right to postpone an offering 7 days prior to the course date should minimum enrollment requirements not be met. If a program is canceled, you will be notified and your registration fee will be refunded in full, less the cost of course materials sent in advance if they are not returned in the condition in which they were received. The liability of UCLA is limited to the course fee.

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