Online Ethical eLearning Training

LBD: Understanding and Managing Behavior Examines why individuals behave the way they do and how behavior may be taught, changed, or modified. Historical foundations of the study of behavior and behavior managements, cultural influences, and ethical and legal concerns are also addressed. more...

The Contact Center and Technical Support Agent In the last few years, organizations have realized that it is easier to generate revenue from an existing customer base than to find new customers. Retaining customers has become paramount, and technical support has become a valuable resource. Driven by Customer Relationship Management (CRM) principles, this course explains how the role of the technical support agent (TSA) has changed as more...

Professional Skills for Customer Service Agents As a customer service agent (CSA), the focus of your job is to solve customers' problems within a short amount of time. To do this, you have to understand the optimum methods for professionally processing a large volume of customers representing many different personality types. This can be a challenging task. You can successfully handle an agent's workload while satisfying customers by mastering more...

The Customer Support Specialist CSS It costs a business much more to acquire a new customer than it does to retain an existing one. So it makes sense that a business must do everything it can to support and satisfy existing customers. Handling complaints effectively and efficiently can result in increased customer loyalty. Today's Customer Support Specialists (CSS) and support centers have a vital role to play in ensuring customers' more...

The Support Center Service This course is intended to instruct the learner in the Help Desk Institute's (HDI) basic levels of service commitments and attitude. Best practices, personal accountability, enhancing the image of the organization, and the work environment are covered. Individuals interested in the Help Desk Institute's (HDI) Customer Support Specialist (CSS) certification more...

Ethics and Professional Knowledge PMBOK aligned ...ethical mean? How does one make the best ethical choice in a complex project management environment? What are legal requirements, and how can you spot the moment when conflict of interest has occurred? In today's world, project managers must have a clear comprehension of these ethical responsibilities. Project managers must also be aware of their professional duty to contribute to the body of more...

Selecting Your Strategy Legal and Ethical Concerns ...Ethical Concerns, is the last of eleven courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify legal constraints to consider while negotiating, recognize how ethical standards vary between individuals and analyze unethical tactics to defuse improper behavior. The Negotiation Strategies curriculum helps today's busy professional identify and implement proven more...

Critical Thinking Strategies Simulation You have recently been hired as the general manager at Retail Management Software (RMS). The company began as a small start-up company five years ago, developing software that helps retailers create, manage, and fulfill consumer demand. The founders and owners, Fred Chambers and Larry Busby, and their small team worked hard and developed great products. Recently, RMS' business has increased a more...

Achieving Success with the help of a Mentor Perhaps you want to ask an expert in your field or organization to mentor you. Maybe a manager has offered to guide you up the organization ladder. Or perhaps you're participating in an organizationwide mentoring program. Whatever the case, you'll want to make the most of having a mentor in your corner. In "Achieving Success with the Help of a Mentor," you'll learn how a mentor can help you guide more...

Leading Change from the Front Line Have you ever wanted something at work to change, but no one ever addressed the issue, so you just put up with it? Maybe you didn't bring it up because you thought you were the only person who didn't like it. Maybe you didn't want to make a fool of yourself by making it an issue. Or maybe you thought your boss would be irritated if you mentioned it. If any of this sounds familiar, this course is more...

Investment Project Analysis and Selection Don't be intimidated by corporate finance and choosing appropriate investment projects. If you are a corporate manager faced with choosing between different investment projects, this course will be helpful. You will learn how to choose corporate projects based on the different project analysis models and advanced analysis tools. This course is designed specifically for business managers, financial more...

Managing and Maintaining Brand Equity There's a common saying: "The only thing constant in life is change." This is especially true when it comes to managing brands. Look at Coca-Cola and how it spawned several brand extensions such as Diet Coke and Cherry Coke. Then there was a brief, but widely publicized, brand crisis caused by New Coke, which resulted in the reintroduction of Coca-Cola Classic. This is an example of how, over more...

Scoping Your Internet Project Research Accurate Data This course helps learners to recognize the challenges associated with online research, and how to effectively research accurate, ethical, and useful data through searches and surveys on the Internet. Professionals who want to create and promote an online marketing strategy more...

Business Ethics - How We Do Business ...ethical standards that govern honest and fair business conduct, the different types of anticompetitive conduct that violate US antitrust law, the guidelines for avoiding insider trading, and the rules to which management and employees must adhere to avoid conflicts of interest with the company. All employees within an organization, whether new hires or as a refresher program for long-term more...

A Manager s Introduction to Business Law ...how managers serve as vital role models for demonstrating ethical business practices. This course also presents the basis and structure of the U.S. legal system and introduces relevant areas of business regulation. It outlines management's legal responsibilities and presents practical strategies for researching legal resources, for supporting legal counsel, and for proactively avoiding legal more...

Insider Trading ...llegal insider trading is harmful to the marketplace. The ethical arguments against insider trading draw attention to the disparity of information between the two parties to the transaction, the violation of property rights, and the undermining of investors' confidence in the market. This course will provide examples of illegal insider trading and list the main provisions under law governing more...

Sarbanes Oxley Whistleblower Protection ...hics and protocols for receiving and reviewing reports of ethical wrongdoing. More importantly, the Act enforces compliance by making both corporations and individuals accountable for their actions via administrative, civil, and criminal enforcement mechanisms. In this course, you'll learn about the key whistleblower provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the creation of policies and practices more...

Legal Ethical Social Global and Taxation Issues This WestNet e-Learning module provides a look at some of the legal and social issues to consider in your work as a Web professional. As the Web has become more entwined with our personal and professional lives, the laws, rules, and customs of the day-to-day real world have necessarily followed. In some cases, this has meant applying existing laws and customs to the Internet. In others, new laws more...

Federal Government - Gifts and Conflicts of Interest This course provides an overview of the ethical conduct expected of federal employees. It lists regulations that control the exchange of gifts between employees and the acceptance of gifts from outside sources. It also discusses rules that regulate the activities of employees outside the office so as to avoid any conflicts of interest.  more...

Federal Government - Travel and Political Activities This course provides an overview of the ethical conduct expected of federal employees with respect to their official travel and political activities. It describes travel allowances granted to employees and aspects of a federal travel management program. Additionally it lists rules of the Hatch Act which regulates the political activities of federal employees.  more...

Business Code of Conduct: Ethical Responsibility ...ethical responsibility in the workplace by focusing on relationships with customers prospects competition suppliers creditors and employees. identify effects of ethical behavior on the internal constituencies of a company. identify effects of ethical behavior on the external constituencies of a company. identify features of a corporate code of conduct. identify issues that a corporate code of more...

Consulting Skills: Serving as an Internal Consultant Consulting Skills: Serving as an Internal Consultant explains consulting roles and the skills required to succeed as an internal consultant. It identifies the processes for resolving conflict making ethical decisions and overcoming resistance to change as an internal consultant.  more...

Effective Presentations: Essentials of Persuasion In Effective Presentations: Essentials of Persuasion you will learn guidelines for ethical persuasion the goals of persuasion and how to encourage your audience to act in support of your policy. In addition you will learn how to organize a persuasive presentation how to enhance your credibility and how to use reasoning and emotional appeals to persuade your audience.  more...

Business Etiquette: Office Protocol Business Etiquette: Office Protocol offers students an overview of how to build relationships and conduct themselves professionally. The program details how to create a professional appearance develop positive relationships with co-workers and practice cubicle and office etiquette. In addition the program teaches learners the appropriate use of the Internet at work as well as how to handle more...

Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making In Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making you will learn about ethical dilemmas in business and a decision making process for solving them. You will also learn barriers and consequences to consider when making ethical decisions and the process for blowing the whistle when unethical situations arise.  more...

Business Ethics: Managerial Business Ethics In Business Ethics: Managerial Business Ethics you will learn about common managerial ethical issues as well as ways to proactively ensure ethicality in the workplace and address subordinates' ethical issues. You will also learn causes of unethical behavior how to recognize unethical behavior and how to end unethical behavior in the workplace.  more...

Business Ethics: Organizational Ethics In Business Ethics: Organizational Ethics you will learn about functional area ethics and organizational ethical principles as well as steps for developing a code of ethics and executing an internal ethical audit. You will also learn the four categories of corporate social responsibility and steps you can follow when social responsibilities clash.  more...