Ethical Leadership Courses and Certifications

Ethical Leadership Through Giving Voice to Values

616 ratings at Coursera

Learn to act on your values at work: apply the seven pillars of Giving Voice to Values, pre-script and rehearse responses to objections, and coach peers.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Notre Dame Career Certificate

Ethical Leadership

209 ratings at Coursera

Develop leadership grounded in integrity and values, covering business's role in a just society, the ethics of communication and technology, diverse leadership, and leading from within.

• Coursera
• 12 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 6 courses

Victoria University of Wellington

Ethical Leadership in a Changing World

What does ethical leadership really mean? Discover the importance of an ethical approach, how ethical issues can be addressed, and how to become an ethical leader yourself.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

PRDV231: Elements of Ethical Leadership

Examine the classical virtues of leadership, competing perspectives on leadership, and the traits that distinguish an ethical or virtuous leader.

• Saylor University
• 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Leading with Integrity and Values

1 rating

Develops value-driven leadership by aligning actions with core values, building trust, and modeling integrity in decisions and team management.

• CodeSignal
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

The Ethical Leader

19 ratings at Coursera

Apply consequentialist, deontological, and virtue theories to leadership decisions, compare transformational, servant, situational and inclusive leadership models, and weigh the moral challenges of artificial intelligence.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 11 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Decision Making and Ethical Reasoning

Analyze workplace ethical dilemmas, recognize cognitive biases and decision errors, and lead team decision-making that aligns with organizational strategy and values.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Ethics for Leaders : Culture, Psychology, and Strategy

3843 ratings at Udemy

What Psychology, Neuroscience, Philosophy, and History reveal about Ethics — and how Leaders can build Ethical Cultures

• Udemy
• 3 hours 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls in the Tech Industry

Examine how managers take the wrong ethical path: operating "in the gray", rational thinking versus intuition, and the deliberate infliction of a negative act.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

The Ethics of Deception & Dishonesty : Strategies & Insights

2091 ratings at Udemy

Minimize Deception and Dishonesty : Leadership Insights, Lessons, and Strategies, for the workplace, and beyond !

• Udemy
• 3 hours 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

CertNexus

Create and Lead an Ethical Data-Driven Organization

98 ratings at Coursera

Develop strategies to lead an ethics initiative in a data-driven organization: build an ethical culture, weigh ethics in governance, and create and deploy a code of ethics and policies.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Notre Dame

Leading from Within

22 ratings at Coursera

Lead from within rather than without: clarify personal values, apply the four cardinal virtues, resolve moral dilemmas, and take ethical stances at organizational and societal levels.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 7 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Leading with a Technology Ethics Mindset

Learn to spot ethical risks in technology decisions, apply fairness, transparency, privacy and accountability principles, weigh stakeholder trade-offs, and build governance and culture for responsible innovation.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Leadership Lessons from Dr Pritam Singh

Move from toxic to virtuous leadership: study case studies of ethical behavior, followers' expectations, and change maestros while reflecting on your own leadership style.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Ethics and Leadership

Lead with integrity in high-stakes environments. Explore ethical failures, military values, and leadership strategies that promote ethical conduct.

• edX
• 3 weeks, 1-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)