Professional Ethics Courses and Certifications

Media ethics & governance

600 ratings at Coursera

Apply ethical theories such as consequentialism and utilitarianism to media dilemmas, trace media governance models, and build substantiated arguments for journalism, advertising, and big-data practice.

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

Data Science Ethics with R

15 ratings at Coursera

Spot misleading data visualizations, algorithmic bias, and privacy risks in data collection, then apply frameworks for responsible data use and communicating results with integrity.

• Coursera
• 6 hours 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Foundations of Professional Identity

67 ratings at Coursera

Clarify your work values, apply a decision-making framework to ethical dilemmas, spot nine career "TRAGEDIES," and script what to say in difficult moments.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Data Science Ethics

4 ratings

Learn how to think through the ethics surrounding privacy, data sharing, and algorithmic decision-making.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Data Science: Ethical decision-making in practice

Apply ethical frameworks across the data science project lifecycle: debate professionalisation, test conditions for responsibility, weigh codes of ethics, and judge when to blow the whistle.

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

Organ Donation: From Death to Life

15 ratings

Learn how brain death and circulatory death are determined, how to request consent from grieving families, and how donated organs are assessed, allocated and transplanted.

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

LearnKartS

Workplace Ethics and Professionalism

93 ratings at Coursera

Apply ethical decision-making models like the 3Rs, Potter Box, PLUS, Kidder's 9 Checkpoints and the Front Page Technique to workplace dilemmas, rebuild trust, and lead with integrity.

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

EDUCBA

Accounting Ethics, Governance & Internal Controls

Apply accounting ethics in practice: work through the IMA ethical standards, SOX and FCPA rules, fraud risk red flags, and preventive, detective and corrective internal controls.

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

EDUCBA

Ethical Portfolio Management Practices

Apply ethical standards in portfolio management: handle misrepresentation, market manipulation, material non-public information, client suitability, confidentiality, and accurate performance reporting.

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

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

5 ratings at OpenLearn

Although ethics is often viewed as an academic specialism or an add-on to training programmes in technology and science, it is in fact an area of the utmost relevance to professionals and, indeed, ...

• OpenLearn
• 40 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Ethical Issues in AI and Professional Ethics

41 ratings at Coursera

Examine algorithmic bias in facial recognition, AI hiring and predictive policing, plus the ACM code of ethics, diversity in tech, and generative AI's risks.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 8 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Managerial Ethics: Reflective Practices For Action

Develop reflective practices to build resilient and ethical organizations by removing ethical blinders and fostering an ethical climate.

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

A question of ethics: right or wrong?

4 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, A question of ethics: right or wrong?, discusses ethical and professional principles in sport and fitness environments. Working closely with individuals and developing ...

• OpenLearn
• 7 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

IIT Kharagpur;  NPTEL

Ethics in Engineering Practice

Explores how engineers reason through conflicts between professional duties, public welfare, acceptable risk, and environmental responsibility.

• Swayam
• 8 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

Water Engineering Ethic

Explores engineering ethics through water-engineering cases, examining risk, responsibility, justice, environmental impacts, and sustainable development in engineering practice.

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course