Course Curriculum
Conduct travels with you. So do standards.
- Where workplace conduct standards apply
- Why rules do not stop outside the office
- Informal settings and the risks they create
- What the extended workplace actually includes
- Recognising inappropriate behaviour offsite
- Why social settings lower professional guards
- Alcohol, informality, and heightened risk here
- What inappropriate behaviour looks like outside
- How consent applies at informal work events
- Respectful interactions outside the office
- Reading situations and responding with care
- When to step in and what to say or do
- Bystander action in informal work settings
- How to support a colleague safely offsite
- What to do when you witness a problem here
- Reporting incidents that happen outside work
- What managers are responsible for offsite
- Setting clear expectations before events begin
- How to monitor and respond to conduct issues
- Reporting and documenting offsite incidents
Outcomes
Build organisations where conduct standards hold in every setting, not just formal ones. Outcomes that protect people wherever work takes them.
Misconduct outside the office often happens because people assume the rules do not apply. This course removes that assumption, giving employees and managers a clear understanding that conduct standards travel with them to every setting connected to work, regardless of the occasion.
Consistency breaks down when people move between formal and informal settings. This course ensures that the same standards of behaviour and the same expectations around consent and respect apply everywhere, so employees know exactly what is required of them at all times.
Safety does not stop at the office door. This course extends the organisation’s commitment to safe working environments into offsites, travel, conferences, and social events, giving employees the confidence that they are protected and supported in every setting where work takes place.
Managers who are unclear about their offsite responsibilities leave gaps that misconduct can fill. This course gives managers a precise understanding of what they are accountable for beyond the office, and the tools to set expectations, monitor behaviour, and respond when standards are not met.