AI Ethics
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AI Ethics
This course is part of AI For Business Productivity - 2026 Specialization
Instructor: Alex Genadinik
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Skills you'll gain
- Personally Identifiable Information
- Data Ethics
- Leadership Studies
- Business Ethics
- Corporate Sustainability
- Regulatory Compliance
- Compliance Management
- Ethical Standards And Conduct
- Governance
- Artificial Intelligence
- Law, Regulation, and Compliance
- Decision Making
- Environmental Issue
- Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG)
- Emerging Technologies
- Risk Analysis
- Responsible AI
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January 2026
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There are 4 modules in this course
In todayβs rapidly changing digital world, understanding business ethics and AI ethics is essential for anyone working in business, technology, or leadership. This comprehensive course teaches you how to make ethical decisions, lead with integrity, and apply responsible AI practices in real organizations. It is designed for professionals, students, managers, and entrepreneurs who want a strong foundation in ethical thinking as well as practical frameworks for navigating modern challenges created by emerging technologies.
You will learn the fundamentals of business ethics, including ethical leadership, organizational responsibility, stakeholder impact, and how to build ethical cultures inside companies. We explore real-world scenarios such as conflicts of interest, transparency, environmental responsibility, and corporate social responsibility. The course also focuses heavily on AI ethics, giving you the skills to evaluate AI systems, identify risks, reduce bias, safeguard privacy, and ensure responsible and safe use of AI tools. You will learn how companies create AI governance guidelines, form ethics committees, conduct risk assessments, and follow global regulations. We discuss the challenges of algorithmic bias, data misuse, misinformation, privacy concerns, safety, explainability, and the long-term societal impact of AI. Through examples and case studies from major organizations, you will gain practical strategies for designing, deploying, and overseeing AI systems responsibly. By the end of the course, you will be able to apply ethical frameworks to business decisions, create responsible AI policies, evaluate ethical concerns in AI-driven products, and confidently navigate the intersection of business, technology, and society.
What's included
5 videos
5 videosβ’Total 30 minutes
- Introduction and welcomeβ’2 minutes
- Difference between morals, ethics, and lawβ’3 minutes
- Objective morality vs. conventional morality: are there universal ethics?β’3 minutes
- Major theories in ethicsβ’13 minutes
- What is biological human nature, and how does it related to ethics?β’8 minutes
What's included
5 videos
5 videosβ’Total 33 minutes
- Starting to examine AI ethicsβ’10 minutes
- Will AI cause people to lose their jobs and massive layoffs?β’4 minutes
- The relationship between AI ethics and lawsβ’6 minutes
- Ethics with which businesses typically operateβ’8 minutes
- Biggest questions in AI ethicsβ’5 minutes
What's included
2 videos
2 videosβ’Total 13 minutes
- Questions about AI use to create original worksβ’4 minutes
- Answers about ethical AI use in creating works or contentβ’9 minutes
What's included
1 video1 assignment
1 videoβ’Total 6 minutes
- Introduction and definitions in corporate AI governanceβ’6 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Course testβ’30 minutes
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