ISO 9001:2026 Ethics in Quality Management Online Workshop

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Most Corners Are Cut by Honest People.

An Online Workshop on the New Ethics and Quality Culture Requirements for Top Management, Quality Managers, Internal Auditors, and Supervisors

Ethics failures are rarely about not knowing right from wrong. Usually the people involved knew. The system around them created pressure and gave it nowhere to go.

ISO 9001:2026 now gives ethics a place inside the quality system. Clause 5.1.1 gives top management a named duty to promote quality culture and ethical behavior. Clause 7.3 makes everyone aware of it, and a new note in 7.1.4 connects it to the work environment. This workshop shows you what those requirements ask for and how to make them real.

What You'll Learn

Why Ethics Is Now Part of ISO 9001

The Four Clauses That Carry the Ethics Requirements

Building and Evidencing an Ethical Culture

Audit Readiness and Your Transition Plan

Why Quality Leaders Take This Workshop

Built on the New Standard

Every module is mapped to the ISO 9001:2026 clauses that carry the ethics and quality culture requirements.

From Policy to Evidence

Learn the difference between an ethics policy on paper and the demonstrated behavior, decisions, and records an auditor can verify.

Real-World Benchmarks

Compare the published ethics policies of five global ISO-certified organizations and apply what works to your own framework.

Practical Exercises

Work through a leadership gap review, an awareness message, ethics scenarios, and a gap analysis you can take straight to your team.

Transition-Ready

Leave with a phased action plan to close your ethics gaps well before the September 2029 transition deadline.

Why This Training Is Different

This workshop is taught by Diana Lynn, founder and President of Management Systems International (MSI) and owner of The Strategic Initiative (TSI). Diana has spent 28 years implementing ISO management systems and has guided more than 80 organizations to certification, every one of them on the first attempt.

MSI by the Numbers

  • 28 years of ISO implementation and auditing experience
  • 80+ organizations guided to certification
  • 100% first-time certification success rate
  • 600+ professionals trained
  • The Strategic Initiative (TSI): MSI’s sister company, dedicated to training future ISO consultants

What Makes This Workshop Valuable

Most ISO 9001:2026 transition training focuses on clause wording. This workshop focuses on what the ethics requirements look like in practice: how leaders demonstrate them, how employees understand them, and how an auditor verifies them. It works as a briefing for top management, a practical guide for quality managers, and a focused update for internal auditors.

Who Should Take This Workshop

This workshop is designed for:

  • Quality managers and Management System Representatives leading the ISO 9001:2026 transition
  • Top management and department leaders responsible for demonstrating ethical behavior under Clause 5.1.1
  • Internal auditors who need to audit the new ethics clauses
  • HR leaders supporting the work environment and psychological safety under Clause 7.1.4
  • Procurement, sales, and marketing leaders whose decisions shape customer and supplier ethics
  • Consultants and advisors supporting organizations through the transition

If your organization is certified to ISO 9001, the ethics requirements apply to you.

Course Details

Release Date: October 7, 2026
Format: Recorded online workshop
Modules: 7 modules plus a wrap-up
Level: All levels
Standard: ISO 9001:2026 (Clauses 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 7.1.4, 7.3, and Annex A)
Materials: Ethics policy workshop exercise, internal audit checklist, and gap analysis worksheet
Instructor: Diana Lynn, founder and President of MSI
Certificate: Certificate of completion
Free Preview: Module 1, Lesson 1, “Ethics Was Never Optional” (11:47)
Investment: $297
Also available: Ethics & Leadership Kit, workshop + QuickStart + procedure template, $421

What You'll Walk Away With

✓ A clear understanding of the ISO 9001:2026 ethics requirements
✓ Practical ways for leaders to demonstrate ethical behavior
✓ Methods to embed ethics into risk, suppliers, and management review
✓ An updated approach to Clause 7.3 awareness training
✓ An internal audit checklist for the ethics clauses
✓ Benchmarks from five global ethics policies
✓ A gap analysis of your own organization
✓ A phased transition plan to September 2029

Why Ethics Matters to Your Quality Management System

Under ISO 9001:2026, ethics is no longer assumed. It must be demonstrated. Organizations that get this right:

  • Build trust with customers, employees, and certification bodies
  • Treat ethical failures as quality risks and address them early
  • Give employees a safe way to speak up and act on what they hear
  • Make better decisions when values are tested by schedule or cost pressure
  • Transition smoothly because the evidence already exists in daily operations

This workshop shows you how to make ethical behavior visible, measurable, and part of how your quality system runs.

Frequently Asked Questions

When can I start the workshop?
Right away. You get full access to all modules and downloads as soon as you enroll.

What is the difference between the workshop and the Ethics & Leadership Kit?
The workshop teaches the ethics requirements and how to evidence them. The kit adds the Leadership and Commitment QuickStart and an editable Leadership Procedure Template, so you can turn what you learn into a documented procedure. The kit is $421, a $74 saving over buying them separately.

Is ISO 9001:2026 really adding ethics requirements?
Yes. Clause 5.1.1 now requires top management to promote and demonstrate a quality culture and ethical behavior, and Clause 7.3 requires personnel to be aware of them. Related expectations appear in Clauses 5.1.2 and 7.1.4 and in Annex A.

When do we need to transition?
Organizations have a three-year transition period, with all certificates expected to move to ISO 9001:2026 by September 2029. Check with your certification body for its specific transition audit requirements.

Who in my organization should take this workshop?
Quality managers, top management, internal auditors, and leaders in HR, procurement, and sales all have a role in meeting the ethics requirements.

Do I need auditing experience?
No. Working familiarity with ISO 9001 is helpful, but no auditing experience is required.

Will this help our internal auditors?
Yes. Module 6 covers how auditors assess ethics, common findings, and an internal audit checklist for the ethics clauses.

Can I use the exercises with my team?
Yes. The exercises are designed so you can complete them on your own or run them with your team.

Will I receive a certificate?
Yes. You will receive a certificate of completion when you finish the workshop.

Choose Your Option

Workshop only: $297. The full Ethics in Quality Management online workshop: 7 modules plus a wrap-up, practical exercises, an internal audit checklist, a gap analysis worksheet, and your certificate.

Ethics & Leadership Kit: $421 (save $74). Everything in the workshop, plus:

  • ISO 9001:2026 Leadership and Commitment Implementation QuickStart: twenty-eight leadership decisions across five stages, in the order to make them.
  • ISO 9001 Management Review & Leadership Procedure Template: an editable procedure built to ISO 9001:2026, with a transition edition for organizations still certified to 2015.

The workshop shows what Clause 5.1.1 asks of your leaders. The kit gives you the procedure to put those decisions on the record.

View the Ethics & Leadership Kit →

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For $297, this workshop gives you a clear understanding of the ISO 9001:2026 ethics requirements, practical tools to demonstrate them, and a transition plan you can put to work starting today.

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Learning Objectives

  • What changed in ISO 9001:2026 and why ethics is now auditable
  • The ethics requirements in Clauses 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 7.1.4, and 7.3
  • How top management demonstrates ethical behavior, not just states it
  • How to embed ethics into risk, suppliers, and management review
  • What auditors will look for and the most common nonconformities
  • How to build a gap analysis and transition plan to September 2029

Course Curriculum

Module 1: Context and Why Ethics Now
How ISO 9001 has evolved from 1987 to 2026, why ethics is now explicit and auditable, and the business case for ethical quality management. Download your Participant Workbook first (attached to this lesson). Every module points you to a worksheet in it, and your answers come together in Module 7.

Module 2: What the Standard Says
A clause-by-clause walkthrough of the ethics requirements in 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 7.1.4, and 7.3, plus the Annex A guidance and the transition period.

Module 3: Leadership’s Role
What top management must now do to promote and demonstrate ethical behavior, and how to avoid ethics that exist only on paper.

Module 4: Building an Ethical Culture
Embedding ethics into risk, supplier selection, and management review, with good-practice and pitfall case studies and a real-world ethics policy exercise.

Module 5: Awareness and Competence
Meeting the new Clause 7.3 awareness requirement and building ethics literacy across your workforce.

Module 6: Preparing for Audit
How auditors assess ethics, the evidence they look for, common nonconformities, and an internal audit checklist for the ethics clauses.

Module 7: Gap Analysis and Transition Plan
Mapping your current QMS against the ethics clauses and building a phased plan to the September 2029 transition deadline.

Wrap-Up: Key Takeaways and Next Steps
Key takeaways, immediate actions, and resources for your ISO 9001:2026 ethics transition.

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Workbook

  • Recorded video modules for all seven workshop topics
  • Workshop exercise: Real-World Ethics Policies in ISO-Certified Companies
  • Internal audit checklist for the ethics clauses
  • Gap analysis table and transition planning worksheet
  • Certificate of completion

Requirements

  • Working familiarity with ISO 9001 (2015 or 2026 edition)
  • Access to your organization's quality policy and code of conduct is helpful for the exercises
  • No prior auditing experience required

Target Audience

  • Quality managers and Management System Representatives
  • Top management and department leaders
  • Internal auditors
  • HR, procurement, and sales leaders who support the QMS
  • Organizations transitioning to ISO 9001:2026

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