Overview

Key facts

The Business Certificate in Ethics and Compliance from San Francisco State University provides access to post-undergraduate level students and professionals seeking specific academic training. These individuals may already have a graduate degree or are seeking graduate-level certificate course preparation for their further professional development.

Ethics and Compliance (E&C) specialists work to prevent their organizations from committing errors that violate ethical standards of best practice or regulatory compliance. E&C specialists assess a company’s potential adverse or ethical impacts on their stakeholders. These specialists may also use analytical tools, such as Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), to proactively measure the effectiveness of ethical practices and assess compliance with U.S. and global regulations by identifying specific situations of risk to an organization’s stakeholders (i.e., employees, customers, suppliers, regulators, and communities). Two key areas of need for E&C specialists are leadership in instantiating internal control and strategic planning in various functional areas of a company. Their role is to reduce the risk of unethical or illegal activities by individuals working in organizations through the development of policies and procedures to prevent these ethical failures. E&C specialists must be able to navigate within an organization to instantiate best practices using ethical negotiation skills. Examples of tools developed by E&C specialists include developing and supporting corporate codes of conduct, employee training, regulatory compliance processes, analytical assessment and forecasting, negotiation strategies, as well as advising top management and senior organizational leaders about ethical corporate culture.

Programme Structure

Courses

Ethics and Compliance in Business
Leadership in Action
International Business Negotiation

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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IELTS

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

San Francisco, United States

Disciplines

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General requirements

Possess a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in a field related to the program as determined by the Graduate Admissions Committee.

Must have completed a minimum of 12 semester (16 quarter) units in ethnic-related course work or have comparable experience.

Must have completed a basic course in statistics.

College transcripts.

The Master of Arts in Ethnic Studies application that includes a statement of purpose outlining background experiences and possible community involvement.

Two letters of recommendation.

An 8-15 page writing sample that best reflects the applicant's ability to do research in proposed areas of graduate study.

A curriculum vitae.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

9870 USD / year

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Out-of-State

9870 USD / year

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In-State

9870 USD / year

≈ 9870 USD / year

Additional Details

Out-of-State and International students must pay $444.00 PER UNIT in addition to the tuition fees

Living costs

San Francisco

United States

2206 - 4119 USD / month

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