Diligent Launches AI Ethics & Board Oversight Certification for Corporate Directors and Executives

August 15, 2023 at 09:00 AM EDT

Certification helps board members and executives navigate the ethical and technological issues inherent in AI to steer their organizations toward sustainable, trustworthy practices

Diligent, a leading GRC SaaS company, today announced its AI Ethics & Board Oversight Certification for corporate directors and executives. The program will help leaders navigate the context and basics of artificial intelligence (AI), associated opportunities and risks, ethics and compliance frameworks and regulatory considerations, to enhance their oversight of AI.

"The promise and impact of AI is top of mind in the boardroom,” said Dottie Schindlinger, Executive Director of Diligent Institute. “Directors see the benefit of using AI to enhance efficiencies and gain insights, but risks can arise without the right tools and oversight. This certification will outline the risks and opportunities associated with AI against the background of today’s regulatory landscape, and help leaders identify governance models to consider the ethical and compliance implications of AI.”

The self-paced e-learning curriculum, developed in partnership with Volkov Law, includes four courses: Overview of Ethics & Compliance; Overview of Artificial Intelligence; Aligning AI with Ethics & Compliance and AI Governance & Oversight. The program features top experts across AI, ethics, compliance, and regulatory and legal industries, including renowned speakers:

Meghan S Anzelc, Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Three Arc Advisory
Richard Barber, C-Suite Leader, Board Director and AI Governance Consultant
Andrea Bonime-Blanc, CEO & Founder, GEC Risk Advisory
Alexander Cotoia, Regulatory Compliance Manager, The Volkov Law Group
Dan Hendrycks, Executive Director, Center for AI Safety
Josh Klein, CEO, Indigometrics
Dominique Shelton Leipzig, Partner, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy; Leader, Global Data Innovation, Mayer Brown
Dr. Jodie Lobana, Managing Director, Lobana Consulting Group
Myrna Soto, CEO & Founder, Apogee Executive Advisors
Michael Volkov, CEO, The Volkov Law Group

“The Volkov Law Group is pleased to partner with Diligent Institute in creating a certificate program that brings the murky problem of AI and ethics into relief. This program is a must for board members interested in the overlap of ethics and compliance with concerns over the use of AI, which has the potential to transform the way organizations function,” said Michael Volkov, CEO of Volkov Law. “Of course, the use of AI means that boards need to develop a coherent strategy for dealing with AI issues in the workplace. The goal of this training is to precipitate meaningful discussion among stakeholders about issues like bias, accountability, reliability, and access, among other things.”

Courses begin September 20^th. The cost of the certification is $3,500 USD and early bird registration with a 50% discount is open now until September 30^th, 2023. Learn more about Diligent’s AI Ethics & Board Oversight Certification, and view a full course overview, here.

About Diligent

Diligent is a leading GRC SaaS company that gives organizations the tools and solutions they need to bring clarity to complex risk, elevate impactful insights and get ahead of a world that is constantly changing. With solutions across governance, risk, compliance, audit and ESG, Diligent empowers more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members and leaders to make better decisions, faster. No matter the challenge. Learn more at diligent.com.

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