Professional Diploma in Corporate Compliance
Professional Diploma in Corporate Compliance (PDCC) is a brand new practical and interactive post-graduate executive course that reflects the demand by regulators, shareholders and other key stakeholders for sustainable and ethical/ compliant businesses, as well as the growing pressures stemming from national and international business environment. No successful corporation can operate without a robust governance, risk and compliance framework ensuring compliance with key legal and regulatory requirements and ethical principles. It also requires forward looking (effective) risk management strategies. It has become a norm that investors observe sustainability performance prior to joining their capital with a business endeavor.
Gained Competencies
Ability to create and promote a positive compliance and ethical culturein a competitive business environment (and to set tone from the top effectively and lead by example)
Ability to conduct an effective compliance risk assessmentand also to realize how to interpret its outputs effectively (and how to transfer some of the risks into opportunities)
Ability to manage the individual compliance risks and to design, implement, and maintain an effective framework of controls and processes in that respect (the so-called compliance management system)
Ability to manage effective governance modelssupporting delivery of strategic business goals within applicable legal and regulatory framework
- Board members, general managers and other statutory representatives
- Senior managers
- In-house lawyers
- Attorneys
- Compliance Managers
- Enterprise Risk Managers
- ESG Managers
- Law graduates
- Internal auditors
- Judges
- Prosecutors etc.
- Standard face-to-face interactive sessions (a combination of lectures and workshops) will apply: 4 face-to-face sessions (4 x 180 minutes). See „course outline“ for more details;
- Soft drinks and minor refreshment to be provided (coffee, water, snack etc.);
- Located at the Prague University of Economics and Business;
- LMS Moodle to be in active use (discussions, additional materials etc.);
- The PDCC course will be ended by submitting and also successfully presenting/ defending the final team assignment;
- 100 % face-to-face participation is required to successfully pass the PDCC course; an official completion certificate will be issued afterwards (stamped by the University of Economics and Business);
- The PDCC stands for 3 ECTS credits (i.e. 78 hours; note: 1 hour stand for 45 minutes):
- Workshops (4 face-to-face meetings) = 16 hours;
- Self-study (additional reading and other materials) = 12 hours;
- Continuous preparation for workshops = 12 hours;
- Preparation of the final team assignment and its presentation = 38 hours.
- Language: English.
| 1 | 22 May 2025 (Thursday), 16:15-19:30, room NB 474 | Course introduction and general instructions.
GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance): Where does corporate compliance sit these days and why is it so important? How to manage compliance risks effectively? What are legal aspects of corporate compliance (duty of care, business judgement rule, criminal liability of legal entities etc.)? |
Ing. Lucie Andreisová, Ph.D. |
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| 2 | 29 May 2025 (Thursday), 16:15-19:30, room NB 474 | Corporate compliance in practice: Corporate values and ethics, compliance culture, compliance professionals, anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance, competition law compliance (including dawn raids), whistleblowing etc. | Ing. Lucie Andreisová, Ph.D. |
| 3 | 5 June 2025 (Thursday), 16:15-19:30, room NB 474 | Fraud prevention and market abuse: How to effectively combat fraud in different organizations?
Course recap and conclusion. |
Ing. Lucie Andreisová, Ph.D. |
| 4 | 12 June 2025 (Thursday), 16:15-19:30, room NB 474 | Presentation of team assignments. | Ing. Lucie Andreisová, Ph.D. |
Price: 14 960,- Kč
Maximum of 15 participants.
If you need an invoice, please prefer to pay by bank transfer and let us know at ea@vse.cz.
Lucie is a dedicated compliance and risk management professional with a robust academic foundation and extensive hands-on experience across diverse industries. From 2011 to 2024, she led the development and implementation of compliance and risk frameworks in telecommunications, banking, and retail sectors—not only in the Czech Republic but also in the UK and across Central Europe (Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland). Between 2021 and 2024, Lucie served as the Chair of the Ethics Committee at the Prague University of Economics and Business. Currently, she combines her passion for education and consultancy, teaching at the Prague University of Economics and Business while advising organizations on compliance and risk strategies. Lucie is also an active member of the Compliance Academy and the International Compliance Association (ICA), contributing to the advancement of the field.Course Lecturer
Ing. Lucie Andreisová, Ph.D.
