Essential Compliance Duties for Directors

About this course

Directors play a critical role in governing organisations, managing risk and ensuring legal and ethical compliance. Understanding directors’ duties is essential for protecting both individual directors and the organisations they serve.

This course provides a practical overview of directors’ legal responsibilities, fiduciary obligations and governance requirements. Learners will explore key duties, emerging compliance challenges and best practice approaches to effective decision-making and corporate governance.

What the course covers

• Who do Directors Duties Apply to
• Fiduciary Relationships
• The Corporate Veil
• Directors’ Duties
• Individual Responsibility
• The Duty to Exercise Care, Skill and Diligence
• Stepping-stone Liability
• The Business Judgement Rule
• The Duty of Good Faith
• The Duty to Act in the Company’s Best Interests
• The Duty to Exercise Powers for a Proper Purpose
• The Duty not to Fetter Discretion
• The Duty to Avoid Conflicts of Interest
• The “No Conflicts” Rule

What people can do afterwards

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the legal obligations and responsibilities of company directors.
• Recognise key fiduciary duties and governance requirements.
• Apply practical strategies to fulfil directors’ duties and manage compliance risks.
• Identify conflicts of interest and respond appropriately.
• Understand emerging governance challenges, including ESG and regulatory expectations.
• Support sound decision-making and effective corporate governance practices.

How it is delivered

• Structured learning Designed for learners who are new to the topic or want a comprehensive overview. The course explores the subject in detail and typically takes 35–40 minutes to complete.

Two ways to run it

• Your policies, your scenarios

  We rebuild “Essential Compliance Duties for Directors” around how your organisation actually works, so the training changes behaviour instead of recording completions.

  Build a custom version

• Ready to run as it is

  Deploy the course off the shelf, with light branding if you want it. Delivered with our partner Safetrac, who will contact you directly.

  Deploy off the shelf

Either way, you can run it through our compliance platform or take it as a SCORM package for the LMS you already have.

What it costs

Off-the-shelf pricing starts at $4,000 a year for up to ten courses with your logo and colours applied, rising with how much you want changed. The tiers are the same across the catalogue, so they are set out once on the pricing page rather than repeated on all 101 courses.

If what you actually need is your own scenarios and your own policies rather than a reskin, that is a custom build, and it is the work Hungry Minds does.

Choosing an LMS

If you don’t currently have an LMS, we can help you select a platform that suits your organisation.

For smaller teams or organisations getting started, we typically recommend LearnWorlds for its ease of use and quick setup.For organisations requiring more advanced functionality and reporting, TalentLMS is a strong option.

Learn more:LearnWorlds TalentLMS

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