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Welcome to What Leads to Ethical Issues in Grants Management?

Purpose
In this microlearning, you’ll explore the common factors that contribute to ethical challenges, learn how to spot early warning signs and see how these issues often show up in daily grant activities like procurement, budgeting and subrecipient management. By the end, you’ll be better equipped to recognize risks and take steps to address them before they escalate.

Learning Objectives

• List common contributing factors to ethical issues in grants management and briefly describe how each one increases risk.
• Recognize early warning signs or red flags that may indicate an ethical issue is developing in a grant-funded program.
• Describe ways this ethical issue commonly appears in day-to-day grant activities, such as procurement, budgeting or subrecipient management.

What to Expect

• This course is interactive and designed to be completed in one sitting.
• Content
  • About this course
  • Common ethical issues in grants management in the following areas:
    • Procurement
    • Conflict of Interest
    • Tone at the Top
    • Allocable Use of Funds
    • Organizational Culture
    • Internal Controls
    • Policy Compliance
    • Monitoring and Documentation
  • Post-Test
    • To earn Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit, you must complete the entire course AND Score 100% on the Post-Test.  If you do not achieve 100%, you will need to retake the entire course and retry the test before CPE credit can be awarded.

Course Published: April 2026

Participants have the opportunity to earn .2 CPE credit | Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge

To be awarded the CPE credit, participants must complete the post-exam with 100% accuracy.

Prerequisites: Ethics in Grants Management - The Basics
Program Level: Basic
Advance Preparation: None
Delivery Method: Nano Learning

Special Accommodations
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend NGMA events. If you require a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this event, please contact info@ngma.org at least three weeks prior to the event.

Code of Conduct & Event Policies
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