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Responsible AI in the Workplace

A practical, visual awareness course on using generative AI tools safely and ethically at work. Learn how to protect private and confidential data, watch for bias, verify outputs, respect copyright and follow your acceptable-use policy, as paced slides with diagrams, a real workplace decision scenario and quick self-checks grounded in Australian law.
What You Will Learn
- Describe what generative AI is and why responsible, ethical use matters at work
- Protect personal and confidential information when using AI tools, consistent with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)
- Recognise and reduce the risk of bias and discrimination in AI outputs under Australian anti-discrimination law
- Verify AI outputs for accuracy and take accountability for decisions made with AI
- Apply intellectual property, copyright and acceptable-use rules when creating and using AI content
Course Content
- Responsible AI in the Workplace
- By the end of this course, you'll be able to:
- Generative AI creates new content from patterns in data
- Responsible AI use rests on five everyday habits
- Australia has no single 'AI Act': the laws you already follow apply
- AI is a tool you are accountable for, not a decision-maker
- What you type into an AI tool can leave your control
- The Privacy Act 1988 sets 13 rules for handling personal information
- What is generally safe, and what to keep out of public AI tools
- A leak of personal data can become a notifiable data breach
- Extra privacy rules if you work in the public sector
- AI learns from data, including the biases in it
- Unfair AI decisions can breach anti-discrimination law
- Four ways to keep AI-assisted decisions fair
- Fairness is a core Australian AI Ethics Principle
- AI can sound confident and still be wrong
- Verify before you trust an AI output
- Some outputs always need a human check before use
- You are responsible for what you send, publish or decide
- Copyright still applies when you use AI
- Who owns AI-generated content is not always clear
- Working responsibly with AI-generated content
- Your acceptable-use policy is the rulebook that applies to you
- Now put the five habits into practice
- Drafting a customer campaign with AI
- The five habits to carry away
Who This Course Is For
All staff who use, or might use, generative AI tools such as chatbots and writing, image or coding assistants, in any office, service or frontline role.
Written by Kam Askari, Managing Director of Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 Lead Auditor. MBA, Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, MAICD. Checked against the sources listed below.
Sources and Legal References
This course is aligned to 21 official sources. Legal and regulatory references checked between 31 August 2026 and 9 September 2026.
Sources and Further Reading
This course draws on the following official sources. Always rely on the current version on the regulator’s website.
- LegislationPrivacy Act 1988 (Cth)As at 31/08/2026
- LegislationCopyright Act 1968 (Cth)As at 31/08/2026
- LegislationAge Discrimination Act 2004 (Cth)As at 31/08/2026
- LegislationSex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth)As at 31/08/2026
- LegislationDisability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth)As at 31/08/2026
- LegislationRacial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth)As at 31/08/2026
- Regulator guidanceDepartment of Industry, Science and Resources, Australia's AI Ethics PrinciplesAs at 31/08/2026
- Regulator guidanceDepartment of Industry, Science and Resources, Voluntary AI Safety StandardAs at 31/08/2026
- Regulator guidanceDepartment of Industry, Science and Resources, Guidance for AI AdoptionAs at 31/08/2026
- Regulator guidanceOffice of the Australian Information Commissioner, About the Notifiable Data Breaches schemeAs at 31/08/2026
- LegislationPrivacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW)As at 31/08/2026
- LegislationHealth Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 (NSW)As at 31/08/2026
- LegislationPrivacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic)As at 31/08/2026
- LegislationHealth Records Act 2001 (Vic)As at 31/08/2026
- LegislationInformation Privacy Act 2009 (Qld)As at 31/08/2026
- LegislationPersonal Information Protection Act 2004 (Tas)As at 31/08/2026
- LegislationInformation Privacy Act 2014 (ACT)As at 31/08/2026
- LegislationInformation Act 2002 (NT)As at 31/08/2026
- LegislationPrivacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024 (WA)As at 31/08/2026
- Regulator guidanceThe Privacy Act (OAIC overview)As at 31/08/2026
- Regulator guidancePrime Minister of Australia, media release, AI in Australia’s interests (15 July 2026)As at 09/09/2026
Always rely on the current version on the regulator’s website.
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What You Get
Certificate of Completion
This is to certify that
has successfully completed
All learning modules and the final assessment
Kam Askari
Director, Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd
This is a certificate of completion of a non-accredited professional development course. It is not a nationally recognised qualification, a VET statement of attainment, a competency card, a licence, or evidence of competency. It is issued by Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd, which is not a Registered Training Organisation.
Sample layout. Certificate ID WP-SAMPLE-0001 verifies as Hazardous Manual Tasks and Manual Handling Safety.
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- Six months of access
Bought for yourself: six months of access from the day you pay. Team seat: six months from the day the worker activates their code.
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