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ETHICAL ISSUES AND DECISION MAKING

ETHICAL ISSUES AND DECISION MAKING. IN: PUBLIC SERVICE “If you don’t want to work for a living – this is as good a job as any” John F. Kennedy 1946 – New Congressman. With Funding from: Department of Justice, COPS Office. CLASS RESOURCES. MEET YOUR TEAMMATES.

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ETHICAL ISSUES AND DECISION MAKING

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  1. ETHICALISSUES AND DECISIONMAKING IN: PUBLIC SERVICE “If you don’t want to work for a living – this is as good a job as any” John F. Kennedy 1946 – New Congressman With Funding from: Department of Justice, COPS Office

  2. CLASS RESOURCES MEET YOUR TEAMMATES “90% of success is just showing up” Woody Allen

  3. “Ethics” – What is it & WHY? • Ethics – Study of what is “Right & Wrong – Good or Bad” • Morality – Rules & Social Standards • Ethical Issues – Debatable questions of Moral Right & Wrong “Congress would exempt itself from the Laws of Gravity if it could” Congressman Henry Hyde, 1988

  4. “BRAIN STORM” THREE MINUTE EXERCISE: What are some “ETHICAL ISSUES” Relevant to PUBLIC SERVICE “Just put in some of that VISION thing” George Bush to speech writer - 1988

  5. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES “SHOULD” • Treat others as they want to be treated • Be honest • Respect rights of others • Greatest Good – Greatest Number “Character is much easier kept than recovered” Thomas Payne

  6. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS • APPLICATION of Universal Ethical Principles to situations that arise in Business of Professional Life “So far – about morality. I know only that what is moral is what you fell good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after” Ernest Hemingway

  7. “VIRTUES” IN ETHICS THREE MINUTE EXERCISE Virtuesand a “GOOD PUBLIC SERVANT”

  8. Character & Integrity • Character = Total of all ethical Strengths and Weaknesses – (Continuum) • Integrity = Living by Commendable Ethical Principles “The world has achieved brilliance without conscience – Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants”Omar Bradley

  9. 4 Components of Rest’s ConsistentEthical Behavior • Moral Sensitivity • Moral Judgment • Moral Motivation • Moral Character “Only a life lived for others is a life worth living” Einstein

  10. THREE (3) Minute “Brainstorming” “STANDARD” of Behavior for PUBLIC SERVANTS “Everything secret denigrates: nothing is safe that does not bear discussion and publicity” Lord Action

  11. UNIT 2: MORAL DEVELOPMENT PERSONAL ETHICS POP QUIZ “Inability to tell good from evil is the greatest worry of man’s life”Cicero

  12. LEVELS OF MORAL REASONING • Level One : Basic, Immature, Self serving, No punishment • Level Two: Conforming, Social Approval, “Right” • Level Three: Rational, “Universal” “The ethical person should do more than he is required to do and less than he is allowed to do” Michael Josephson

  13. ILLUSTRATION OFMORAL DEVELOPMENT Kohlberg Video of Milgram’s 1950’s Experiments “All virtue is summed up in dealing justly” Aristotle

  14. APPLICATION SCENERIO “GOOD” PUBLIC SERVANT Dilemmas

  15. UNIT 3 – Conflicts of Interest to Public Servants “Trust like the soul – never returns once it is lost” Syrus

  16. HUMAN “SCAVENGER HUNT” Back to “Teammate” Resources “Ethics requires us to abandon the notion that an act is ethical – simply because it is legal” Michael Josephson

  17. CONFLICTS of INTEREST Competing Priorities – Personal & Professional Commitments “Too many people are ready to carry the stool when the piano needs to be moved” Unknown

  18. Errors in Judgment =Trust & Reliability Problems Three Levels of Conflicts of Interest: • Actual • Potential • Apparent “There is a big difference between what we have a right to do – and what is right to do” Justice Potter Stuart

  19. COPING WITH CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WE MIGHT: • Do Nothing – Ignore it • Avoid • Escape • Disclose • Manage “The reward of a thing well done – is to have done it” Emerson

  20. APPLICATION SCENARIO “Max & Minnie” • Type of Conflict of Interest? • Possible Actions – Coping Strategies “It is easier to fight for principles – than to live up to them” Alfred Adler

  21. UNIT 4FLORIDA CODE OF ETHICSfor: Public Officers & Employees Set of Rules and Principles intended to provide Guidelines and Behavioral Standards to those under its authority.

  22. 3 Types of Ethical Codes • Corporate Codes • Professional Codes • Government / Public Service Codes “ We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give” Winston Churchill

  23. LEVELS of Ethical PRINCIPLES, STANDARDS & RULES • THEORETICAL LEVEL • PRACTICAL LEVEL • CURRENTLY ATTAINABLE LEVEL • BASIC LEVEL “Life consists, not in holding good cards, but in playing well those you hold” Josh Billings

  24. OVERVIEW of Florida Code Ethics • Prohibited Actions • Prohibited Employment & Relationships • Restrictions Regarding Relatives • Revolving Door Restrictions • Voting Conflicts of Interest • Disclosure Forms • Additional Content

  25. APPLICATION EXERCISES Florida Code of Ethics • “If we were In Charge” • “Lenny’s Dilemma” “We cannot live happily as human beings in the belief that our own actions don’t matter” Alvin Toffler

  26. WRAP UP & EVALUATION THANK YOU - “Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place – but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment” Benjamin Franklin

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