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It Is What It Is…Or Is It?

It Is What It Is…Or Is It?. Ethical Principles in Assessment Publishing & The Proposal Writer Julie E. Grisham, M.Ed. May 2, 2014. Agenda. Ethical Principles in Assessment Publishing & The Proposal Writer The Case of Fluctuating Data

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It Is What It Is…Or Is It?

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  1. It Is What It Is…Or Is It? Ethical Principles in Assessment Publishing & The Proposal Writer Julie E. Grisham, M.Ed. May 2, 2014

  2. Agenda • Ethical Principles in Assessment Publishing & The Proposal Writer • The Case of Fluctuating Data • Ethical Obligations, Integrity of Data & Communication Strategies • Personal vs. Professional Ethics • Outcome of Case • Aftermath • Lessons Learned • Questions/Comments

  3. Ethical Principles in Assessment Publishing & The Proposal Writer • Guidelines such as transparency, policing authorship, promoting research integrity, peer review systems, and accuracy.

  4. Ethical Principles in Assessment Publishing & The Proposal Writer (continued) • The Proposal Writer & Their Responsibilities • Typical Job Description of Proposal Writer

  5. The Case of Fluctuating DataA case study involving ethics in proposal writing

  6. The Case of Fluctuating Data • AmPub* company background & proposal process • Proposal announcement • Preliminary information gathering * Names and identifying details have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals and companies.

  7. The Case of Fluctuating Data (continued) • Writing the Proposal • Manipulation of Subject-Matter Expert Text • Statistical Information (testing results) • Varying results across multiple proposals * Names and identifying details have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals and companies.

  8. What Questions Must We Ask?

  9. Ethical Obligations What ethical obligations did Jake have to AmPub? To the proposal?

  10. Integrity of Data Is the manipulation of data ethical if the result is for a good cause, not essential to the work proposed?

  11. Communication Strategies What communication strategies could Jake employ to influence change to the statistics provided for the proposal?

  12. Personal vs. Professional Ethics • Differences between personal and professional ethics • Rhetoric of Identification • Common ground technique (We are “one”) • Identification by antithesis (United are we) • The assumed “we”

  13. Personal vs. Professional Ethics (continued) • Engaged and Disengaged Employees & Ethics • Struggle between obligation to company and self preservation

  14. Personal vs. Professional Ethics (continued) • What makes AmPub work in terms of ethics? • Company code of conduct • Fostering Identity • Transparency • Trustworthiness

  15. Outcome of Case Proposal Lead: • Followed company policy reporting discrepancies to Psychometric group lead. • “It is what it is. We’ve always done it that way.” • Reported concerns to Proposals group manager. • Forced to include data in proposal.

  16. Aftermath of Case • AmPub won the contract. • Report sent to the Vice President of the AmPub division. • Department Head Conference • Effected Policy/Process Changes

  17. Lessons Learned • Ethics and proposal writing • Engaged and disengaged employees & effect on company • The push for change in policy

  18. Lessons Learned (continued) • Ethical Obligations • Integrity of Data • Communication Strategies

  19. Questions/Comments?

  20. References • eCameron, Inc. (2011). Manipulation's Unethical Ethics. Found online: http://ecaminc.com/index.php/blog/59-generalblog/255-2011-06-27 • Brown, James T. PhD, PE, PMP (2011). Is Manipulation Ethical. Found online: http://www.pmi.org/eNews/Post/2011_03-25/Is-Manipulation-Ethical.html • Jacobe, Dennis (2002). “Warning: Corporate Scandals May Demoralize Employees” Found online: http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/826/warning-corporate-scandals-may-demoralize-employees.aspx. • May, Steve (ed.). Case Studies in Organizational Communication: Ethical Perspectives and Practices, 2nd edition (Sage, 2013).

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