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Supervisors' Leadership: Values, Ethics, and Principals

This course is designed for supervisors to develop leadership skills and understand the importance of values, ethics, and principles in law enforcement. Topics include defining integrity, different types of values, ethical issues in law enforcement, and how values develop and change. The role of a supervisor in promoting positive values is also discussed.

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Supervisors' Leadership: Values, Ethics, and Principals

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  1. Supervisors Leadership (24hrs) TCOLE Course # 3737 AND UNIT THREE BCCO PCT #4 PowerPoint BCCO PCT #4 PowerPoint

  2. Learning Objectives Learning Objective : Learning Objective : Learning Objective : Learning Objective : Learning Objective :

  3. 3.0 VALUES, ETHICS and PRINCIPALS

  4. QUESTION FOR CLASS What is your definition of INTEGRITY?

  5. 3.1.A. DEFINITIONS 1.Terms a. Values: those fundamental beliefs upon which decisions and conduct are based

  6. 3.1.A. DEFINITIONS – Cont’d 1.Terms – Cont’d b. Ethics: accepted rules of conduct governing an individual or group or a code of values which guides our choices and actions and determines the purpose and course of our lives.

  7. 3.1.A. DEFINITIONS – Cont’d 1.Terms – Cont’d c. Principles: ethical standards relied upon for guidance in decision-making

  8. 3.1.A. DEFINITIONS – Cont’d 1.Terms – Cont’d d. Integrity: the quality or state of being fair, honest, responsible, courageous, humane, and the ability and resolve to maintain one's ethics in the face of adversity, fear, rejection or temptation

  9. 3.1.A. DEFINITIONS – Cont’d 2.Types of values a. Personal: those individual beliefs which one (or a person) relies upon

  10. 3.1.A. DEFINITIONS – Cont’d 2.Types of values – Cont’d b. Organizational: those collective beliefs which characterize an organization (1) Factors that may affect organizations (a) Special interest groups

  11. 3.1.A. DEFINITIONS – Cont’d 2.b.(1)Types of values – Cont’d (a) Special interest groups (b) Legislation (c) Community politics (d) Organizational politics (e) Demographic change

  12. 3.1.A. DEFINITIONS – Cont’d 2.Types of values – Cont’d c. Professional: those beliefs which are fundamental to and characterize a specific vocational group or discipline d. Societal: those beliefs reflected by all aspects of the community

  13. 3.1.B. Ethical Issues in Law Enforcement (Values) B. How Values Develop and Change 1.Personal a. Collection of individual experiences (family, school) b. Change slower/less frequently

  14. 3.1.B. Ethical Issues in Law Enforcement (Values) B. How Values Develop and Change 1.Personal – Cont’d c. More controllable d. Subject to change at times of significant events

  15. 3.1.B. Ethical Issues in Law Enforcement (Values) B. How Values Develop and Change 2.Societal a. Within work place b. Emerging community groups

  16. 3.1.B. Ethical Issues in Law Enforcement (Values) B. How Values Develop and Change 3. Organizational Professional a. Represents the collective values of the members and are particularly influenced by leaders and relevant environments

  17. 3.1.B. Ethical Issues in Law Enforcement (Values) B. How Values Develop and Change 3. Organizational Professional – Cont’d b. Subject to change more frequently c. Sensitive to external influences

  18. 3.1.B. Ethical Issues in Law Enforcement (Values) B.How Values Develop and Change 3. Organizational Professional – Cont’d d. Strongly influenced by internal leadership e. Typically are documented in organizational values statements.

  19. 3.1.B. Ethical Issues in Law Enforcement (Values) B.How Values Develop and Change 3. Organizational Professional – Cont’d f. Supervisor must be a role model for positive values.

  20. 3.1.B. Ethical Issues in Law Enforcement (Values) B.How Values Develop and Change 4. Factors that may affect individual or collective behavior a. Agency policies - SOP b. Peer group influences

  21. 3.1.B. Ethical Issues in Law Enforcement (Values) B.How Values Develop and Change 4. Factors that may affect individual or collective behavior c. Media d. Dilemma of the ethics taught vs. the ethics observed

  22. 3.1.B. Ethical Issues in Law Enforcement (Values) B.How Values Develop and Change 4. Factors that may affect individual or collective behavior e. External influences (1) Religious (2) Political

  23. 3.1.B. Ethical Issues in Law Enforcement (Values) B.How Values Develop and Change 4. Factors that may affect individual or collective behavior e. External influences (3) Family (4) Cultural

  24. 3.1.B. Ethical Issues in Law Enforcement (Values) B.How Values Develop and Change 4. Factors that may affect individual or collective behavior f. Personal prejudices and biases

  25. 3.1.C. What Subordinates are taught (Values) C. What Subordinates Are Taught 1. Law Enforcement Code of Ethics 2. Code of Professional Conduct and Responsibilities for Peace Officers

  26. 3.1.C. What Subordinates are taught (Values) C. What Subordinates Are Taught 3. Agency specific ethics awareness efforts

  27. 3.1.C. What Subordinates are taught (Values) C. What Subordinates Are Taught 4. Standards of Ethical Policing (Feldberg & Cohen) a. Fair access b. Public trust

  28. 3.1.C. What Subordinates are taught (Values) C. What Subordinates Are Taught 4.Standards of Ethical Policing (Feldberg & Cohen) – Cont’d c. Safety and security d. Teamwork e. Objectivity

  29. 3.2.A. Supervisors Role RESPONSIBILITY A. Supervisor 's Role Responsibility 1. Know and understand values as they relate to: a. Agency/profession b. Subordinates c. Self

  30. 3.2.A. Supervisors Role RESPONSIBILITY A. Supervisor 's Role Responsibility 2. Supervisors accountability for subordinate conduct and welfare

  31. 3.2.A. Supervisors Role RESPONSIBILITY QUESTION: What is agency supervisor's power to influence subordinate behavior? QUESTION: What is most powerful rank in our agency?

  32. 3.2.A. Supervisors Role RESPONSIBILITY A. Supervisor 's Role Responsibility 3. Demonstrate integrity by: a. Setting the example b. Instructing

  33. 3.2.A. Supervisors Role RESPONSIBILITY A. Supervisor 's Role Responsibility – Cont’d 3. Demonstrate integrity by: c. Monitoring d. Correcting/reinforcing

  34. 3.2.A. Supervisors Role RESPONSIBILITY A. Supervisor 's Role Responsibility – Cont’d 3. Demonstrate integrity by: c. Monitoring d. Correcting/reinforcing

  35. 3.2.B. ETHICS & INTEGRITY Decision-Making B. Applying ethics and integrity to supervisory decision-making 1. Communicate organizational values and your expectations

  36. 3.2.B. ETHICS & INTEGRITY Decision-Making B.Applying ethics and integrity to supervisory decision-making – Cont’d 2.Acceptable subordinate behavior a. Reinforce b. Reward

  37. 3.2.B. ETHICS & INTEGRITY Decision-Making B.Applying ethics and integrity to supervisory decision-making – Cont’d 3. Unacceptable subordinate behavior a. Intervene b. Correct c. Follow-up and reinforce corrected behavior

  38. 3.2.B. ETHICS & INTEGRITY Decision-Making B.Applying ethics and integrity to supervisory decision-making – Cont’d 4.Supervisor's personal conduct a. Unequal enforcement - double standard b. Insensitivity to subordinate concerns

  39. 3.2.B. ETHICS & INTEGRITY Decision-Making B.Applying ethics and integrity to supervisory decision-making – Cont’d 4.Supervisor's personal conduct c. Polarization of employees within the work unit

  40. 3.2.B. ETHICS & INTEGRITY Decision-Making B.Applying ethics and integrity to supervisory decision-making – Cont’d 5. Resources for decisions a. Code of Ethics b. Prior training c. Departmental policies and procedures

  41. 3.2.B. ETHICS & INTEGRITY Decision-Making B.Applying ethics and integrity to supervisory decision-making – Cont’d 5. Resources for decisions d. Laws e. Code of Professional Conduct

  42. 3.2.B. ETHICS & INTEGRITY Decision-Making B.Applying ethics and integrity to supervisory decision-making – Cont’d 5. Resources for decisions f. Values statements g. Peers and supervisors

  43. 3.2.B. ETHICS & INTEGRITY Decision-Making B.Applying ethics and integrity to supervisory decision-making – Cont’d 6.Pitfalls in supervisory decision-making a. Rationalization (superiors, peers misconduct is no excuse) b. Popularity vs. integrity

  44. 3.2.C. ETHICS & INTEGRITY Decision-Making C. Commitment to Ethics, Values and Principles 1.Benefits a. Maintain integrity of the profession b. Maintain personal integrity

  45. 3.2.C. ETHICS & INTEGRITY Decision-Making C.Commitment to Ethics, Values and Principles – Cont’d 1.Benefits c. Command respect for the supervisor and the profession

  46. 3.2.C. ETHICS & INTEGRITY Decision-Making C.Commitment to Ethics, Values and Principles – Cont’d 2. Risks of Lack of Commitment To Ethics a. Personal integrity suffers b. Impaired processional image

  47. 3.2.C. ETHICS & INTEGRITY Decision-Making C.Commitment to Ethics, Values and Principles – Cont’d 2. Risks of Lack of Commitment To Ethics c. Lose respect of: (1) peers (2) subordinates

  48. 3.2.C. ETHICS & INTEGRITY Decision-Making C.Commitment to Ethics, Values and Principles – Cont’d 2. Risks of Lack of Commitment To Ethics c. Lose respect of: (3) community (4) superiors

  49. 3.2.C. ETHICS & INTEGRITY Decision-Making C.Commitment to Ethics, Values and Principles – Cont’d 2. Risks of Lack of Commitment To Ethics d. Political ramifications e. Civil and criminal penalties

  50. 3.2.C. ETHICS & INTEGRITY Decision-Making C.Commitment to Ethics, Values and Principles – Cont’d 3.Professional Contract Commitment Statement a. Individual personal written commitment to integrity as a supervisor

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