This course is designed as a two-day developmental program focused on ethics in government organizations. It will employ real-life scenarios regarding ethical practices in decision-making, workplace challenges and situational dilemmas to allow an individual to develop the competencies required to make ethical choices. The Government's Ethical Standards will be reviewed. Participants will explore their individual Personal Values Systems and understand how those systems influence Organizational Values.
Participants will share practical experiences, role-play, participate in small work group discussions and hear presentations on the realities and requirements for ethical choices in the workplace.
Major topics include:
The central objective will be to enhance the understanding of ethics as government employee and to provide knowledge about required competencies for membership on the Board of Governors.
Increase the knowledge and understanding of the expectations and requirements of an ethical employee.
Provide a clear understanding of the influence an individual's Personal Values have on the issue of ethics as an Organizational Value.
Develop the ability to identify ethical/moral issues and to reason carefully about what are appropriate, responsive behaviors
Understand organizaitonal barriers/obstacles to ethical choices and what to do about these.
Ethics in Government