ETHICAL ISSUES AND DECISION MAKING

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ETHICAL ISSUES AND DECISIONMAKING

• IN
• PUBLIC SERVICE
• If you dont want to work for a living this is
  as good a job as any
• John F. Kennedy 1946 New Congressman

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Office
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CLASS RESOURCES

• MEET YOUR
• TEAMMATES

90 of success is just showing up Woody Allen
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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

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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

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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

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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
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VIRTUES IN ETHICS
THREE MINUTE EXERCISE
Virtues and a GOOD PUBLIC SERVANT
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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

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4 Components of Rests ConsistentEthical
Behavior

• Moral Sensitivity
• Moral Judgment
• Moral Motivation
• Moral Character

Only a life lived for others is a life worth
living Einstein
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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
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UNIT 2 MORAL DEVELOPMENT

• PERSONAL ETHICS
• POP QUIZ

Inability to tell good from evil is the greatest
worry of mans life Cicero
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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
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ILLUSTRATION OFMORAL DEVELOPMENT

• Kohlberg Video of
• Milgrams 1950s Experiments

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly
Aristotle
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APPLICATION SCENERIO

• GOOD PUBLIC SERVANT Dilemmas

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

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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
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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
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OVERVIEW of Florida Code Ethics

• Prohibited Actions
• Prohibited Employment Relationships
• Restrictions Regarding Relatives
• Revolving Door Restrictions
• Voting Conflicts of Interest
• Disclosure Forms
• Additional Content

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APPLICATION EXERCISES Florida Code of Ethics

• If we were In Charge
• Lennys Dilemma

We cannot live happily as human beings in the
belief that our own actions dont matter Alvin
Toffler
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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