1. Workplace Ethics
This activity aims to explain how personal ethics impact decision making.
Discuss
Let’s talk about something really important when you have a job: workplace ethics. Ethics are the rules or values that help us decide what is right and fair. You use your ethics almost every day, whether you are at home, school, or work. You often face situations where you have to make a choice. Some choices are easy, but others can be more complicated and trickier.
For example, what would you do if a friend at work asked you to cover for them when they were late? Or what if you found money on the floor and didn’t know whose it was? Often there are many choices, but which choice is the most ethical one?
- THINK: What’s happening? What choices do I have?
- CHECK: What are the rules? How will this affect me and others?
- ACT: What is the best or most ethical decision?
Review
A way to build this skill is by thinking about how you would handle different situations. In this activity, you will review different scenarios that you can practice using your values and ethics to answer the questions. There are no wrong answers – you’re here to learn from each other and share ideas.
Option 1: Use the Everyday Ethics Scenarios to identify a few different scenarios for the students to practice for students to as a group or individually.
Option 2: Assign the same scenarios to pairs of students. Ask them to work together to find solutions. Once everyone is finished, ask the pairs to share their solutions and see if anyone found different solutions to the same scenarios
Option 3: Ask students to review several scenarios of their choice. They can write down their solutions on the Decision Making Worksheet. Students can share with the group or instructor for feedback.
Option 4: Have students role-play their solutions to each scenario, practicing how they would handle the situation. Encourage them to use clear and respectful language when communicating. Through role-playing students can build confidence in how they would handle these tough decisions.
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