ETHICS & INTEGRITY

Lose your wealth and you have lost nothing.

Lose your health and you have lost something.

Lose your integrity and you have lost everything.

Integrity

Integrity

Is the inner voice that warns us

Somebody

is

Looking

Integrity

Don’t compromise yourselfIt’s

youall

got

have

Rather fail with honor

Than

succeed

by

fraud

What you are

Is more important than what you say

Real integrity

Stays in placeWhether the test is

AdversityOr

Prosperity

It is better…

To deserve Honors

And not have themThan to have them

AndNot deserve them

Stand up for what is right

Even if you

are standingalone

WHATS

Is more important that what you say

Developing Citizens of Character for our Society/District/Campus

• What do “citizens of character” look like in the ADULTS & CHILDREN in your school?

• Talk with your group and report out to the facilitator.

WHY

THE BAD NEWS!

A Cheating Culture• Widespread pattern of cheating• Hard to document• Evidence suggests people are cheating

more and feeling less guilty• Idea that “everybody does it” makes it

socially acceptable• Professional life has changed such that

playing by the rules automatically places you below average

What is a Cheating Culture?• Breaking the rules to get ahead academically,

professionally, or financially• Sometimes it involves breaking or violating

laws, sometimes it does not• Most of it is done by people who view

themselves as upstanding members of societyAt your table, define “cheating” and “dishonesty” (include both students and adults in your discussion). Report out to your facilitator.

Transformations Leading toMore Cheating

• New pressures• Temptation• Bigger rewards for winning• Trickle down corruptionWhat “temptations” exist in your school? In your district? List specific things YOU know of that lead to adults and/or students cheating.

A Cure for Cheating Culture• Recognize cheating as undermining our

important Ideals• “People place themselves at a

disadvantage if they play by official rules rather than the real rules” – need to change this.

• Encourage and support community life• Combat entrenched cheating• Equalize rewards and punishments• Teach future generations• Model, Model, and more Role Modeling!

Peter Drucker

O“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”

Boeing Co. Slogan:“Between right and

wrong is a troublesome gray

area”

“Integrity is taking only ONE cookie when no one would

know if you took TWO”Dennis the Menace

“In public, as in private life, I am persuaded that HONESTY will forever be found to be the

best policy”George Washington

People will forget what you said,

People will forget what you did,

But people will never forgetHow you made them feel.

Maya Angelou