ETHICS

1. z ETHICS Keith L. Smith Associate Vice President, Agricultural Administration; Associate Dean, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; Director, Ohio State University Extension; and Gist Chair in Extension Education and Leadership

2. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v1.1) eth·ics plural noun 1.(used with a singular or plural verb ) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2.the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics; Christian ethics. 3.moral principles, as of an individual: His ethics forbade betrayal of a confidence. 4.(usually used with a singular verb ) that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions. Ethics: Defined

3. Thank You for Smoking Boiler Room Examples: Ethics at the Movies

4. Columbus Dispatch Article Ethics Survey Ethics: Making Decisions • I assume we are above all that. • We will focus on • right vs. right decisions.

5. Making ethical decisions Some are obvious; others are not What are the dilemmas? Badaracco, Defining Moments: Right Versus Right Responsible for self Responsible for self and for others Responsible for company and other societal groups Ethics

6. Responsible for self Who am I? What is my moral center? Responsible for self and for others Commit self; commit department/company Responsible for company and other societal groups Stakeholder conflict with responsibility to personal and organizational obligations Ethics

7. Eragon Examples: Ethics at the Movies

8. 1. A presentation regarding the approaches of administration needs to be delivered for a national Extension organization. Brian is asked to give the presentation on behalf of Sample University Extension. Brian, not a member of SUE administration, asks a cabinet member why he’s been chosen to attend. The cabinet member responds, “Look in the mirror.” Brian is black. What should Brian do? Ethics: Scenarios

9. 2. A county Extension director, Mary, meets with a regional director, Bob, and says that there is an educator in her county, Jane, who should be fired. Bob asks why, and Mary says that everyone else in the county is working 60 hours a week and Jane only works 50. This causes others in the office to make up for some of Jane’s work. Bob knows Jane is a single mom of three, and OSU touts a “family-friendly” work environment. What should Bob do? Ethics: Scenarios

10. 3. Dairy farmers have been giving their dairy cows rbST to help produce more milk per cow. rbST is FDA approved and research proves that there is no chemical difference between milk produced by an rbST cow and one that has not had rbST. A grocery store chain and a major dairy product distributor both have gone on record that they will not sell or distribute milk that was produced from a rbST cow. Both can make more per gallon of milk if they state “no rbST.” OSUE and OARDC boast the foundation of having an unbiased, researched based perspective, but have been asked by the distributor to sign an agreement against the use of the chemical. What do you do? Ethics: Scenarios

11. z Thank You!