ETHICS & INTEGRITY GPISD STAFF DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT & REGION 10

1. ETHICS & INTEGRITYGPISD STAFF DEVELOPMENTDEPARTMENT& REGION 10

2. 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.

3. Integrity Is the inner voice that warns us Somebody is Looking

4. have It’s you got Integrity Don’t compromise yourself all

5. Rather fail with honor Than succeed by fraud

6. What you are Is more important than what you say

7. Realintegrity Stays in place Whether the test is Adversity Or Prosperity Is more important that what you say

8. It is better… To deserve Honors And not have them Than to have them And Not deserve them Is more important that what you say

9. Stand up for what is right Even if you are standing alone Is more important that what you say

10. WHAT • 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 table and report out to the facilitator. Is more important that what you say

11. WHY THE BAD NEWS! Is more important that what you say

12. A Cheating Culture • Widespread pattern of cheating in the US • Hard to document • Evidence suggests Americans 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 • Americans have two sets of ethical compasses • Compass for things like sex, family, drugs and traditional types of crime • A second compass for career, money, and success Is more important that what you say

13. 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 society • At your table, define “cheating” and “dishonesty” (include both students and adults in your discussion). Report out to your facilitator. Is more important that what you say

14. Transformations Leading toMore Cheating • New pressures • Temptation • Bigger rewards for winning • Trickle down corruption • What “temptations” exist in your school? In your district? List specific things YOU know of that lead to adults and/or students cheating. Is more important that what you say

15. A Cure for Cheating Culture • Recognize cheating as undermining important American 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! Is more important that what you say

16. What else can YOU add from YOUR table? • Discuss with your table—what else can add to the CURE for cheating????

17. Generations Alive Today • GI Generation (Born 1901 – 1931) • WWII Generation/Greatest Generation • Mediating Generation (Born 1932 – 1944) • Silent Generation • Boomer Generation (Born 1945 – 1963) • Baby Boomers • Diversity Generation (Born 1964 – 1981) • Gen X/Lost Generation • Millennial Generation (Born 1982 – 2001) • Gen Y/Internet Generation Is more important that what you say

18. Why The Good News Is more important that what you say

19. GI Generation (Born 1901-1931) • Brokaw’s Greatest Generation • Lived as young adults through great depression • Were heroes of WWII • Examples: George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, Ella Fitzgerald, Rosa Parks Is more important that what you say

20. Mediating Generation (Born 1932 – 1944) • Too young for WWII, very few served in Korea, mostly too old for Vietnam • “Unobtrusive children of depression and war” (Strauss & Howe) • Created corporate system, reinforced employee loyalty; ‘organizational man’ • Viewed issues as more complex than GI generation • Examples: Madeline Albright, Bill Cosby, Sofia Loren, Tony Bennett, Shirley MacLaine Is more important that what you say

21. Boomer Generation(Born 1945 – 1963) • Perhaps most famous because of sheer numbers; changing systems as they move through life cycle • First American generation raised in a culture of abundance and influenced by TV • Seem intensely self-immersed; work is important for personal identity • Idealistic boomers believe process and participation can solve any problem • Examples: Bill & Hillary Clinton, Oprah, Tom Hanks, Rush Limbaugh, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Hamilton Jordan Is more important that what you say

22. Diversity Generation(Born 1964 – 1981) • Came of age as society was dealing with increasing divorces, AIDS, increases in violence and child suicide • Remember gas rationing, Iran hostages, urban crime • Most significant message heard as they came of age was they would not do as well as their parents • Get along well with GI generation but not so well with Mediating and Boomer parents • Examples: Rob Lowe, Tiger Woods, Kurt Kobain, Ricki Lake, Sheryl Crow, Queen Latifah Is more important that what you say

23. Millennial Generation(Born 1982 – 2003) • Coming of age in the Internet, economic boom and speculation, political and business scandals, sophisticated media • Believed by many demographers to be most different generation; smarter, better behaved, more civic minded • Beneficiaries of post-modern generational guilt • Examples: Serena Williams, Prince William and Henry, LeAnn Rimes, Lindsey Lohan Is more important that what you say

24. Things We Are Seeing • Astonishing decline in violent crime, homicide, abortion and pregnancy among teens • Evidence of decline in drug use, smoking, drinking • Key paradox: Millennials are the most team oriented and smartest generation AND take orders better than any other living generation • Movement towards more altruistic disciplines • Somewhat more conservative Is more important that what you say

25. Opportunity • Millennial share tremendous potential for leadership • Possible to “get arms around” social issues let loose by boomers in the 60s • Will endorse or reject things and their stamp of approval will be final • Coffee, tobacco, marijuana Is more important that what you say

26. How • Tools for Teachers • Character Counts • Texas Teacher Code of Ethics Is more important that what you say

27. Character Counts! What are the six pillars of character? Talk with your table and list on chart paper – one pillar per sheet Is more important that what you say

28. Character Counts! As a group,on the chart paper DEFINE each pillar and give a classroom example of each Is more important that what you Give examples of how these pillars are integrated into what YOU teach (do so by grade level or content area—for example—all math teachers rotate and add Math examples for each pillar)

29. Texas Teacher Code of Ethics • Three Standards: (SBEC revised 09-01-02) • Professional Ethical Conduct, Practices and Performance • Ethical Conduct Toward Professional Colleagues • Ethical Conduct Toward Students Is more important that what you say

30. Divide into three teams/tables Someone at your table/from your team, do a computer internet search for the SBEC Educators’ Code of Ethics and share with your group Each group then explains what is included in the standard to the whole group What’s included in each of the three standards?

31. Essential Tools in Developing Ethical Leaders • Understanding of the student • Modeling/Optimal similarity • Relevant topics for discussion • Emphasis on experiential and applied • Character Counts • Good role models in schools Is more important that what you say

32. What can I do? What can students do? WHAT CAN BE DONE NOW?Make a list and share out. Identify those things you can make a commitment to do regularly.

33. Peter Drucker • “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”

34. “There is a deep strain in the American psyche that the end justifies the means.” David Callahan

35. Boeing Co. Slogan: “Between right and wrong is a troublesome gray area”

36. “Integrity is taking only ONE cookie when no one would know if you took TWO” Dennis the Menace

37. “In public, as in private life, I am persuaded that HONESTY will forever be found to be the best policy” George Washington

38. People will forget what you said,People will forget what you did,But people will never forgetHow you made them feel. Maya Angelou