Transcript Morality and Ethics In Leadership

REC 321
Keith Fulthorp, Ed.D.
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Review Ethical Theories
Case Study/Discussion
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Guiding Questions:
 What are “ethics?”
 Who determines what are appropriate “ethics?”
 What is morality?
 What is the relationship between morality and
ethics?
 How is an understanding of morality and ethics
helpful for Recreation Professionals?
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Comes from the Greek word “Ethos”
 Customs
 Conduct
 Character
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Values and morals an individual or society
deem desirable or appropriate
 Deals with individual Virtue and Motives
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“A person’s fundamental beliefs about what is
important in life (O’Connell & Cuthbertson,
2009, p.57).”
 Rooted in belief
 Filled with emotion
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A code of conduct
based on a collection
of beliefs (p.57)
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“Moral Development”
 How an individual
develops moral
reasoning over time
 Rooted in
developmental theory
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Preconventional
1. Punishment and Obedience
2. Instrumentalism and Exchange
Conventional
3. Conformity
4. Law and Order
Postconventional
5. Social Contact
6. Principled Conscience
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People act within socially acceptable norms,
but do not process why they do so, outside of
defiance to authority
1. Punishment and Obedience
▪ Obeying to avoid punishment
2. Instrumentalism and Exchange
▪ Morality based on meeting individual needs; based on
what is good for the individual
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Morality that is in line with the predominate
beliefs of society
3. Conformity
▪ Moral behavior is understood in the contexts of close
personal relationships
4. Law and order
▪ Morality is based on what is good for social cohesion;
concerns are with avoiding social chaos
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Morality is based on concerns for societal
functioning
5. Social Contact
▪ Morality based on what society should value; based on
what a good society should “look like”
6. Principled Conscience
▪ Morality defined by universal principals that lead to
justice; ability to view behavior from objective
viewpoint and make best “moral judgment”; more
philosophical/theoretical than previous stages
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Situational Ethics
Individual Behavior in Groups
Situational Awareness
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Ethics is about:
 What you DO
▪ What choices you make
▪ How you behave
 WHO you ARE
▪ What guides a your moral judgment
▪ What makes up a your character
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Conduct
Character
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Ethical Egoism
• Act to create
the greatest
good for
yourself
Utilitarianism
Altruism
Duty
• Act for the
greatest good
for the
greatest
people
• Act in the
interests of
others, even if
it is not in
your best
interest
• Doing the
“right” thing;
ethical
behavior that
has both good
consequences
and is in itself
“good”
behavior
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High
Concern for
Self-Interest
Ethical Egoism
Medium
Utilitarianism
Low
Altruism
Low
Medium
High
Concern for the Interest of Others
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Rule
Based
Consequence
Based
Ethical
Theories
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Virtue
Based
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Groups of 4 or 5
Present your resolution
to the following case
study:
 What is the dilemma?
 What are the choices you
have in your actions?
 What are the implications
of your decision?
 What should happen to
resolve the dilemma?
Video link:
http://am.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/22/schoolgirls-banned-from-public-playground/
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