Transcript CSL – Ethics and Values Presentation

Ethics and Values in Higher
Education and Athletics:
The Importance of Staying Within
the Framework
Presented by: Tim Lampe
Values – What does this mean?
What are values?
The embodiment of what an
organization stands for…
and should be the basis for the behavior
of its members
Exercise
On a sheet of paper, write down five
values that you think are important the
Center for Sport Leadership.
Do this separately without discussion
and turn in.
ambition, competency, individuality, equality,
integrity, service, responsibility, accuracy,
respect, dedication, diversity, improvement,
enjoyment/fun, loyalty, credibility, honesty,
innovativeness, teamwork, excellence,
accountability, empowerment, quality,
efficiency, dignity, collaboration, stewardship,
empathy, accomplishment, courage, wisdom,
independence, security, challenge, influence,
learning, compassion, friendliness,
discipline/order, generosity, persistency,
optimism, dependability, flexibility
Ethics – What does this mean?
What are ethics?
To behave ethically is to behave in a
manner consistent with what is right or
moral.
In 2005, what was the word that was looked up
most frequently in online dictionaries?
Integrity!
Possession of firm principles –
the quality of possessing and steadfastly
adhering to high moral principles and values
or professional ethical standards
According to Marianne M. Jennings of
the W.P. Carey School of Business,
there are nine reasons for ethical
decline:
1. Failure to teach our children:
Actions
and
Culture
• 50% of high school students self-report
that they cheated on an exam in the last
year
• 16% of high school students self-report
that they cheated five times or more on an
exam in the last year
• 64% of high school students have cheated
on their homework
Values of America Survey 2005 (Harris)
Examples of how these cross-over
into real life situations:
• 67% of people surveyed say that
keeping excess change is always
wrong
Translation: 33% think that it is OK!
• 50% of people surveyed say that taking
pens and paper from the office is wrong.
Translation: 50% think that it is OK!
• 29% of people surveyed think that
speeding is always wrong.
Translation: 71% think that it is OK!
Questions:
1. Where do you stand?
2. Where do you draw the line?
3. How do your answers transcend into your
daily jobs/actions and the culture in which
you work?
2. High Ethical Self-Esteem
Living in Denial
and
Slipping into Complacency
Are your ethics higher than those of
your peers?
74% say their ethics are higher than
those of their peers
Is it important to be a person of good
character?
98% say it is important to them to be a
person of good character
Do others view you as being one of the
most ethical people they know?
83% said that at least half of the people
who know them would list them as one
of the most ethical people they know
Are you satisfied with your ethics and
character?
92% are satisfied with their ethics and
character
Would you say that you have ethical
standards?
90% say they have high ethical
standards
Why do people think they are the most
ethical person in the room?
1. The subject is not talked about with
others.
2. People have rationalized, labeled, and
deluded themselves.
3. Defiance of Truth
TRUTH percolates like a natural force
Ethical risk-takers are all around us!!
•
•
•
•
•
•
Kevin Mackey
John Koenig, Former AD
David Bliss, Former Coach
Dick Sander
“Rodney Monroe Incident”
Willie Fuller, Former Police Chief
What is Gray Area
Is it legally Gray?
Is it ethically Gray?
Interpretation
vs.
Loophole
vs.
Nondisclosure of relevant information
Remember: TRUTH Percolates
• Don’t overestimate your ability
• Don’t underestimate the likelihood that
the TRUTH will come out!
“It’s not the first mistake that
gets you. It’s the second,
the cover-up, that will.”
M.M. Jennings
4. Fear - When people see that something is
not right, why don’t they report it?
• Fear of being accused of not being a
team player
• Fear that corrective action would not be
taken
• Fear of retribution from their supervisors
(SHRM)
5. We have forgotten the critical role of
TRUST
Corruption deters progress
(Show how athletic programs stagnate)
Bowden @ FSU
Mackey @ CSU
Koenig @ UNM
Sampson @ IU and OSU
Others?? Research
6. Lack of Enforcement
Ultimately
Leadership
and
Example
matter!
Culture is to company
what character is to individual
Culture come from the collective actions
and responses of leaders
Ultimately, culture depends on individuals’
character
7. The “It’s too difficult” excuse
Ethics requires daily effort,
reinforcement and training
Without it you slip
– Everyone believes they are ethical
8.
The Rationalization excuse.
Everyone else does it.
What is right is right even if no one else is
doing it.
What is wrong is wrong even if everyone is
doing it.
- Unknown Source
9. Making it too complex
Define dilemmas by
“Values”
not
“circumstances”
to keep things simple
Resolving Ethical Dilemmas
Basic Questions:
Are you comfortable with a world with your standards?
What are your standards?
What are your limits?
Christian Principle
The Golden Rule
Do unto others as you would them do unto you.
Luke 6:29-38
Confucius
What you do not want done to yourself,
do not do to others.
Aristotle
We should behave to our friends as we
wish our friends to behave to us.
Judaism
What you hate, do not do to anyone.
Islam
No one of you is a believer until he loves
for his brother what he loves for himself.
Hinduism
Do nothing to thy neighbor which thou
wouldst not have him do to thee.
Sikhism
Treat others as you would be treated yourself.
Buddhism
Hurt not others with that which pains thyself.
Plato
May I do to others as I would that they should
do unto me.
VCU Center for Sport Leadership
What’s our motto?
Know the difference between “doing well”
and “doing good”.
Ask yourself these three questions:
1. Would my decision be accepted by my
peers?
2. Is this decision in the best interest of VCU,
the Center for Sport Leadership, and the
students?
3. If my decision was publicized on the front
page of the newspaper, would I be
comfortable or embarrassed?