ETHICS & INTEGRITY

GPISD STAFF
DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT
&
REGION 10

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

Is the inner voice that warns u

Somebody
is
Looking

Integrity
Dont compromise yourself
Its
all
you
have
got

Rather fail with honor

Than
succeed
by

frau
d

What you are

Is more important than what you say

Real integrity
Stays in place
Whether
the test isthat
Is more important

what you say

Adversity
Or

Prosperity

It is better
To deserve
Honors

Is more important that what you say

And not have them

Than to have them

And
Not deserve them

Stand up for what is right

Even

Is more
that what you say
if important
you
are standing
alone

WHAT
Developing Citizens of Character for our
Society/District/Campus

Is more important that what you say

What do citizens of character look like in

the ADULTS & CHILDREN in your school?
Talk with your table and report out to the
facilitator.

WHY

THE B
AD
NEWS
!

Is more important that what you say

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
Is
more
important
that
what
you
say
socially acceptable
Professional life has changed such that
playing by the rules automatically places
you below average
Americans have two sets of ethical
compasses
1. Compass for things like sex, family,
drugs and traditional types of crime
2. A second compass for career, money,
and success

What is a Cheating Culture?

Breaking the rules to get ahead
academically, professionally, or financially
Sometimes it involves breaking or violating
laws,Issometimes
it does
notwhat you say
more important
that
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.

Transformations Leading to
More Cheating
New pressures
Temptation
Is more important

that what you say

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.

A Cure for Cheating Culture

Recognize cheating as undermining
important American Ideals
People place themselves at a
disadvantage if they play by official rules
Is than
more the
important
that what
youtosay
rather
real rules
need
change this.
Encourage and support community life
Combat entrenched cheating
Equalize rewards and punishments
Teach future generations
Model, Model, and more Role Modeling!

What else can YOU add from

YOUR table?
Discuss

with your tablewhat else can

add to the CURE for cheating????

Generations Alive Today

GI Generation (Born 1901 1931)
WWII Generation/Greatest Generation
Mediating Generation (Born 1932 1944)

Is more
important
Silent
Generation

that what you say

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

Why
The Good News
Is more important that what you say

GI Generation
(Born 1901-1931)
Brokaws Greatest Generation
Lived as young adults through great
depression

Is
more
important
that
what
you
say
Were heroes of WWII
Examples: George H.W. Bush, Jimmy
Carter, Bob Dole, Ella Fitzgerald, Rosa Parks

Mediating Generation
(Born 1932 1944)
Too young for WWII, very few served in
Korea, mostly too old for Vietnam
Unobtrusive children of depression and
more important
warIs
(Strauss
& Howe)that what you say
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

Boomer Generation
(Born 1945 1963)
Perhaps most famous because of sheer
numbers; changing systems as they move
through life cycle
First
generation
raised
a
Is American
more important
that what
youinsay
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

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
crimeIs more important that what you say
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

Millennial Generation
(Born 1982 2003)
Coming of age in the Internet, economic
boom and speculation, political and business
scandals, sophisticated media

Is more
that what you
saymost
Believed
by important
many demographers
to be
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

Things We Are Seeing

Astonishing decline in violent crime,
homicide, abortion and pregnancy among
teens
Evidence of decline in drug use, smoking,
Is more important that what you say
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

Opportunity
Millennial share tremendous potential for
leadership
Possible to get arms around social issues
let loose
by boomers
thewhat
60s you say
Is more
importantinthat
Will endorse or reject things and their
stamp of approval will be final
Coffee, tobacco, marijuana

How

Tools for Teachers

Character Counts

Is more important that what you say

Texas Teacher Code of Ethics

Character Counts!

What are the six pillars of character?

TalkIswith
table and
on you
chart
paper
moreyour
important
thatlist
what
say
one pillar per sheet

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 exampleall math teachers
rotate and add Math examples for
each pillar)

Texas Teacher Code of Ethics

Three Standards: (SBEC revised 09-01-02)
1. Professional Ethical Conduct, Practices
and Performance

more important
that what
you say
2.IsEthical
Conduct Toward
Professional
Colleagues
3. Ethical Conduct Toward Students

Whats included in each of the

three standards?
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

Essential Tools in Developing

Ethical Leaders
Understanding of the student
Modeling/Optimal similarity
Relevant
for discussion
Is moretopics
important
that what you

say

Emphasis on experiential and applied

Character Counts
Good role models in schools

WHAT CAN BE DONE NOW?

Make a list and share out. Identify those
things you can make a commitment to
do regularly.

What can I do?

What can students

do?

Peter Drucker
Management

is doing things
right; leadership is doing the
right things.

David Callahan

There is a deep strain in the

American psyche that the end
justifies the means.

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
George Washington
best policy

People will forget what you said,

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