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"Good spectrum of ethical examples. Very useful."
INSTRUCTOR: Stuart G. Walesh, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, Dist.M.ASCE
Purpose and Background
"Contrary to what most people believe, trust is not some soft, illusive quality that you either have or don't have; rather trust is a pragmatic, tangible, actionable asset that you can create" (Motivational writer Max Anderson). Why mention trust? Because earning it if the principal reason to practice ethical behavior and that theme permeates this webinar. Think about it:
- We follow the trusted leader
- We seek advice from the trusted friend
- Clients retain the trusted firm
- Employers hire and promote the trusted engineer
- Citizens support the trusted official
Busy and sometimes harried engineers and other technical professionals frequently encounter ethical situations. These challenges involve issues such as: deciding who is to blame, determining if contractual requirements have been met, utilization of sensitive information, claims of expertise, billing of time, negative impact on the environment, giving and accepting gifts, and treatment of employees. Some ethical issues are readily resolved and others require careful analysis. This 90-minute webinar focuses on the latter by offering practical ideas and information to help you navigate those often choppy and sometimes turbulent ethical waters and, in the process, retain or earn trust.
Ethics is pragmatic; it is all about trust that you can take to the bank, figuratively and literally. In combination with your technical and non-technical expertise, ethical behavior is essential to earning and keeping the trust of colleagues and those you serve.
Webinar participants receive a detailed handout on which the webinar will draw. Reflecting the webinar's underlying research, the handout includes over 60 references to articles, books, e-newsletters, websites, and other self-study materials such as 10 ethics dilemmas.
Learning Outcomes
- Explain how trust must be earned: It cannot be bought
- Describe the 4 legal - ethical quadrants
- Apply 6 techniques for resolving ethical issues
- Identify the most important element in engineering society ethics codes
- Cite lessons learned from two in-depth case studies
Webinar Benefits
- Obtain ethics tools for individual and group use
- Earn more trust
- Win more work
- Increase awareness of ethical issues in your organization
- Protect your and your employer's reputation
- Reduce stress
- Advance your career
- Obtain 10 ethical dilemmas for post-webinar use
Intended Audience
This webinar's ideas and tips apply to professional, personal, family, and community aspects of our lives such as.
- Students who, as part of their education, want to begin to deal proactively and intelligently with professional ethical issues
- Practitioners in the business, government, academic, and volunteer sectors
Webinar Outline
- A personal values challenge: The ethics scale
- Working definition of ethics
- The practical benefit of ethical behavior: Earned trust
- Ethical and legal domain
- Codes: Professional society, employer, client, university
- Using codes
- Advice of experienced personnel
- 9-step procedure
- Elimination process
- Moral imagination
- Apps
- Starts at the top: Low cost and high impact
- 2 Case studies
- Resources for additional study