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 us

Somebody

is

Looking
 Integrity

Dont compromise yourself

Its

all
you

have

got
Rather fail with honor

Than

succeed

by

fraud
 What you are

Is more important than what you say

 Real integrity

Stays in place
Is more important
Whether the test isthat 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
if important
you that what you say
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

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
socially important that what you say
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
more important notwhat you say
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 rather than the
Is more
real rules important
need that what
to change this.you say
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
Silent important
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
warIs more important
(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
Is American
more generation
important that raised
what youinsay
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
 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
Believed by important that what you
many demographers saymost
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
Is more
let loose importantinthat
by boomers thewhat
60s you say
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
moreyour table and
important thatlist on you
what chart paper
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
areafor 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
2.IsEthical
more important that what
Conduct Toward you say
Professional
Colleagues
3. Ethical Conduct Toward Students
Whats included in each of the
three standards?
Divide into three Each group then
teams/tables explains what is
Someone at your included in the
table/from your standard to the
team, do a computer whole group
internet search for
the SBEC
Educators Code of
Ethics and share
with your group
Essential Tools in Developing
Ethical Leaders
Understanding of the student
Modeling/Optimal similarity
Relevant
Is moretopics for discussion
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
best policy

George Washington
People will forget what you said,
People will forget what you did,
But people will never forget
How you made them feel.

Maya Angelou