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Ethics Roundtable for Legislative Staff Peggy Kerns, NCSL Ethics - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Ethics Roundtable for Legislative Staff Peggy Kerns, NCSL Ethics - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Ethics Roundtable for Legislative Staff Peggy Kerns, NCSL Ethics Center, August 2014 Legislative Values Which Way to Go? Ethics Principles: integrity, trust & honesty; doing the right thing Professional and personal standards of
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Ethics
- Principles: integrity, trust & honesty;
doing the right thing
- Professional and personal standards of
conduct
- A system of moral principles
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Purpose Today
- What ethical values are important to you?
- How your values influence your job as a
legislative staffer.
- Process how you make ethical decisions.
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Your Work Environment
- Duty to legislative institution
- Duty to members
- Duty to colleagues
- Duty to yourself
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Tension Points
- Who is your client?
- To whom are you loyal?
- What does confidentiality mean?
- How do you prioritize?
- Should you be quiet or speak up?
- How should we treat each other?
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You can’t avoid ethical responsibilities by ignoring them!
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How Do I Make Ethical Choices?
- Do what is best for the most people.
- Follow your highest sense of
principle.
- Do unto others…
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Making Ethical Choices Involves:
- Moral judgment and ethical decisions
- Mismatched duties & conflicting claims
- Ethical, legal, practical considerations
- Motive
- Seriousness of issue/offense
- Price tag: career, cost,
courage
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Discuss and Debate
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Ethics Takes Courage
“Courage is the most important of all virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue
- consistently. You can practice any