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The Point Radio: Save Ethics for Later? |
by Mark Earley |
Is doing what's right important right now?...
“Poll: Most Teens Think They Can Make Ethical Business Decisions, Yet Many Also Believe it is Okay to Lie and Cheat,” PR Newswire, 11 February 2009.
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I read this report earlier.
Two suggestions:
Ethics could be taught/practiced by kids in good youth groups/youth organizations
(For instance, my daughter has learned lots from her youthgroup - including their work to help a very poor town near us. We discuss how her future college training couldbe used to help others.)
(My son has learned lots from Cub Scouts. Also-baseball has taught him about team playing, etc.)
Teachers might be able to get ahold or invent "ethics simulation" games where the consequences of good/bad choices (especially long-term consequences) can be simulated.
In college, we played a similar game where a couple groups with UNEVEN power were charged with running a town & making financial and ethical decisions. Then---we discussed what we did. My group (which quickly took advantage because we started out with the most power) had to face up---we had considered only ourselves & not those weaker.
At a job where confidentiality was critical, we had a discussion of different possible situations...Thus, they taught us that we could (with clear but ignorant conscience) accidentally tell confidential info.
Both our moral obligation and our knowledge base were expanded.
Posted by: vikingmother | April 23, 2009 at 10:37 AM