Me First! Building a Balanced Ethical Perspective at Work

Course Overview

Me First! is a course that helps people get beyond self-centered thinking and attitudes in order to improve relationships raise ethical standards and restore a sense of balance and perspective in the workplace. How people view themselves and those around them is a critical part of how they approach ethical decisions around them. This course is really about changing the way people think about each other. Thinking about others improves respect understanding and leads to greater ethical awareness. The course discusses the problems associated with human ego. It helps participants move to a better understanding of the principles behind the Golden Rule and the pitfalls of human greed by changing the focus from ourselves to others. This course provides deeper-lever character training with the intent of providing solid moral support to any ethics-training program.

Target Audience

All Audiences

Learning Objectives

• Understand the human ego and its snares and pitfalls to character and ethics in the workplace.
• Define and understand the age-old principle of the Golden Rule and how it influences our ethical decision-making at work.
• Understand what greed is and learn facts about how it affects the workplace.
• Understand what binds all of us together and use this knowledge to improve our workplace environment.
• Foster a greater sense of dignity and respect for each other which will translate to a more ethical workplace.

Business Outcomes

Connect personal character and moral/ethical decision-making to business compliance issues and principles.