Values and Ethics Discussion MANAGEMENT EDUCATION

What are Values? Adapted from John W. Gregg’s (director of Controls & Accountability, UC Davis) Ethics presentation 2000 Josephson Institute, Ethics in the Workplace Values are important beliefs and desires that shape attitudes and motivate actions.

BSD Shared Values Integrity Doing the right thing when no one is looking Fairness (Safety & Trust) Individual & Collective Accountability To ourselves & our profession To each other To management To the Laboratory Respect and Appreciation for the individual One’s expertise One’s opinion A person’s uniqueness (Diversity is valued) Reciprocal generosity -We encourage responsible & informed risk taking (judgment) -We focus on positive reinforcement

To ourselves & our profession

To each other

To management

To the Laboratory

One’s expertise

One’s opinion

A person’s uniqueness

(Diversity is valued)

Reciprocal generosity

-We encourage responsible &

informed risk taking (judgment)

-We focus on positive reinforcement

Integrity Responsibility Respect Fairness Excellence Berkeley Lab Core Values Integrity as the Keystone.

Relationship Between Values & Policy Documents Berkeley Lab Core Values Integrity Responsibility Respect Fairness Excellence Principles of Community Berkeley Lab Ethics Statement

Berkeley Lab Core Values

Integrity

Responsibility

Respect

Fairness

Excellence

VALUES Are we, as leaders, really developing our team members to create an organization of excellence? Excellence Fairness Respect Responsibility Integrity Stated Values “ Good enough for government work” “ Inequities” “ Lack of civility” “ Play it safe” “ Careerism” Perceived Values

Relationship Between Values & Performance Organizational Values Harmony in Values Discord in Values Positive Impact On Performance Negative Impact On Performance

VALUES ETHICS TO Effective codes of ethics flow from core values which seek the best of an institution’s culture. Berkeley Lab Core Values Integrity Responsibility Respect Fairness Excellence

Berkeley Lab Core Values

Integrity

Responsibility

Respect

Fairness

Excellence

Ethics Moral principles of duty and virtue that prescribe how we should behave ; the foundation of our internal control. Integrity Responsibility Respect Fairness Excellence Adapted from John W. Gregg’s (director of Controls & Accountability, UC Davis) Ethics presentation

Ethics Transcends the Law Rights There is a big difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do. Adapted from John W. Gregg’s (director of Controls & Accountability, UC Davis) Ethics presentation 2000 Josephson Institute, Ethics in the Workplace

Ethics is not about words. It's about actions. It’s not about what we say, or intend, nor is it simply a written code or a framed credo. It's what we do. Adapted from John W. Gregg’s (director of Controls & Accountability, UC Davis) Ethics presentation 2000 Josephson Institute, Ethics in the Workplace

It’s not about what we say, or intend, nor is it simply a written code or a framed credo.

Adapted from John W. Gregg’s (director of Controls & Accountability, UC Davis) Ethics presentation

2000 Josephson Institute, Ethics in the Workplace

Dilemmas & Decision-making Skills “ Thorny judgment calls” Dealing with Changing norms Mixed messages Ambiguity Competing pressures “ Business Ethics: Setting the Right Course ”’ Mary C. Gentile, Risk Management, Sept. 1998 Adapted from John W. Gregg’s (director of Controls & Accountability, UC Davis) Ethics presentation

“ Thorny judgment calls”

Dealing with

Changing norms

Mixed messages

Ambiguity

Competing pressures

Framework for Ethical Decision Making Who will be affected by my decision? What general rules or principles underlie my decision? Are you handling similar matters consistently? What are the implications of my decision for the University and the Laboratory? What does my decision say about my values? (We all know people who say one thing & do another.) One can be unethical without breaking the law. What is right, what is fair and what is in your best interest may not be the same. Put your bias aside.

Who will be affected by my decision?

What general rules or principles underlie my decision? Are you handling similar matters consistently?

What are the implications of my decision for the University and the Laboratory?

What does my decision say about my values? (We all know people who say one thing & do another.)

One can be unethical without breaking the law.

What is right, what is fair and what is in your best interest may not be the same. Put your bias aside.

Ethical Leadership

The Importance of Ethical Leadership Influences employee behavior Can help shape value systems that last a working lifetime Can be one of a leader’s legacies

Influences employee behavior

Can help shape value systems that last

a working lifetime

Can be one of a leader’s legacies

Most of the time, we know what we should do. The real test of ethics and character is whether we are willing to do the right thing … even when it is likely to cost more than we want to pay. Adapted from John W. Gregg’s (director of Controls & Accountability, UC Davis) Ethics presentation 2000 Josephson Institute, Ethics in the Workplace

FAIRNESS Process Impartiality Equity CARING The heart of ethics It is scarcely possible to be truly ethical and yet unconcerned with the welfare of others CITIZENSHIP Civic virtues and duties that prescribe how we ought to behave as part of a community. The Six Pillars of Character

FAIRNESS

Process

Impartiality

Equity

CARING

The heart of ethics

It is scarcely possible to be truly ethical and yet unconcerned with the welfare of others

CITIZENSHIP

Civic virtues and duties that prescribe how we ought to behave as part of a community.

Establish shared values Establish a positive leadership climate Develop self & others Think strategically State & communicate your intent Decentralize Empower the work force Emphasize continuous improvement Senior Leader Imperatives Note: An organization takes on the character of its leader! Note: An organization takes on the character of its leader! In closing...

Establish shared values

Establish a positive leadership climate

Develop self & others

Think strategically

State & communicate your intent

Decentralize

Empower the work force

Emphasize continuous improvement

Importance of Corporate Values “ Let us suppose that we were asked for one all-purpose bit of advice for management, one truth that we were able to distill from the excellent companies research. We might be tempted to reply, ‘Figure out your value system. Decide what your company stands for.’ Clarifying the value system and breathing life into it are the greatest contributions a leader can make.” -Peters & Waterman, In Search of Excellence

“ Consider any great organization, one that has lasted over the years, I think you will find that it owes its resiliency not to its form of organization or administrative skills, but to the power of what we call beliefs (values) and the appeal these values have for its people.” “ This then is my thesis: I firmly believe that any organization, in order to survive and achieve success, must have a sound set of beliefs (values) on which it premises all of its policies and actions.” -Thomas Watson, Jr., CEO, IBM