The document discusses career competencies in Canada, emphasizing the importance of ethics, particularly honesty, integrity, and morality. It outlines essential employability skills and addresses the prevalence of a cheating culture within society and workplaces, highlighting the need for ethical behavior. Additionally, it encourages discussions about fostering an ethical culture and presents a character education approach that is inclusive and non-biased.

1. CAREER COMPETENCIES IN
CANADA
ETHICS: HONESTY/INTEGRITY/MORALITY
CHARACTER COUNTS!
Prepared and Presented by:
Pr. Peivand Pirouzi, Ph.D., MBA, CCPE, Cert. Psychiatry
Lead Educational and Career Mentor
2018
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2. Universal Employability Skills
1. Leadership/Management Skills
2. Communication Skills
3. Teamwork Skills
4. Self-Motivated/Ability to work with little or no supervision
5. Problem-Solving/Decision-Making, Reasoning/Creativity skills
6. Dedication/Hardworking/Work Ethic
7. Planning/Organizing Skills
8. Dependability/Reliability/Responsibility
9. Adaptability
10. Availability/Flexibility
11. Honesty/Integrity/Morality - Character Counts!
12. Computer/Technical Skills
13. Interpersonal Abilities
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3. Universal Employability Skills
13. Self Presentation Skills
14. Multi-Tasking Skills
15. Positive Attitude/Motivation/Energetic
16. Self-Confidence
17. Leadership/Management Skills
18. Multicultural Sensitivity/Awareness
19. Loyalty
20. Professionalism
21. Willingness to Learn
22. Customer Service Skills
23. Common Sense
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4. ETHICS
HONESTY/INTEGRITY/MORALITY
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5. Ethics
 How do you define ethics?
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6. Ethics
 How do you define ethics?
 Moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the
conducting of an activity
 Set of moral values – Community and personal values
 The body of moral principles or values governing the
society
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7. Moral
Moral
Relating to,
or concerned with the principles or rules
of
right conduct or the distinction between
right and wrong
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8. Integrity
The quality of being honest and having
strong moral principles; moral uprightness
Can you have integrity at 25%?
Honest
Free from bias and injustice,
Fair in principles, intentions, and actions
Integrity
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9. What we need in our society?
Is more important that what you say
Ethical citizens
In our workplaces, in our communities, in our
schools, and everywhere else.
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10. Topic of group discussion
Ethics and cheating
Definition: Acting dishonestly or unfairly in order to
gain an advantage.
In your group, talk about a time when you
witnessed someone committing an unethical act or
cheating.
What was the case?
What was the consequence for the person, for you,
and for your team?
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11. What is a Cheating Culture?
Is more important that what you say
•Breaking the rules to get ahead academically,
professionally, or financially
•Sometimes it involves breaking or violating laws,
sometimes it does not
•Most of it is done by people who view themselves as
upstanding members of society
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12. A Cheating Culture
Is more important that what you say
• Widespread pattern of cheating
• Hard to document
• In the US, evidence suggests that individuals are
cheating more and feeling less guilty
• Idea that “everybody does it” makes it socially
acceptable
• Professional life has changed such that playing by
the rules automatically places you below average
• Americans have two sets of ethical compasses
(meaning in your life)
1. Compass for things like family, drugs and
traditional types of crime
2. A second compass for career, money, and
success
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13. Transformations Leading to
More Cheating
Is more important that what you say
• New pressures
• Temptation
• Bigger rewards for winning
• Trickle down corruption
• What “temptations” exist in your communities? In
your district? List specific things YOU know of that
lead to adults and/or students cheating.
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14. What we hear when there is any
unethical issue in a workplace
I didn't know it was wrong.
I didn't know it was cheating.
I wasn't in the training the day you talked about
cheating.
I know there was something about integrity and
moral at the start of the employment, but I forgot the
details.
I just wanted to help my colleague out.
I just did what everybody else is doing.
In my home country people do it all the time.
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15. What we hear when there is any
unethical issue in a workplace
I didn't mean to do it but...
I had this moment of weakness.
I was just using the other person’s work to look
good.
OK, you caught me and I admit what I did was really
bad and dumb, but please don't prosecute me
because...
there were mitigating circumstances.
if I'm suspended it will mess up my life.
it's the first time I ever did something like this.
I swear I'll never do it again.
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16. Group Discussion
What can YOU do to keep the culture of
being ethical?
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17. Character Counts!
The CHARACTER COUNTS! approach to character education
doesn't exclude anyone.
These are six ethical values that everyone can agree on —
values that are not political, religious, or culturally biased.
This is what we teach to our students in Canada.
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18. Character Counts!
Is more important that what you say

19. Code of Ethics
Is more important that what you say
Examples of standards that you can encounter:
1. Professional Ethical Conduct, Practices and
Performance
2. Ethical Conduct Toward Professional Colleagues
3. Ethical Conduct Toward Clients
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20. Group Exercise
 Discuss each standard
 Each group then explains what is included in the
standard to the whole group
 How are you going to use what you learnt today
in your everyday life?
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21. End of Session
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22. Thank you.