As a local government leader, you have the challenge of fostering an ethical workplace that can effectively deal with and recognize ethical dilemmas as they arise.

At the same time, public suspicion and mistrust, media coverage of ethical violations, and the explosion of communications technologies bring a new urgency and challenge to managers who seek to instill ethical values in their organization. Ethics awareness and training are fundamental to sound government management.

What You Will Learn

Designed for local government managers and supervisors, this 3-hour web workshop will provide the strategies and tools you need to foster an ethical organization. Through the use of case studies and discussion, this training offers practical strategies and tools to help you:

• Build a more ethical workplace and culture.
• Create a framework for ethical decision making.
• Form guidelines for fostering ethics in the organization.
• Ensure your organization is prepared to recognize and handle ethical dilemmas that could place you or your staff in precarious situations.
• Increase ethics awareness.

You’ll discover:

• How to build ethical habits to deal with difficult situations, through the use of real world cases.
• How you can implement new actions in your organization to strengthen ethical behaviors.
• How to identify/recognize common ethical issues.
• How to approach ethical paradoxes and dilemmas in which more than one action may be "right."
• And much more.

During the web workshop, short breaks are built in for participant case study review and discussion. You also will have the opportunity to ask questions and engage with the workshop leader and other participants.

Building an Ethical Culture: The Leader’s Role web workshop is interactive, motivational, and grounded in public service values. These challenging fiscal times can bring hard choices, and what better time to strengthen the ethical culture of your organization than by registering for this timely training.

Addresses Practice Group 17: Integrity

What Is an ICMA University Web Workshop?

With tight budgets and, in many cases, a travel moratorium, it’s a challenge to continue to provide necessary professional development for your staff. Web workshops are the high-quality, lower-cost solution you’ve been asking for.

With ICMA University’s Web workshops, you get low-cost training for your staff without having to worry about travel budgets. ICMA Web workshops provide leadership and management skill-building professional development in a half-day format, with breaks for case study review and discussion among your staff. It’s the same high-quality content and training as the ICMA University Workshops To Go, provided over the phone and Internet, with staff from other jurisdictions participating from their locations.

One low registration fee ($395 for ICMA members, $595 for nonmembers) allows an unlimited number of staff from your office to participate in the half-day workshop by gathering in a training room at your location and dialing in to a toll-free number on speakerphone. You also will log in to the session on the Internet, where you will view the PowerPoint presentation. During the Web workshop, you will get a chance to have discussions with your staff about case studies, ask questions of and interact with the Web workshop leader and other participating organizations/jurisdictions.

Date of Event:

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Time: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET

Fee:

$395 ICMA Members

$595 Nonmembers

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How Do ICMA University Web Workshops Work?

ICMA University Web Workshops provide you with a cost-effective and convenient way to train your entire staff in your office without the travel costs and time. The Web workshop is live, interactive training where you can ask the workshop leader questions in real time, through online chat during the workshop. In addition, your registration includes all of the workshop materials, which will be available to you before the workshop takes place.

Before the event date, you'll get an e-mail reminder that includes a toll-free number, URL to view the presentation, and a unique access code. On the day of then workshop, you'll dial the toll-free number to listen in via speakerphone and access the workshop site using the URL.

Customization: We can customize any ICMA University Web Workshop for Web training for your local government or organization for an additional fee; contact Debbi Reid at dreid@icma.org for additional information.

Sign Up Today and Your Entire Staff Can Listen For One Fee

The registration fee is $395 (ICMA members) or $595 (nonmembers). If you are an ICMA member, you'll need your Member ID to get the member price.

There is no limit to the number of staff from your office who can participate in this web workshop. One registration fee of $395 (ICMA members) or $595 (nonmembers) gives you an access code for one phone line and the URL to view the PowerPoint presentation.

Note: Additional phones lines require additional access codes, which means separate registrations for each additional access code you need.

Your fee also includes the presentation materials and free online access for your staff to listen to the recording of the entire web workshop at their convenience for 30 days.

Cancellation Policy

You may cancel your registration up to 48 hours in advance of the workshop and transfer your registration to a future Web workshop without penalty. If you do not transfer your registration, you must cancel no later than one week prior of the workshop date to receive a full refund of your fee.

Sponsor

ICMA University is dedicated to advancing the profession of local government management through learning and skills enhancement experiences. This Web workshop/event addresses one or more of the 18 core areas that are essential to effective local government management and can be used to achieve ICMA Credentialed Manager status.