HS.33 Understanding the Importance of Professional Ethics
This LifeKnowledge lesson (HS.33) introduces high school students to professional ethics through discussion of common real-life scenarios. Students learn to identify ethical and unethical behavior, apply six ethical decision-making criteria, list the benefits and consequences of ethical and unethical decisions, and define the term “ethics.” The lesson includes an interest-approach skit, scenario discussions, rubric-based assessments, and FFA/SAE application activities.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Identify ethical and unethical behavior.
- List benefits of making ethical decisions in the workplace.
- Define ethics.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- High School
- Materials
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- Writing surface
- Paper
- Writing tools
- Poster paper and pens
- HS.33.TM.A–B
- HS.33.Assess.A—one per student
- HS.33.Assess.B—one per student
- Overhead projector
- List of information on HS.33.TM.B on cards hidden throughout the room
- Unit
- Stage One of Development—ME
- Problem Area
- How Do I Begin to Grow?
- Precepts
- I3: Demonstrate professional ethics. N3: Make ethical decisions.
- Key Terms
- Ethics
- Resources
- Ricketts, Cliff. Leadership: Personal Development and Career Success Second Edition. Albany, New York. Delmar Publishing, 2003.
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NPH-H.9-12.5Using Communication Skills to Promote Health — Analyze how interpersonal communication affects relationships.