1. Ethics, Attitudes, & Goal Setting
Internship Seminar #1
Ethics, Attitudes, & Goal Setting

2. ETHICS

3. Ethics are: Principles which govern our behavior
A principle of right or good conduct
Moral choices made by individuals or groups
The rules or standards governing the conduct of members of a profession. Any set of moral principles or values
Civil and religious law
ETHICS are principles or values that govern our behavior

5. Costs of Ethics
Why is it important to be ethical?
Employee theft costs US businesses more than $60 billion each year
35% of employees say they steal $10 or more each month!
50% of company’s going bankrupt is due to unethical behavior.
Workman’s compensation, one entire floor is devoted to checking out fraud cases!
Is it costing your company money either by stealing time or product? Is it harming or putting others in danger?
Stealing product
Stealing time

6. Examples?

7. Red/Green Card

8. ATTITUDES

9. “Your attitude is like a price tag, it shows how valuable you are.”
Characteristics of a good attitude
Things that influence attitude

10. HOMEWORK!
Observe the attitudes of someone at your internship for the next month.
Keep a log of their daily attitude for March. (willing to work, complained about tasks, friendly to coworkers, etc).
Write a reflection of describing the trend of their attitude and how it affected their work, how they worked with others, workplace environment, etc.
Due at next seminar in April.

11. GOAL SETTING

12. GOALS! What is a goal? Why do we set them? Give an example of a goal.
_________term Goals
Less than 3 months
___________ Goals
3 months to a year
_________Term Goals
Longer than 1 year

14. HOMEWORK Set a goal for your internship. Make it SMART.
Put it somewhere visible.
Work on your goal through March.
Complete a reflection on your goal. Did you complete it? Did you forget? What helped you accomplish the goal?
Due at next seminar in April.