Ethics and Organizational Values

A strategic leadership workshop for Police Executives

October 6-7, 2010 - Edmonton AB

Values and ethics issues often arise in human interaction, especially in policing. Front-line officers and managers make publicly accessible decisions in a fast-paced and conflict-based environment, and are routinely scrutinized for their decisions and actions both internally and
externally. As police executives, we must cultivate ethical practices in our ranks and support its development at every stage, ensuring that police officers use a shared value system. The forward-thinking police agency is one that addresses ethical concerns before they become systemic.

Through a blend of theory, case studies, discussions and exercises, the Ethics and Organizational Values workshop will allow you to develop sound ethical reasoning practices in a highly interactive atmosphere. You will learn, along with other police leaders from across Canada, how to apply ethical decision-making models in the police profession, resulting in improvements in organizational reputation, increased stakeholder goodwill, better employee retention, and decreased costs due to fewer lawsuits arising from ethical mistakes.

Expect to be challenged to:

• actively participate in a highly interactive atmosphere,
• articulate the importance of values and ethics in a police environment, and the necessity for ethical and value-based leadership,
• identify problems contributing to poor decision-making,
• apply a shared value system and sound ethical decision-making model, and
• demonstrate moral courage.

Ethics and Organizational Values will be facilitated by Dr. Stephen Maguire, Program Coordinator of the Certificate Program in Organizational Values and Ethics at Carleton University. Dr. Maguire has done research on a variety of issues in business ethics including the ethics of ethics codes, organizational ethical infrastructure, the ethics of organizational control, ethical risks, and organizational culture as organizational conscience. Dr. Maguire has consulted and designed workshops for numerous organizations in the public sector. He is a co-author of a study of Canadian public service values and ethics programs.

Workshop Costs, including breaks, lunches, and one dinner: $850

Registration

To register, complete the CPC Registration form and send it by fax: (613) 993-9454 or e-mail in pdf format to: cpcregistrar@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

For further information, contact Marie Damian at 613-998-0781 or marie.damian@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.