Dora Ann Hatch
LSU Agricultural Center
11959 Hwy. 9
Homer, LA 71040
(318) 927-9654, (318) 927-4139 fax

Deborah Cross
LSU Agricultural Center
5655 LSU Ag Rd.
St. Gabriel, LA 70776
(225) 642-2044, (225) 642-0844 fax

Winzer Andrews, Sr.
LSU Agricultural Center
Caddo Parish Office
2408 E. 70th St.
Shreveport, LA 71105-4702
(318) 226-6805, (318) 226-6769 fax

Frustrated business owners across the nation complain that today’s workers no longer adhere to the theory, “An honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay.” Workers rationalize poor ethical behavior and play the blame game to shift accountability in the workplace.

To address these issues, the LSU AgCenter has developed a curriculum using the Josephson Institute of Ethics’ six pillars of character—trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship— to teach ethics in the workplace. This fun-filled, interactive curriculum keeps audiences engaged through the use of skits, group activities and games.

The goal of the training is to teach the importance of modeling good character in the workplace thereby increasing worker satisfaction, company productivity and an improved work environment.

The training module topics teach the six pillars of character and are creatively entitled:

• What Goes Around Comes Around—respect and conflict resolution.
• Actions Speak Louder Than Words—trustworthiness.
• You Can Count on Me!—responsibility.
• Who Said Life Is Fair?—fairness.
• You Get What You Give—caring.
• We’re All In This Together—citizenship.
• Making the Right Choice—decision making.
• We Are Family—team dynamics.

The curriculum is designed for a six hour training but is adaptable to suit the time constraints of both white and blue collar workers. The curriculum has been successfully used with poultry processing mid-management workers, executives, assembly line workers, and utility company workers.