http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/ethics-101/ News and Observations about the University of California, Berkeley. Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:24:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/ethics-101/#comment-9107 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:21:26 +0000 http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/ethics-101/#comment-9107 The on-line training also gives the University the ability to tell offenders, "I told you not to behave that way." It can serve as a basis for subsequent discipline, because offenders can't deny having been trained about how to deal with the ethical dilemma. The on-line training also gives the University the ability to tell offenders, “I told you not to behave that way.” It can serve as a basis for subsequent discipline, because offenders can’t deny having been trained about how to deal with the ethical dilemma.

]]> http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/ethics-101/#comment-9106 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:36:20 +0000 http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2007/01/17/ethics-101/#comment-9106 I think you're being mistakenly sarcastic here. The problem with asking "should I be doing this" is that even if the answer is yes, doing it can cause problems. Dealing with conflicts of interest is intended to make external people confident that the process is fair. That's why people are expected to recuse themselves from decisions when they have a conflict of interest, even if they're certain that it won't affect that decision. Part of the job of an employee is to present the university to the public so that the public can have faith in it. I think you’re being mistakenly sarcastic here. The problem with asking “should I be doing this” is that even if the answer is yes, doing it can cause problems. Dealing with conflicts of interest is intended to make external people confident that the process is fair. That’s why people are expected to recuse themselves from decisions when they have a conflict of interest, even if they’re certain that it won’t affect that decision. Part of the job of an employee is to present the university to the public so that the public can have faith in it.

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