Lesson Plan A Look at Workplace Ethics - 10 - 1

TEXAS CTE LESSON PLAN
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Lesson Identification and TEKS Addressed

Cluster Human Services
Course Interpersonal Studies
Lesson/Unit Title A Look at Workplace Ethics
TEKS Student Expectations 130.275. (c) Knowledge and Skills
(1) The student exhibits employability skills. The

student is expected to:
(D) Determine ethical practices in the

workplace
Basic Direct Teach Lesson
Instructional Objectives Students will:
 Understand the guidelines of ethical behavior
 Determine what they would do in workplace
situations
Rationale Most individuals will work an average of 43 years before
retiring. What skills do you need to be successful at the
workplace? What are ethics and how do they relate to
getting and keeping a job? Employers are looking for
individuals who possess good work ethics and job-
related skills. As you prepare to look for employment, it
is important to consider what employers want in an
employee.
Duration of Lesson Three 45-minute class periods
Word Wall Ethics: Moral principles that govern a person’s behavior;
a set of beliefs about what is right and what is wrong
Honesty: When you are truthful and loyal in your words

and actions
Integrity: The quality of being honest and having strong

moral principles; moral uprightness
* Special Education Modifications or Accommodations, if applicable.
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Positive attitude: Behavior that shows someone is
happy, has confidence in himself or herself or in others,
and believes that life is good
Professionalism: The ability to show respect to

everyone around you while you perform your
responsibilities as best as you can
Skills: The ability to do something that comes from

training, experience, or practice
Team: A group of two or more people who work

together to achieve a common goal
Materials/Specialized Equipment:
Equipment Needed  Computer with projector for PowerPoint
presentation
 Computers with Internet access (be sure to follow
district guidelines for Internet access)
 Presenter remote
Materials:
Items which represent different occupations in Human
Services:
 Baby items
 Calculator
 Counseling information
 Child care information
 Doctor’s coat
 Nurse’s uniform
 Picture of you, a Family, and Consumer Sciences
instructor
 Play food
 Play money
 Shopping bag
 Copies of handouts
PowerPoint:
 A Look at Workplace Ethics
Technology:
Free iPad Apps
 The Moral Dilemma
Chronicles America’s rapid moral decline
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-moral-
dilemma/id602827884?mt=8
YouTube:
 Ethics in the Workplace!
A presentation on how companies can easily
implement business ethics in the workplace and
still achieve their goals.
http://youtu.be/0mUxMpMTT28
 United States Department of Labor
Soft Skills – Professionalism information.
http://youtu.be/7dPWVjQSad4
Graphic Organizers:
 Note Taking: A Look at Workplace Ethics
Handouts:
 3-2-1 Strategies for Job Success
 Employee Rights Poster
 Think-Ink-Pair-Share: Workplace Ethics
 What Makes a Good Employee?
 Workplace Ethics
Anticipatory Set Prior to class:

Note to teacher – Become familiar with:
The Texas Work Prep Learning Management System

(LMS) designed and hosted by the Texas Workforce
Commission. The Job Hunter’s Guide Course – This
course will allow students to gain knowledge and skills to
attain employment. The course is approximately an hour

and a half long. Students will receive a certificate upon
completion of this course which can be printed and
added to their professional portfolios.
https://www.texasworkprep.com/texasworkprep.htm
Display as many of the lesson-related supplies as you
have available on a table in front of the room.
Become familiar with PowerPoints, handouts, and
activities.
Before class begins:

Write the terms “ethics” and “work skills” on the board or
overhead. Distribute Think-Ink-Pair-Share: Workplace
Ethics handout. The Think-Ink-Pair-Share activity is an
excellent prior knowledge activity that helps students to
focus their thoughts on a specific topic. The students are
asked to first think about what they know, record their
ideas on the handout and then pair up with someone to
share what they wrote. The final stage is a large group
discussion.
Topic: You have recently opened your own business and

are in the process of hiring twenty new employees. What
workplace ethics and work skills are important to you
and the success of your new business?
Allow students time to complete this activity.

 What are ethics?
 Why are ethics important?
 How do work skills relate to the success or failure
of a business? Of being employed?
 What ethics and work skills do you possess?
Lead students to share and discuss their responses.

Direct Instruction with Introduce lesson objectives, terms, and definitions.
Special Education
Modifications/Accommoda Distribute handout Note Taking: A Look at Workplace
tions Ethics. Students will be expected to take notes while

viewing the slide presentation. Teacher will determine
the notes to be recorded by students.
Introduce PowerPoint A Look at Workplace Ethics and

begin the discussion with students. Allow for questions
and answers to check for understanding.
Distribute Workplace Ethics handout. Students will

complete the table by listing workplace ethics, the
importance of having those particular ethics in the job
market, methods of obtaining the ethics and resources
to obtain the ethics.
Allow for questions and discussion. Check for

understanding.
YouTube video included in the PowerPoint:
Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for all special education

students must be followed. Examples of accommodations
may include, but are not limited to:
 checking for understanding
 providing a copy of the slide presentation
Guided Practice with Introduce the Texas Work Prep Learning Management
Special Education System.
Modifications/Accommoda
tions Direct students to the Texas Succeed at Work Course.
https://www.texasworkprep.com/texasworkprep.htm
Inform students that this is an interactive free

assessment that will allow them to enjoy their jobs and
learn more about ethics.
 Succeed at Work Stages
 Acting Self-Employed
 Starting a New Job
 Being an Excellent Employee (Work Ethics)
 Living a Balanced Life
 Enjoying Your Current Position
After completing the course, students will be able to

pass a short quiz to receive their printable certificates.
Stress the importance of having this type of

documentation in their professional portfolios.

 allowing students extra time to complete the
assignment
 providing fill-in-the-blank note handouts for
students to follow and fill in during the lesson
 pairing students with elbow partners who can
assist them with verbal and written responses to
the lesson
Independent Distribute What Makes a Good Employee? handout.

Practice/Laboratory Students will evaluate their workplace skills by answering
Experience with Special each of the statements on the handout based on the
Education way it describes them. They will mark A for always, S for
Modifications/Accommoda sometimes and N for never. The students will calculate
tions their answers by following the instructions on the
handout.
Allow for questions and discussion. Check for

understanding.

 shortened, simplified instructions
 repeated instructions
 opportunities to repeat instructions
 written instructions
Lesson Closure Review lesson objectives, terms, and definitions.

Students will complete 3-2-1 Strategies for Job Success
handout. This will be their exit pass. Student must
answer the questions about what they learned before
being allowed to leave the room.
Display a few copies of the following poster and discuss

in class:
Employee Rights Poster.
Summative/End of Lesson The students will write a one-page summary analyzing

Assessment with Special the importance of workplace ethics and skills. Students
Education will reflect on how the lesson, activities and information
Modifications/Accommoda will assist them in the future. The reflection and various
tions handouts will be submitted for assessment.

 encouraging participation
 extended “wait time”
 working with a peer tutor
 highlighted materials for emphasis
References/Resources Images:
 Microsoft Clip Art: Used with permission from
Microsoft.
Textbooks:

 Parnell Frances Baynor. (2001). Skills for personal
and family living. (pp. 195-206). Tinley Park: The
Goodheart-Willcox Publishing Company.
 Sasse Connie. (2004). Families today. (4th ed., pp.
285-304). New York: McGraw Hill Glencoe.
Websites:
 Department of Labor – Office of Disability
Employment Policy
Essential Skills to Getting a Job – What Young
People with Disabilities Need to Know.
http://www.dol.gov/odep/documents/essential_jo
b_skills.pdf
 Ethics Resource Center (ERC)
ERC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research
organization dedicated to independent research
that advances high ethical standards and
practices in public and private institutions.
http://www.ethics.org/
YouTube:
Additional Required Components
English Language  Ask students to repeat your instructions back to
Proficiency Standards you to be sure they know what is expected of
(ELPS) Strategies them before each phase of the lesson.
 Discuss vocabulary in detail and make sure
everyone has a firm grasp on it before moving
forward with the lesson.
 Use graphic organizers and visuals to explain the
lesson in detail.
 Utilized Four Corners Vocabulary / Word Wall
Activity http://cte.sfasu.edu/wp-
content/uploads/2012/02/Four-Corner-
Vocabulary2.pdf
 Have students say and write the vocabulary
words in their primary languages.
College and Career
Readiness Connection1
Recommended Strategies
Reading Strategies Current Events:
Assign students to read about the importance of work
ethics and skills. Information can be found in newspaper
articles, magazines, journals, and online print.
Suggestions:
 Five Factors that Demonstrate a Strong Work
Ethic
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/5-factors-
demonstrate-strong-work-ethic-15976.html
 Essential Skills to Getting a Job – What Young
People with Disabilities Need to Know
http://www.dol.gov/odep/documents/essential_jo
b_skills.pdf
 Code of Ethics of the National Association of
Social Workers (NASW)
Professional ethics are the core of social work.
The NASW Code of Ethics offers a set of values,
principles, and standards to guide decision-
making and everyday professional conduct of
social workers. It is relevant to all social workers
and social work students regardless of their
specific functions or settings.
http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/code.as
1
Visit the Texas College and Career Readiness Standards at
http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/collegereadiness/CRS.pdf, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
(THECB), 2009.
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 Encourage students to connect reading to their
life experiences or prior knowledge.
Quotes What you do is what matters, not what you think or say
or plan.
-Jason Fried, Rework
Good is the enemy of great.

-Jim Collins
A bad hair day is not a valid excuse for calling in sick.

-Tadahiko Nagao
Writing Strategies Journal Entries:
 I will demonstrate a 100% commitment at my
workplace by _______________.
 An employer can encourage a good work
environment in which work ethics are practiced
by _______________.
 Some examples of poor work ethics are
__________________.
Writing Strategy:
RAFT Writing Strategy
o Role – Employer
o Audience – High school employee
o Format – Memo
o Topic – The importance of ethics at the workplace
Communication 90 Second  If I owned a business, I would want my employees
Speech Topics to possess the following work ethics: ____________.
 Work ethics are important because ______________.
 Stealing from your workplace is wrong because
________________.
Other Essential Lesson Components
Enrichment activity  Allow students to create their own code of ethics
for your classroom. This will encourage them to
follow their own rules in the classroom. Display

the code of ethics in a prominent area to be
reviewed during the school year.
 Have students complete a ticket out with at least
one employability workplace skill they are going
to need in the 21st century. A ticket out is a half
sheet of paper that students are required to fill
out in order to leave class. It gives the teacher an
idea of how well the students grasped the
concept learned in class that day.
 Have students create a paragraph by answering
each of these questions: What-Why-How on
Employability Skills– What do you think about the
topic? (your opinion) Why do you think it?
(reasons) How do you know? (evidence or
examples).
 The nonprofit organization Workplace Fairness
provides workers with information about many
issues, including employee rights. Have students
pick an issue that they find interesting and write a
summary explaining how it affects workers, why
they think it is important and how workers can
deal with it at:
http://www.workplacefairness.org/the-issues
Family/Community Discuss ethics with your family and decide on the most
Connection important values for your family.
CTSO connection Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America
(FCCLA)
http://www.fcclainc.org
 Interpersonal Communications – An individual or

team event – recognizes participants who use
Family and Consumer Sciences and/or related
occupations skills and apply communication
techniques to develop a project designed to
strengthen communication.
Service Learning Projects Successful service learning project ideas originate from

student concerns and needs. Allow students to
brainstorm about service projects pertaining to the
lesson.
http://www.ysa.org
Students can promote ethical workplace behavior by

presenting information at a job fair or other community
venues detailing qualities for responsible employees.


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TEXAS CTE LESSON PLAN

Lesson Identification and TEKS Addressed

(1) The student exhibits employability skills. The

(D) Determine ethical practices in the

Honesty: When you are truthful and loyal in your words

Integrity: The quality of being honest and having strong

Professionalism: The ability to show respect to

Skills: The ability to do something that comes from

Team: A group of two or more people who work

Anticipatory Set Prior to class:

The Texas Work Prep Learning Management System

* Special Education Modifications or Accommodations, if applicable.

Before class begins:

Topic: You have recently opened your own business and

Allow students time to complete this activity.

Lead students to share and discuss their responses.

* Special Education Modifications or Accommodations, if applicable.

Introduce PowerPoint A Look at Workplace Ethics and

Distribute Workplace Ethics handout. Students will

Allow for questions and discussion. Check for

Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for all special education

Inform students that this is an interactive free

* Special Education Modifications or Accommodations, if applicable.

After completing the course, students will be able to

Stress the importance of having this type of

Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for all special education

Independent Distribute What Makes a Good Employee? handout.

Allow for questions and discussion. Check for

* Special Education Modifications or Accommodations, if applicable.

Lesson Closure Review lesson objectives, terms, and definitions.

Display a few copies of the following poster and discuss

Summative/End of Lesson The students will write a one-page summary analyzing

Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for all special education

* Special Education Modifications or Accommodations, if applicable.

Good is the enemy of great.

A bad hair day is not a valid excuse for calling in sick.

* Special Education Modifications or Accommodations, if applicable.

 Interpersonal Communications – An individual or

* Special Education Modifications or Accommodations, if applicable.

Students can promote ethical workplace behavior by

* Special Education Modifications or Accommodations, if applicable.

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