Interactive Workplace Ethics CTE Activities
Empower with Real‑World Ethics Training
Welcome to our Workplace Ethics program—a dynamic, interactive learning experience designed to help students and young professionals navigate the complex world of ethical decision‑making.
Ethics in the workplace goes beyond rules—it’s about making the right decisions, fostering trust, and building a professional reputation. Our labs engage students through relatable scenarios, interactive activities, and guided worksheets, teaching the principles they need to excel in their future careers.
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Why Choose Our Workplace Ethics Activities?
Whether you’re a high school teacher, trade school instructor, or workforce trainer, our labs are perfect for developing ethical awareness in students or employees entering the workforce.
Structured Approach
From handling confidentiality to navigating conflicts of interest, students are placed in the shoes of relatable characters, exploring the consequences of their decisions.
Our labs follow a structured approach:
- Introduction Slides: Context and objectives.
- Scenario Exploration: A compelling ethical dilemma.
- Reflection Activities: Personal insights and justifications.
- Hands‑On Worksheets: From classifications to calculations.
- Assessment Questions: To reflect what they learned.
- Conclusion: Key takeaways and real‑world implications.
Interactive Activities
Each lab includes thoughtfully crafted interactive worksheets that encourage critical thinking and problem‑solving—whether it’s calculating the financial impact of ethical breaches or justifying actions with data.
Interactive Features
- Drag‑and‑drop classifications
- Scenario‑based decision trees
- Cost calculations of ethical violations
- Action – Outcome worksheets
- Writing prompts for personal reflection
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Workplace Ethics Essentials Bundle
Empower students to navigate workplace challenges with this engaging bundle of ethics labs. Covering topics like resource misuse, confidentiality, teamwork, and whistleblowing, this collection features real-world scenarios, interactive activities, and assessments to build integrity and professionalism.
This is a bundle of lessons
Workplace Ethics: Pre-Assessment
This short pre-assessment helps students evaluate their initial understanding of workplace ethics. Through multiple-choice questions, they reflect on honesty, fairness, and professional behavior—preparing them for the full Workplace Ethics course ahead.
Workplace Ethics: Final Assessment
This final assessment measures students’ understanding of key workplace ethics concepts—honesty, respect, fairness, and accountability—through real-world scenarios. A perfect wrap-up to the Workplace Ethics course.
Social Media at Work: Blurred Lines
This lab explores the ethical challenges of social media in the workplace. Through Maya's dilemma, students analyze how online actions impact team dynamics and professional boundaries. With interactive activities, they learn to navigate digital ethics, balance personal expression, and maintain professionalism.
Teamwork in the Trenches: Who Gets the Credit?
Explore the ethics of team collaboration with this engaging lab. Students analyze scenarios, reflect on fairness in recognition, and practice professional communication. Through interactive activities, they’ll develop skills to foster trust, accountability, and ethical teamwork.
The Ripple Effect of Gossips
Explore how small workplace gossip can spiral into big challenges with this interactive lab. Through engaging scenarios, activities, and reflections, students learn to recognize, address, and prevent gossip while fostering trust, professionalism, and ethical communication in the workplace.
Cybersecurity Awareness
Engage students in real-world cybersecurity scenarios where they identify phishing emails, evaluate the consequences of password sharing, and reflect on ethical decisions. Includes interactive activities, writing prompts, and assessments to build vigilance and critical thinking.
Keeping It Confidential
Explore the importance of confidentiality in the workplace with interactive scenarios, engaging worksheets, and real-world examples. Students learn to identify sensitive information, understand ethical responsibilities, and handle conflicts of interest to build trust and professionalism.
Ethics Under Pressure: Navigating Deadlines
This interactive lab helps students navigate ethical dilemmas under tight deadlines. Through realistic scenarios, engaging activities, and reflective writing, learners build skills to balance integrity, productivity, and teamwork while analyzing the consequences of ethical and unethical decisions.
Speaking Up or Staying Silent: Whistleblower
Explore the complexities of whistleblowing with engaging scenarios, activities, and discussions. This lab helps students navigate ethical dilemmas, balancing justice, loyalty, and responsibility. Includes writing prompts, worksheets, and assessments to develop critical thinking and decision-making skills.
Harassment and Discrimination: Role of Bystanders
Empower students to identify and address workplace harassment and discrimination through real-life scenarios and interactive activities. This lab focuses on the critical role of bystanders, teaching empathy, ethical decision-making, and strategies to foster a respectful workplace.
Conflict of Interest
Explore workplace ethics with this engaging lab on conflicts of interest. Through scenarios, writing prompts, interactive worksheets, and real-world cases, students learn to identify, disclose, and resolve ethical dilemmas, building skills in transparency, fairness, and professional integrity.
Printers to Productivity: Use of Supplies & Time
Explore workplace ethics with this engaging lab on the ethical use of company resources. Students analyze real-world scenarios, calculate the cost of misuse, and reflect on accountability, fairness, and policy adherence. Includes interactive activities, writing prompts, and assessments.