AUDIENCE:
Professionals

A 5-Point Plan for Making the Right Decisions Every Time
Have we lost our bearings? It often seems that way. Here’s the solution: BusinessWeek.com’s Ethics Guy, Dr. Bruce Weinstein, will show your group that the secret to making the right decisions lies in five simple principles that have stood the test of time: Do No Harm, Make Things Better, Respect Others, Be Fair, and Be Compassionate.. Using examples specific to your group, Dr. Weinstein shows how these principles help you through any tough situation and arrive at the right solution. This is an ethics presentation your group won’t soon forget; its upbeat message will leave your group inspired to bring out the best in themselves and others

AUDIENCE:
Young Adults

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
By the end of this interactive program, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the five fundamental principles of ethics;
2. Explain where these principles come from;
3. Show how to apply these principles to a wide range of circumstances that members of your group face

AGENDA
For many kids, adolescence is a rocky period. As they develop autonomy from their parents, they find themselves navigating a world full of big questions: Is it okay to download music from the Internet? What about “cutting corners” on my homework? Why should I care about doing the right thing—and who determines what the “right thing” is, anyway?

Bruce Weinstein, Ph.D., answers these questions and more with his five life principles—simple rules that can be applied to any situation. With a good dose of common sense, this interactive and fun presentation proves that, while no one can give you all of the answers, Bruce Weinstein can give you the tools to come up with your own.

This presentation is fun, interactive, and based on Dr. Weinstein’s new book, which has already received rave reviews from major publications:

FORMATS AVAILABLE:
• Keynote address (45-60 min.)
• Workshop (2-3 hours)
• Individual consultations

BENEFITS TO YOUR AUDIENCE
Everyone who attends “Is It Still Cheating If I Don't Get Caught?” will:
• Have a renewed appreciation for why ethics is so important in daily life

• Be inspired to apply the five principles of ethics in everything they do

• Understand that no matter where a “What should I do?” problem arises, it is the same five principles that provide time-tested guidance

WHAT MAKES THIS PRESENTATION SO VALUABLE?
• Interactive and fun. From the opening of the session to the very end, Dr. Weinstein keeps the audience involved by going into the audience with a microphone and asking questions in an engaging way.

• No text in the PowerPoint! Instead of slide after slide filled with text they can’t read and don’t understand, Dr. Weinstein uses only a few images to illustrate the points he makes. Your group will thank you for this.

• Rich with stories drawn from real life. This is not the boring ethics class you took in college. Dr. Weinstein explains each of the five principles by telling short, powerful stories that are much more engaging and effective than dry theoretical analysis is.

• Dr. Weinstein is a professional ethicist. Unlike most of the ethics speakers on the lecture circuit, whose training lies elsewhere, Dr. Weinstein has advanced degrees in philosophy and ethics from one of the top schools the United States.

• Accessible. Ethics, when taught by academicians, can be hard to understand for those outside of the university setting. Dr. Weinstein’s keynote addresses and workshops take difficult concepts and makes them intelligible to everyone.

FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS

For many kids, adolescence is a rocky period. As they develop autonomy from their parents, they find themselves navigating a world full of big questions: Is it okay to download music from the Internet? What about “cutting corners” on my homework? Why should I care about doing the right thing—and who determines what the “right thing” is, anyway?

Bruce Weinstein, Ph.D., answers these questions and more with his five life principles—simple rules that can be applied to any situation. With a good dose of common sense, this interactive and fun presentation proves that, while no one can give you all of the answers, Bruce Weinstein can give you the tools to come up with your own.

This presentation is fun, interactive, and based on Dr. Weinstein’s new book of the same title, which has garnered strong reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly (samples of which appear later in this proposal).

At the heart of every crisis we face is a lack of leadership. What does it mean to be a good leader, and how can you be the best leader possible? Dr. Weinstein reveals that the secret of good leadership lies in five basic principles: Do No Harm, Make Things Better, Respect Others, Be Fair, and Be Compassionate. He shows how to apply these principles in a wide range of circumstances that your members face at work and beyond. He ends with a call to action that will everyone in the room inspired to tackle even the toughest challenges—and equipped with the tools for doing so.

“Why should we be ethical?” This is the question Dr. Weinstein has asked audiences across the country for the past 20 years. What do you think the most common response has been? “So I can get a good night’s sleep!” This timely—and interactive—presentation shows that doing the right thing is the surest way to minimize internal conflict and ultimately lead to a peaceful night’s sleep, night after night.

To get ahead today, you have to put ethics aside, right? Actually, you’re more likely to prosper, even in these uncertain times, when you put ethics front and center in all that you do. This interactive session shows why taking the low road isn’t just the wrong thing to do, but it’s also bad for business—and bad for you. Dr. Weinstein shows how to apply the traditional principles of ethics at work and beyond by using examples specific to your group. He also tells short but powerful stories and uses clips from movies and TV shows. Not a boring ethics talk but a motivational, “rally-the-troops” engagement, this timely and inspirational session will be the highlight of your meeting.