Practical applications of ethics instruction are important in helping the student translate classroom learning into actionable knowledge, and they are useful in demonstrating the ethical challenges that public sector professionals face. One approach to developing an understanding of ethics applications is the training and manual exercise detailed here. Specifically, student groups are asked to develop an ethics training session and accompanying manual for a department of local, state, or federal government or a nonprofit organization. The exercise involves a comprehensive description of the ethical issues faced therein, potential catalysts for unethical behavior, sources for information on resolving ethical problems, and linkages to the ASPA Code of Ethics. An outline of the specific steps of the exercise is provided, along with a listing of representative ethical issues and their possible solutions.
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