Achievement’ Teaching Teens Ethics (NAPSA)—Today’s teens feel they are ready to make tough eth- ical decisions in the future. However, many admit to taking part in unethical behavior today. Kighty percent of teens reported that they either somewhat or strongly agree that they are prepared to makeethical business decisions whentheyjoin the work- force, yet more than a third think that you have to break the rules at school to succeed. Additionally, more than one in four teens think behaving vio- lently is sometimes, often or always acceptable. Twenty per- cent of respondents said they had ~ “Sk “a d A national program teaches businessethics to teens. personally behaved violently toward another person in the past tools to teens to help them become better ethically prepared. Deloitte—a study that has drawn ethical decision making as students prepare to enter the workforce. Participants examine how their beliefs align with major year. Those are among the key findings of a new national poll from Achievement and considerable attention. “The survey results do prompt concerns about teens’ future work- place behavior and forecast serious challenges to businesses around how they will need to prepare and train these future leaders,” says David W. Miller, Ph.D., director of the Princeton University Faith & Work Initiative and professor of business ethics at Princeton University. Finding Solutions Fortunately, many teens may soon get someof the ethical training they need through a program called “JA Business Ethics™.” Cre- ated by Achievement and Deloitte, the program is part of a $2 million initiative to provide The program provides handson classroom activities and reallife applications designed to foster ethics theories and learn the bene- fits and advantages of having a code ofethics. Additionally, Achieve- ment—the world’s largest organization dedicated to educating young people about work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy—recently updated its original “Excellence through Ethics” pro- gram. It is available online at www.ja.org/ethics free of charge and provides age-appropriate lessons for students in grades4 to 12. For more information on either program or the organization, visit www.ja.ore.
