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Business Ethics: Lesson Plans, Knowledge Management, Ethics and Capitalism Collide

Recently I read of a new website where enough and time must be spent after
teachers can post and sell their lesson school hours to complete their daily
plans to recover the time that they had tasks. And the question then arises, if I
spent in developing these plans. On the am doing it on my own time, then I own
surface, this sounds reasonable and why the intellectual capitol and have the
would anyone object to teachers making a right to sell this capitol. However,
little more money through such a many salaried people take their work home
capitalist venture and leveraging their to finish it and are not compensated for
intellectual capitol?However this those efforts. In the real world, it is
question is much more about understanding part of the job.What for me is most
the importance of retaining intellectual troubling about teachers selling lesson
capital (knowledge management) within the plans (that in many cases are the
educational system and how this intellectual property of the school) is
demonstrates questionable ethics on part one of ethics. Since I was a former
of the teachers.Consider the following teacher, I experienced first hand the
scenario:I am an instructional designer extra hours invested in preparing my
(person who writes training programs) and room, grading papers and creating
employed full time. Part of my job is to engaging learning activities. Yet,
create activities that promote learning coming from a small business background,
for the target audience. Do I have a doing all this perceived extra stuff
right to sell those activities on my own wasn't really all that extra because it
time on a website? Even though I am not was part of the job, plain and simple.
a lawyer, I know that this would be To go out and sell the fruits of my labor
highly unethical and probably illegal. that were paid for by my employer would
These activities are the direct result of be totally unethical and probably would
my job description. My employer has get me fired. Yet, teachers are being
already paid me for their creation.Now, I encouraged to engage in unethical
am a teacher who is paid to educate young behavior and they probably believe it is
people. Also, I am paid to attend OK.And finally there is the issue of
numerous professional development days in copyright. In many teacher professional
which I learn to create specific lesson development workshops, the speakers
plans that promote learning for my distribute sample lesson plans. With
students. Do I have a right to sell today's technology, a quick scan and a
those activities on my own time on a few edits can change the visual ownership
website? From a legal standpoint, I of the lesson plan, but the intellectual
don't know the answer to that question. capitol still belongs to the presenter of
However, from an ethical standpoint, the workshop. Of course if a student did
absolutely not! What is happening is that this, it would be cheating or
I am being paid twice to perform the same plagiarism.As a small business and
work. Some individuals call this double education coach who has created hundreds
dipping and in many proven cases it is of learning activities to help clients
illegal.As a former public school better understand key concepts, I have
teacher, elected school board trustee and always acknowledged the source of the
now a performance improvement consultant, activity such as a concept, story or
I have seen hundreds of thousands of quote when it wasn't mine. This keeps me
dollars lost by school systems because always aware of my own ethical standards
they had not created a knowledge and ensures that I hold fast and true to
management process. Lesson plans created those standards.So before any teacher
during school hours and during time sells what they believe to be their
designated to teacher professional lesson plan, maybe they need to identify
development should be archived by the where that plan came from and ask
school corporation so that every teacher themselves: "Have I already been paid for
benefits from this knowledge. Just think that lesson plan?"Leanne Hoagland-Smith
about all that lost knowledge and wisdom coaches small businesses to large
and its very expensive price organizations and high school students to
tag.Professional development is truly entrepreneurs to double performance by
expensive. According to Northern Central closing the gap between today's outcomes
Regional Learning Laboratory (NCRL), a and tomorrow's goals. Please feel free to
quick search revealed the following contact Leanne at 219.759.5601 or visit
allocation of funds for professional and explore how she can help you from the
development:Illinois over $100 million free articles to the improvement tips.One
annually for professional development quick question,if you could secure one
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Michigan over $20 million roadbloack, what would that mean to you?
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preparation time to work on their lesson business.Mention that you read this
plans, grade students' papers, etc. For article and receive a complimentary 60
many teachers, the designated time is not minute coaching session.




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