Professionalism and Ethics

By Shirley M. Gibson

WORLDWIDE SYSTEMS GROUP,LLC

Federalism and Decentralization to a local level

•BACKGROUND INFORMATION

My professional and public background is as follows:

•OVERVIEW OF THIS SEMINAR1.Discussion of Federalism and Decentralization as factors contributing to destabilizing communities.

2.The importance of Citizen education and participation in developing community support for public policy decisions.

3.When ethics and morals becomes the integrity challenges of elected leaders.

•CAN A PROBLEM BE SOLVED IN THE SAME CONSCIOUSNESS THAT

CREATED IT?

BY ALBERT EINSTEIN

Federal

ResourcesPolicy Decision

State

Cities

AdministrationManagement

RESOURCES DISTRIBUTION

ResidentsFollowers

Federalism

ResourcesPolicy Decision

1st

Decentralization

ExpectationUnmet Needs

Citizen Participation

2ndDecentralization

Local Autonomy Sharing of Power /resources /

delivering of resources

Resources

•What makes a good leader

To challenge to be independent in thought and action

Leadership is not a moral concept, leaders have a good, and a bad side. This can be the challenge of leadership moving from trickle-down economics to sustainable sustainability.

Time tested , reality of defining problems and solutions.

• Courage- To challenge, to be independent in thought and action

• Truthfulness- Accepting the truth of others. Refusing to deny the observable truth. The evidence of right and wrong applying it in decisions.

• Trust- The establishment of Courage and Truth which has repeatedly impacted the disparity within the populace with proven outcomes and truth.

•A leader hasFollowers who acknowledge the leadership

Do I have what it takes to be a

leader?

ETHICS• Code of conduct with high

standards of morality, integrity and principals practiced, professionally and personally.

• Morals- the connect of right verse wrong, refusing to compromise when right is the obvious choice.

• Faithfulness to high moral standards.

• Empathy and compassion is important in leaders, but must be balanced with truth reflective of ones honesty.

• The ability to identify with the plight of others.

• Emotional intelligence is important to political leadership. The challenges is often how to sustain it through fluctuating change. Self awareness is paramount as the stabilizer of this character trait. To their own self be true.

EMPATHY

•As a leader I should practiceConsciousness of personal and professional roles

What steps do I take to improve my character

• Who bond into a common association of a cause identified with the Leader.

• Followers who can articulate a success of the leader.• Have confidence of proven knowledge and speaking

the truth

• Followers connected in community can change the Public Policy affecting their lives.

• Citizen participation should be a desirable component of public decision making.

• WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

•Real Leaders Have FollowersLeaders and Followers have a commonality of decisions

Citizen engagement identify as a grassroots democratic process which builds trust in public policy decision making.

Conscious Leadership – Transformation Leader

Expectations of LeadershipPersonal accountability, people first, reality of defining problems, civic engagement of

followers

Human DNA Have the gift of right or wrong (decision making)

Personal Leadershipconsciousness of ability to manage their own life

Managing ElementsIncreasing the ability and desire to take charge in agendas and decisions in a liner path to

empowerment of followers

Team Building Professional administrative staff with vision and organization’s mission/strategic plan

empowered with authentic engagement of leadership for best practices outcomes

A team built on reliability

•Can A problem be solved in the same consciousness that created it?

By Albert Einstein