Not
For Sale is
a video-based learning program that helps prepare young people
for the sorts of ethical situations and decisions they will face
as they enter the work force. In discussing the issues portrayed,
students learn to relate personal morality to professional ethics.
Aimed at high school students, Not For Sale offers
an easy and concise introduction to business ethics and professional
responsibility .
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Teaches skills and values essential to success in the workplace.
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Prepares students for workplace situations and decisions.
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Starts new workers off on the right foot.
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Reduces the likelihood of getting into trouble on the job.
The Video Story
A compelling story in ten episodes
about the experiences of four recent high school graduates who
go to work for the same department store.
Honesty
Theft
Getting Ahead
Ellen has loyalty problems
Ellen Hazard is one of four young adults whose story unfolds in the video portion of Not For Sale: Ethics in The Workplace. She is a newly hired sales clerk in the Young Apparel department of a large department store. Ellen is an insecure teenager who is relentlessly pressured by her two "best friends" to help them shoplift. At first she refuses, but eventually she goes along. Then, feeling guilty, she agonizes over whether or not to tell her boss and risk being fired.
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Customer Relations
Racism
Community Service
Collins has customer problems
Collins Taylor, a new hire in the Electronics Department, learns some important lessons about dealing with problem people and giving good customer service. First, he loses a customer because he's talking on the phone. Then, he loses his temper at an apparently racist customer. Next, he has to satisfy a customer who doesn't know what he wants. Finally, he mistakenly comes to believe that his community service idea for the store has been stolen by his supervisor.
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Our Ethics Are
NOT FOR SALE
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Lydia has boss problems
Lydia Hernandez is a newly hired clerk in the Purchasing Department. Her boss keeps asking her for a date and making inappropriate sexual advances. He's also receiving gifts from suppliers and paying excessively high prices for supplies. When Lydia discovers his kickback scheme she is faced with a difficult decision about whether or not to "blow the whistle."
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Attitude
Teamwork
Professionalism
Roy has attitude problems
Roy Lynley is a new hire in the warehouse, who thinks his salary is too low. His attitude becomes a problem the moment he arrives. The son of an abusive, alcoholic father, Roy begins his new job by goofing off and talking on the phone. While his supervisor is trying to straighten him out Roy is bribed by Lydia's boss to help him steal merchandise from the store.
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The Leader's Guide
This easy-to-use guide takes the
instructor through the ten lessons step-by-step and provides discussion
questions and answers. Every lesson has a special section for
local business representatives.
The Leader's Guide provides:
• An introduction on how to teach ethics.
• A complete set of lesson plans.
• Discussion questions with answers.
• Student assignments.
• Recommended readings.
• Information on business ethics.
• Instructions for business partners.
Produced by the Ethics Resource Center
The Ethics Resource Center, in Washington, D.C.,
is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian educational organization
whose mission is to restore society's ethical foundations by fostering
integrity, encouraging ethical conduct, and supporting basic values.
"NOT FOR SALE is the finest
educational video I've ever seen."
Bruce Lesley, former
National VP, Junior Achievement
