President James Wagner today released a draft version of Emory's proposed Code of Ethics. It is requested that feedback on the draft statement be sent to Gary Hauk, Secretary of the University, before September 15.
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As part of its diversity initiative, the Employee Council has teamed with the Center for Ethics to train council members to practice community by holding face-to-face, informal-yet-informative meetings with fellow employees. The intent is to build and strengthen personal relationships through unvarnished conversation.
The program is called One on Ones, and it is a grass roots method to approaching diversity and workplace chemistry not through large, broad-based programming but instead through intimate, specific discussion aimed at establishing or deepening a public relationship.
Subtitled "Community Building Through Relational Meetings," the One on One is a concept drawn from the work of the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization. Although initiated by one person--it can be a junior or senior employee--One on Ones are not question and answer sessions; they are dialogues. Each participant converses openly, and that frankness, hopefully, leads to more.
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