Leadership and Ethics
| Course Number: | XSPP-075 |
| Related Programs: | Summer Programs for High School Students - Leadership |
Develop leadership capabilities, style and a personal ethical code while learning how to leverage partnerships and build coalitions that enhance your strengths.
Core Topics Covered*
- Decision-making
- Ethics
- Leadership techniques
- Moral leadership
- Government leadership
- International decision-making
Hands-on Experience*
- Participate in a ropes course team-building challenge with classmates
- Visit area corporations, government agencies, Capitol Hill offices and nonprofit organizations.
- Hear from industry experts in the fields of business, law and journalism.
- Tour museums such as the renowned Newseum.
*Core topics, hands-on experience and sample schedules are subject to change.
Sample Day*
Wednesday, June 20*
- 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
- Breakfast in the Dining Hall
- 9:15 – 10:30 a.m.
- What it Means to be Ethical
- 10:40 – 11:50 p.m.
- Guest Lecture: Implementing Ethics into Local Government Decision-making, Michael Gillette, philosopher politician
- 12:00 – 12:45 p.m.
- Lunch
- 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
- Activity: How Stereotypes Color our Worldview
- 2:15 – 3:45 p.m.
- Guest Lecture: Representing the U.S. on the World Stage
- 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
- Discussion Session: Drafting your own ethical code
- 5:30 – 6:45 p.m.
- Dinner
- 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
- "Strategic Alliances" a negotiation simulation
- 9:00 – 11:00 p.m.
- Movie Night on the Quad
*Program Sample Days are tentative
XSPP-075
Leadership and Ethics
| Semester Section |
Location | Tuition CEUs |
Class Meets | Faculty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2012 Section 01 | Georgetown Main Campus Not Specified | $2395.00 | June 17, 2012 - June 24, 2012 6/17 Not Applicable | |