Thursday, April 5, 2018


Webinar:
PROFESSIONALISM AND GEOETHICS: CREATING A WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERYONE CAN SUCCEED

Thursday, April 12, 2018 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour

Presenter:
David W. Mogk
Professor of Geology at Montana State University
and IAPG Board of Experts on "Geo-education and Teaching Geoethics"


David W. Mogk
Description: Professionalism refers to the attitudes and behaviors that impact interpersonal relations in the workplace, the foundations of which are based on the concepts of power, trust, respect, responsibility, justice, and fairness. The nature of the Geosciences (e.g., working with an incomplete record, temporal and spatial scales beyond human perception, uncertainty in natural systems), and the geoscience work environment (e.g., in the field, laboratory, with extensive travel) presents many situations where ethical dilemmas may arise. Recent high-visibility transgressions have brought special attention to sexual harassment and bullying in the workplace. Everyone has a right to a safe, inclusive, supportive, and productive work environment and a high bar must be set for both students and faculty to ascribe to the highest professional standards of the discipline. This webinar will introduce topics that contribute to workplace "climate" (e.g., microaggressions, implicit bias, empowering bystanders), and will provide suggestions for personal and institutional actions that can be taken to ensure that everyone can succeed in your workplace environment.

More information and registration:
https://www.americangeosciences.org/workforce/webinars/professionalism-and-geoethics


IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics: