TWI and FBI-LEEDA Have Become Corporate Partners

The article below, taken from the FBI-LEEDA  Insighter magazine (September), describes the purpose and goals of the working partnership between The Williams Institute for Ethics and Management (TWI) and the Law Enforcement Executive Development Association (FBI-LEEDA)

 

 

Law enforcement ethics training isn’t just about “coffee and donut training” anymore.   FBI - LEEDA and The Williams Institute for Ethics and Management (“TWI”) are now working together to bring a 21^st Century approach to ethics programs that moves public safety ethics training from a Fear-based Model to a Responsibility-based Model.  

 

What does that mean? As you well know, for years public safety ethics training has focused on rules, policy and codes of conduct—with the result that we emphasize what our people should not do. The primary motive for this training is fear of liability. Its focus is to minimize the financial liability of the department or governmental entity. The result: Individual responsibility for decision making is minimized and the focus is more on what we should not do to avoid doing wrong rather than empowering our people with skills to do what is right.

 

“The collaborative effort between FBI – LEEDA and TWI brings a fresh and timely approach to ethics training for contemporary leaders of law enforcement agencies,” said Tom Stone, Executive Director of FBI – LEEDA.

 

So, what’s different about the FBI – LEEDA / TWI ethics training? TWI believes that ethics is not so much about rules and codes, but about people, their relationships, and taking responsibility for decisions made. Rules and policies are necessary—we have to know our boundaries—but they are not sufficient. When people have the tools to make right decisions, they will make right decisions.  TWI’s training approach focuses on providing public safety officers the awareness and skills necessary to take personal responsibility for making the right decisions--taking the Fear out of decision making--and empowering Responsibility. For more information on FBI-LEEDA/TWI ethics training, contact the TWI office by e-mail at twi.leeda@ethics-twi.org, phone at 480-517-1891, or through the TWI website at www.ethics-twi.org.

 

The Williams Institute for Ethics and Management is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit corporation whose mission is to build ethics in community by providing the tools and training for individuals and organizations to judge what is right, care about what is right, and do what is right.