ETHICS FOR GEOLOGIST AND ENGINEERS: PART 2:
Common Crossroads We Face as Professionals
with Real-Time Self-Assessment Tools

Ethical challenges often come without warning while most professionals do not realize when they are making an ethical decision or when their behavior crosses the boundary.

2 hours of ethics training
dedicated to environmental topics found nowhere else on the web

This two-part webinar provides geologists and engineers with an understanding of how to identify an ethical situation and make an ethical decision or behave appropriately in the everyday work environment. It will help you more easily make decisions while equipping you with a clear process that you can comfortably discuss issues with colleagues, supervisors, clients or regulatory staff.

The webinar includes opportunities for participants
to vote on scenarios during the presentation.

Thinking about potential problems and brainstorming with your colleagues about possible solutions can also help prepare you for the moment when the actual challenges arise. But there are also those moments when we are presented with immediate challenges when we are called to make the right choice. This webinar addresses the typical kinds of problems we face in working in the environmental and engineering industry and identifies resources and thought processes we can use to make ethical decisions.

The most obvious benefit of creating an ethical corporate culture is avoiding the financial penalty from litigation and a potential conviction for civil or even criminal crimes. Fines, settlements, and fees can easily run into the millions of dollars while often adding the cost of external auditors and monitoring controls. Possibly less obvious but equally compelling to establish an ethical corporate culture is promotion of solid leadership, project management and technical excellence while avoiding the inevitable cost of an unethical workforce to the company, its shareholders and the public at large.

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Fee:	199.00 USD for Part Two, Per Computer Site (unlimited participants per site), or 149.50 USD Each for Both Parts, Per Computer Site (unlimited participants per site) when Members also register for the following Webinar: (discount will be applied during checkout when both are in your cart) Pay one site registration fee and an unlimited number of participants from your organization can attend at that site.
Instructor:	Chris Mathewson, PhD, PG
Handouts:	Copy of Webinar Slides (pdf) Record of Attendance Form (pdf)
Duration:	1.0 hour plus Q&A (no restrictions on time limit for extra Q&A!)
Professional Development:	Earn 1.0 Professional Development Hours (1.0 PDH)

A Record of Attendance Form is included free with each webinar for your record keeping and individual PDH verification. We ask your on-site coordinator to return the completed and signed copy of the Form to us following the webinar for (1) maintaining a separate copy as a service to attendees and (2) forwarding to NIU confirming attendance for those who order certificates.

Attendees may also order an official a Course Completion Certificate from Northern Illinois University for a small administrative fee. The Certificate is optional and may be ordered separately following the webinar to confirm your attendance and showcase the certificate on your office wall. Instructions for ordering certificates are given during the webinar.


* This webinar is eligible for the 'BUY THREE, GET THREE' discount; however ANY webinar series discount shown above cannot be combined with it.

Attendees will be invited to actively participate during this live and interactive on-line web seminar. Discussion is planned following the webinar for those who want to continue the session. Bring your questions to the webinar and present them to the instructor and other participants for exploring the best solution.

Instructors Bio

Chris Mathewson, PhD, PG
Regents Professor at Texas A&M University

Chris Mathewson is a Regents Professor at Texas A&M University in the Department of Geology and Geophysics. The list of his awards, honors and publications is long while his vast experience lends well to share his keen perspective on ethics in the environmental and engineering industry.

Dr. Mathewson teaches ethics courses at Texas A&M in the Department of Geology and Geophysics. This unique and powerful webinar is a summarization of those semester-long courses with selected scenarios for participants that apply directly to our profession.

Chris has contributed to many professional organizations including: American Geophysical Union, American Institute of Professional Geologists, American Society of Civil Engineers (Life Member), American Water Resources Association, Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologist, Geological Society of America (Fellow), International Code Council, National Association of State Boards of Geology, Society of American Military Engineers (Life Member and Fellow).