THE LIFT PROGRAM

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The BBB Education Foundation's LIFT Program teaches employees and students the importance of integrity and ethics and how both of those concepts affect them right now and in their futures. The workshop and project-based learning curriculum offer an introduction to business ethics as well as personal character lessons. These lessons focus on topics like responsibility, character, values, and development, and the program concludes with each student presenting their project and signing the LIFT Commitment to Conduct.

LIFT is available in English and French is usually delivered in five-one hour sessions by volunteer facilitators in schools, organizations and businesses. Due to COVID restrictions, the program pivoted to online delivery and is just beginning to resume some in-person sessions.

LIFT is an accredited program developed by the Markulla Centre for Applied Ethics in Santa Clara, California and first presented by the BBB of Denver, Colorado. The five-module program is offered free of charge to students and those unemployed.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW


OBTAINING A LIFT BUSINESS ETHICS CERTIFICATE

LIFT Certificate requires you to:

    • Complete LIFT Program as outlined above
    • Complete and demonstrate all project requirements
    • Demonstrate an example of how small decisions lead to major issues
    • Demonstrate knowledge of at least 2 approaches to ethical decision making and illustrate an application of each
    • Demonstrate knowledge of the general definitions and applications of:
      • Characteristics of Personal Responsibility
      • Characteristics of Personal Character
      • Personal Values
      • Characteristics of Personal Development
      • Present a personal experience that demonstrates ethical decision making including lessons learned
      • Sign and commit to the LIFT Commitment to Conduct upon program completion


LIFT COMMITMENT TO CONDUCT

I willingly pledge to apply the following standard of ethical conduct in my school, work and personal life and to strive to always to maintain a positive personal track record of ethical decision making by:

  • Working towards understanding others and being respectful of others and their opinions, even if opposite of my own.
  • Thinking through situations and possible ethical dilemmas before acting by using the steps laid out in the LIFT program.
  • Being transparent and telling the truth in my school, work and personal environments and understand that it is important in creating an ethical environment.
  • Honoring my promises.
  • Being proactive regarding challenging situations and issues – i.e. being an “upstander” not a “bystander.”
  • Embodying integrity in my school, work and personal environments.

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BECOME A CERTIFIED LIFT FACILITATOR

 

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Are you a teacher, business person or facilitator (currently working or retired) that likes to work with young people entering the workforce? We are looking for volunteers to be certified facilitators for the LIFT Business Ethics Certificate Program. We provide training, excellent teacher guidebooks, and a private Facebook page where facilitators can connect, collaborate, share resources ideas, ask questions, discuss scenarios, and other activities to improve facilitator skills.

The LIFT Program, currently taught virtually, is a five-module interactive course that offers five ethical decision-making approaches to discuss a variety of personal and workplace dilemmas. The LIFT Program combines group discussion with individual branding exercises and special projects to help learners develop vital skills and improve their ability to be better employees when they enter the workforce. Students finishing the course receive a LIFT Business Ethics Certificate. For more information, contact the BBB Foundation: [email protected].

Facilitator Registration Form

Student Registration Form

LIFT Webinar Registration

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