Student Ethics Office™ (SEO) Program
The innovative Student Ethics Office™ (SEO) program is for secondary students in public, private, and charter schools. The program is modeled on successful corporate ethics offices and have credibility since the students plan and implement the activities of the office.
The SEO provides:
- students the opportunity to build and practice ethical leadership skills,
- students an opportunity to help their peers,
- schools an infrastructure to promote its core values
- schools an student organization dedicated to the cause of ethics
As ethics officers, students:
- communicate the ethical ideals of the community through trainings and educational endeavors,
- identify areas of need within the school community,
- develop effective solutions, and
- serve as a force for positive peer-pressure within a school community.
The Student Fellows Program brings student ethics officers together in the Washington DC area each summer to share their successes, challenges, and future directions. The summer meeting includes leadership training for student ethics officers from SEO schools, as well as their moderators. This week-long meeting incorporates time for the representatives to plan their SEO initiatives for the up-coming year and allows for collegial discussions among ethics officers from various schools. In addition to the general SFP meeting in the summer, concentrated, executive-level Student Fellows meetings are held each January. The January meeting provides an opportunity for schools to share their successes and work together to create solutions to program challenges, while developing the skills and expertise of the leaders
