Unrig the System Summit

Tuesday, January 30th, 2018

Supporting Materials

For the presentation by Carla Miller at the "Unrig the System" Summit in New orleans:

Seminar Title: Unrigging Local Politics: What to Do and How to Do It
Sat Feb 3, 2018, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

I have worked to develop open source materials that could be freely used by those who want to battle government corruption at the state and local levels.
I hope these materials are of use to you; please email me if you have any input or ideas. [email protected]

Carla Miller

VIDEO: Government Conflicts of Interest - a brief introduction to the subject.
(Thanks to compliancewave.com for this video)
COURSE: The Purpose of Government Ethics, a course with practical exercises.
(This can be done by groups or individually.)
POWERPOINT: The Purpose of Government Ethics, with script. (Intended as an introduction to training on ethics laws or it can be used by itself.)
This PowerPoint presentation is an introduction to government ethics. It was trialed for over a year with State of Massachusetts employees.
It can be used standalone or as a first step in training people on specific ethics rules.
To see the notes (script), in powerpoint at the top, select "VIEW" and then select "NOTES PAGE".
TED Talk: Simon Sinek on - Start With Why - TED Talk Short/Edited version [5 Min]
Or watch the unedited version: How great leaders inspire action [18 Minutes; 36 Million views]
Behavioral Ethics Book: Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It
Max H. Bazerman, Ann E. Tenbrunsel
Behavioral Ethics Book: Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Richard H. Thaler [winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics], Cass R. Sunstein
Website: http://www.thefuntheory.com/ -- Ideas based on the book above: "Nudge”
VIDEO: Capuchin Monkey Fairness Study (< 3 Minutes)
[an Excerpt from Frans de Waal's TED Talk]
SURVEY: Hope Survey
DEFINTIONS: for Anti-Corruption work
The Ethics Elephant [PDF - Descriptive article for IMLA 2013]
Intro to Behavioral Ethics from the McCombs School of Business
[with discussion questions and case studies]
PAPER: Breaking Them in or Eliciting Their Best? Reframing Socialization around Newcomers’ Authentic Self-expression
Daniel M. Cable, Francesca Gino, and Bradley R. Staats
MIT Sloan Management Review 54 (3), 23
BOOK: “Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life"— By Martin E.P. Seligman.
Take the test: https://web.stanford.edu/class/msande271/onlinetools/LearnedOpt.html
A great resource to make people think about HOPE: Test Your Hope: A Glimpse Into Your Future
And to grade the test: http://booksite.elsevier.com/9780123745170/Chapter%203/Chapter_3_Worksheet_3.4.pdf