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Lead an ethical debate about accidental guilt

How should Scouts or Venturers do right when they didn’t mean to do wrong? Use this ethical debate at your next meeting

Explore the ethics of shoplifting with this dilemma

Shoplifting may not lead the evening news, but it’s still a major problem. Explore the ethics of theft with your Scouts and Venturers with this dialogue.

Ethics debate: Balancing development and outdoor ethics

Lead a discussion among Scouts and/or Venturers about balancing leadership development and survival training.

Explore the trouble money can buy with this ethical dilemma

Does “finders keepers” apply when a Venturer discovers money in a parking lot? Use this dilemma to discuss with your troop or crew.

Ethics debate: Who should write a student’s college essay?

Use this fictional ethical dilemma with your Scouts to explore the gray area between helping a friend and cheating on his behalf.

An ethical challenge in which a teasing game goes bad

Use this scenario to help your troop or crew discuss the pros and cons of this ethical dilemma.

Help Scouts bridge the gap between legal and moral responsibilities

Help your Scouts or Venturers balance legal and moral responsibilities using this guided group discussion.

Lead an ethics debate on Leave No Trace values

Read our Leader’s Guide to Leave No Trace and learn how—and why—you should teach Scouts the importance of Leave No Trace values. THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES of Leave No Trace (below) are intentionally open-ended—some might say

Help Scouts know the gravity of telling ‘white lies’

Each Boy Scout rank requires a Scout to demonstrate that he lives the values of the Scout Oath and Law in his everyday life, not just at troop events.

A lesson in compromise for your Scouts

An exercise for Scouts and Scouters who find they’re at an impasse.