Practical Ethics: A Field Guide for Resource Managers
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2023
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2023
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This coursebook will illustrate how, and how often, a forester is in a position that requires an ethical response compelled by circumstances that will be beyond your control (think unstable markets, need of additional revenue when faced with unexpected equipment repairs, and delays caused by inclement weather). In instances like these, you’ll be asked to consider the line between right-doing and wrong-doing alongside deeper complications like what to do when what seems wrong, is also legal. If the bind you’re in involves a choice between grades and types of good, are you better off asking which move is more correct than another? How you answer these questions will have real consequences because behavior, character, and reputation go hand in hand. In the business of forestry, all these things, from how we act to how we are seen by others, matter a great deal.
Professional Acknowledgements
Preface
A First Letter to Foresters
Introduction
A Tried-and-True Approach
The Good and the Useful
Intended Audience
The Purpose of This Book
Grounding the Methods
Some Notes on Thinking and Why You Should Do It
Chapter 1: Application of the Common Good
An Introduction to the Method
Outline of Key Questions
Logging Subcontractors
From the Field: Kyle L. Burdick
Field Notes
Spot the Problem
Talk of the Trade
Community Impacts of Logging
Logging Full Time or on a Contract Basis
Timber Trespass on Forest Preserve Land
From the Field: Timothy Burpoe CF
Field Notes
Spot the Problem
Downstream Runoff
From the Field: Alex Barrett
Field Notes
Spot the Problem
Primary Sources for Further Reading
Chapter 2: Application of Practical Wisdom
An Introduction to the Method
Outline of Key Questions
Procurement and Forest Certification
From the Field: Michael Federice CF
Field Notes
Spot the Problem
Talk of the Trade
Good-Faith Procurement
Private Land Procurement
From the Field: Tony Doster F
Field Notes
Spot the Problem
Conservation Easement Violation
From the Field: Christi Barber
Field Notes
Spot the Problem
Primary Sources for Further Reading
Chapter 3: Application of Pre-Modern Ethics
An Introduction to the Method
Outline of Key Questions
Bribery and Conflict of Interest
From the Field: Aaron Gilland, CFE
Field Notes
Spot the Problem
Personal and Professional Boundaries
From the Field: Jake Metzler CF
Field Notes
Spot the Problem
Crossing the Line
From the Field: Jake Denkenberger
Field Notes
Spot the Problem
Primary Sources for Further Reading
Chapter 4: Application of Rights
An Introduction to the Method
Outline of Key Questions
Rewilding State Land
From the Field: Sean Reynolds
Field Notes
Spot the Problem
Talk of the Trade
Tax Abatement and Cutting Against the Plan
Tax Abatement, a Response
Tax Abatement on Private Land
From the Field: Mike Federice CF
Field Notes
Spot the Problem
Primary Sources for Further Reading
Chapter 5: Application of the Greatest Good
An Introduction to the Method
Outline of Key Questions
A Clear-Cut Case
From the Field: Kian Sullivan CF
Field Notes
Spot the Problem
An Hourly Rate or by Percentage
From the Field: Lynn Levine
Field Notes
Spot the Problem
Inventory Audit
From the Field: Nan Pond, PhD and Nathan Rutenbeck
Field Notes
Spot the Problem
Primary Sources for Further Reading
Chapter 6: Application of Rational Ethics
An Introduction to the Method
Outline of Key Questions
Conservation Easement Violation
From the Field: Corrie Magee CF
Field Notes
Spot the Problem
Dual Ownership
From the Field: Robert Ripp
Field Notes
Spot the Problem
Talk of the Trade
Managing the Family Farm
Primary Sources for Further Reading
Chapter 7: Application of Relational Approach
An Introduction to the Method
Outline of Key Questions
Hardwood Shelterwood Harvest
From the Field: Trevor Keough
Field Notes
Spot the Problem
Adverse Possession
From the Field: Kenneth Wade Morgan
Field Notes
Spot the Problem
Hemlock Infestation
From the Field: Calvin Norman
Field Notes
Spot the Problem
Primary Sources for Further Reading
Chapter 8: Integrating Approaches
Carbon Sequestration in the Pacific Northwest
From the Field: Kenneth L. Rosenbaum
Timberland Appraisal
From the Field: Samuel J. Radcliffe
Primary Sources for Further Reading
Chapter 9: Rhetorical Means of Persuasion
Introduction to the Method: A Case Concerning Recreation on State Land
An Historical Example: Forestry and the Source
Pinchot and Leopold: Wise Use
Forestland Conversion
From the Field: Collin Miller CF
Field Notes
Afterward
A Last Letter to Foresters
Author Bio