Leading in Context

AUGUST 24, 2011

Grey Areas in Leading Ethically We see plenty of information about lying, cheating, stealing and other obvious ethical violations. It is more difficult to know what to do when we encounter behaviors that fall into ethical grey areas, particularly in term of relationships with other people.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Ethics Training Shouldn't be Boring Keeping people engaged in the process of learning about ethical leadership is important. I see so many tweets from people attending ethics classes about how bored they are and how they already know the material that's being reviewed. Are these participants learning?

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Leading in Context

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Shared Ethical Values Part 2 - A Reader Asked for More! this post features more sources and more recent sources of information about shared ethical values on a global scale. At the request of a reader via a comment on Linked In (thanks for the suggestion Jan!)

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AUGUST 22, 2018

There Will Always Be Grey Areas There will always be ethical grey areas. We see plenty of information about lying, cheating, stealing and other obvious ethical violations. Each decision impacts the ethics of the organization. By Linda Fisher Thornton This post is an updated version of a reader favorite.

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JULY 30, 2014

By Linda Fisher Thornton A reader commented on the post Can A Toxic Leader Be Ethical? Yes and No requesting more information about the organizational side-effects of toxic leadership. Withholding information to preserve power creates an environment of suspicion.

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JULY 17, 2019

By Linda Fisher Thornton I've blogged about how to spot fake news and variables complicating media ethics. Your best best is to choose your sources of information carefully so that you can reasonably be assured that what you are seeing and hearing is real. Today I'll explore the characteristics healthy media consumption.

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JUNE 20, 2018

That may seem convenient (see last week's post) but it also removes the nuanced thinking that is necessary for ethical decision making. With all the information available in a socially connected world, it is easy to fall victim to the quick oversimplified understanding of issues.

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Leading in Context

MAY 14, 2014

"Dumming down" an issue may make the decision easier to make, but it may also lead us to make choices without considering current information, trends or context. Complexity Context Ethical Leader Ethical Organization 7 Lenses business ethics define ethical leadership define ethics ethical culture ethical leadership'

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APRIL 30, 2013

As we teach knowledge and information, these areas need to be taught through an ethical frame of reference. Ethical Thinking Trends ethical education ethical leadership leading ethically'

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APRIL 10, 2013

By Linda Fisher Thornton Using globally-informed thinking helps us succeed in a connected economy and a global society. This week, I decided to corral a collection of posts that help us understand ethical leadership in a global context.

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APRIL 5, 2023

By Linda Fisher Thornton Most people are concerned about how much information that is "out there" isn't true. And UPenn found that "misinformation works much more easily than the efforts to undo it. Their data revealed that misinformation is almost always accepted as fact — a staggering 99.6%

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

So we end up with people getting what they think is "news" when what they are actually getting is from sources of "infotainment," and using that bad information to make bad decisions and even in some cases commit crimes. Infotainment sources that incite anger, violence, and bad decisions do not care about you.

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JUNE 3, 2015

By Linda Fisher Thornton On the journey to ethical leadership, we all struggle. We struggle to make ethical choices when there are multiple stakeholders to consider. We struggle to balance competing interests, high expectations, information overload and overbooked schedules.

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AUGUST 11, 2021

Cordes write in Making sense of sensemaking: What it is and what it means for pandemic research (Atlantic Council), that "Sensemaking is our brain’s response to novel or potentially unexpected stimuli as it integrates new information into an ever-updating model of the world." They need leaders to make sense out of information.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

After approaching the situation with this open mindset, you need to get more information. This means letting go of preconceived ideas of what might be true, and being open to what may unfold as you learn more. As you know from completing puzzles with lots of pieces, a few pieces do not show you the whole picture.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

It feels like we have too many choices, too much information, and not enough time. More information and more choices would be great if we had the time to research and decide, but the reality is that it's difficult and time consuming to sort out which information is reliable and which is not.

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APRIL 1, 2015

Since we can''t use a scripted response for unexpected situations, we need to help people learn how to handle complexity and information overload and still make ethical choices. Complexity Trends complexity ethical leadership leadership development learning trends responsible learning'

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Sifting through mountains of information, people who want to do the right thing are finding it harder than ever to find the truth. We find ourselves dealing with the challenge of too much information and too little insight. By Linda Fisher Thornton. This timely series will explore truth and misinformation.

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JANUARY 4, 2012

How to Use The Leading in Context® Website Consider how you want to find information and then click on the link below: ? To understand the evolving definition of "leading ethically" in a global society (Review Selected Posts) ? To follow my curiosity (Scan the Blog Index for titles that interest you!).

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Leading in Context

MAY 13, 2015

By Linda Fisher Thornton In a recent post, I acknowledged that "leaders face information overload, globalization and increasing complexity. What are the strategies that will help them handle a wide variety of unpredictable situations while making ethical choices? And they hold the key to your organization’s future.

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JULY 27, 2011

As of today, after over 100 posts, these are the Top 10 Most Popular Leading in Context® Blog Posts: Planned Obsolescence: Is it Ethical? Case Study: Is Withholding Information From Other Leaders Unethical? Ethical Interpersonal Behavior Graphic: Red, Yellow and Green Zones Ethical Leadership Resources.

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APRIL 14, 2021

It's not easily visible to leaders, so today I'm digging into how these important variables intersect and how they should inform our approach to leadership development. By Linda Fisher Thornton There's a powerful connection between responsible leadership and human growth and development.

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JANUARY 26, 2022

Or the platforms who intentionally or unintentionally share false information for profit? By Linda Fisher Thornton Global unrest is being fueled by widespread misinformation campaigns. Who's fueling these campaigns? The bad actors who are creating misinformation? Or the people who believe the disinformation they read and incite violence?

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AUGUST 12, 2020

As we struggle with compounding challenges around the world, people are more and more frequently seeking information about human or humane leadership. Why is the topic so timely?

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MARCH 4, 2020

This is Part 2 in a Leading in Context blog series sharing information on how to spot misinformation and false narratives. In case you missed it, Part 1 explored truth and narrative. In Part 2, I will explore how data relates to the truth.

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MARCH 11, 2020

By Linda Fisher Thornton This is Part 3 in a Leading in Context blog series sharing information on how to spot misinformation and false narratives. In case you missed them, Part 1 explored truth and narrative, and Part 2 examined how data and motives related to the truth. Part 3 will address the importance of media literacy.

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JULY 19, 2017

Our information and commerce are globally connected. By Linda Fisher Thornton It has become clear that a global economy requires more than local or regional thinking. Our greatest human challenges are global and must be solved globally. Global changes tend […].

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

Leaders and Information Overload In today's world of work, we have to keep up with an overwhelming amount of information scan trends and forecasts and incorporate the needs of multiple stakeholders into good solutions. Our job is to make sense out of all of it in order to make work life easier for those we lead.

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OCTOBER 24, 2012

It keeps us current, connects us with a global network of information and provides real-time data. Twitter helps us learn to "think global" in a connected global society. It can transform us and the way we do business. I've sprinkled in some statistics along with my own observations about the learning benefits of Twitter.

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Leading in Context

AUGUST 12, 2015

Others believe that it includes paying attention to messages from all areas of our lives and using that information to achieve insight and understanding. Some people believe the definition is very narrow, and only if you "do it right" in the scientific sense does it meet the requirements of proper research.

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Leading in Context

MARCH 9, 2011

Sticking to yesterday's conventional wisdom can make us out-of-date, because it helps us ignore any information that contradicts our beliefs. It can lead us to make decisions based on out-of-date ways of thinking, and that may result in missed opportunities or even to bad decisions that can harm others.

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JULY 15, 2020

By Linda Fisher Thornton To wrap up a recent series of posts about truth, misinformation and how to spot false narratives, here is a summary of key points and questions for discussion.

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