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Using Negative Examples to Teach Ethics? Why It’s Not Enough.

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We can''t teach ethics by giving people negative examples. After learning in great detail how to stay out of trouble, the thought on their minds may just be "Okay, now I know what NOT to do." Ethical Leader Ethical Organization 7 Lenses business ethics complexity ethical business leadership ethical leadership leadership development'

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Leading For Ethical Performance (Part 2)

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For example, clear communication about expected ethical behavior is important, but it isn’t likely to lead to ethical behavior unless you also holding people accountable for meeting the expectations. If just one element shown on this graphic is missing, then the rest of the components will not work effectively.

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Leading For Ethical Performance (Part 3)

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Unlike the car example, the conditions needed to avoid a problem when an employee starts to cross the line are more complex. When someone becomes aware that another employee is doing something that goes against the company’s values, what happens then? There are things leaders can do.

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Leading For Ethical Performance (Part 1)

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For example, the Chief Human Resource Officer also oversees the ethical performance management system, and the The Chief Learning Officer works to build the organization’s ethical understanding and ethical competence.

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Ethics and Leadership Should Be Learned Together

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For example, what message are we sending when we separate ethics training from other leadership training? By Linda Fisher Thornton Preparing leaders for ethical leadership is a long-term process. It requires careful thought about the messages we are sending.

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Transdisciplinary Thinking Leads to Better Decisions

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In the quest to understand things, we have divided up content and areas of science and our world in general into categories that we label (like biology, art, and psychology for example) and think of as separate. People study inside these realms intensely until they become experts in them.

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Unethical Leadership: Selective Inclusion

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This week, I'm sharing a collection of posts that explain the importance of full inclusion and how to recognize examples that stray from it. It has been happening right in front of us and has been amplified by social media - leaders speaking from a perspective of selective inclusion.