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JANUARY 11, 2012

What is the Purpose of Management Education? The purpose of management education is obviously to develop capable and responsible managers. But what does that mean?

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FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Agility and adaptability are mantras for leaders during this time of global unrest and catastrophic change. By Linda Fisher Thornton. Each day brings new challenges that consume our time and require us to grow into higher levels of ethical awareness to avoid missteps and miscalculations.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In a connected global society, it's an essential skill. 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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MARCH 10, 2021

Many global factors are driving changes in ethical leadership expectations, and in high-stakes times, how we handle ethical leadership development can make or break our success. By Linda Fisher Thornton We need to get leadership right because so much depends on it.

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Leading in Context

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

We need to have clear expectations for what ethical leadership looks like in our organization; we need a congruent system for managing ethics that sends a consistent message; and we need a clear message about what taking responsibility for ethics really means to us.

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Leading in Context

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

We live in a globally-connected society, and are expected to be globally-aware. Complexity Context Ethical Leader leadership and management leadership competence leadership skills what is ethical leadership' We are dealing with catastrophic change and uncertainty. Competence in all of these areas is not simple to achieve.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Leading in a Complex Global Context I did some research about global trends and challenges and how they will change the way we lead in the future. The answers I found explain why we sometimes feel that we're in a perpetual state of disequilibrium.

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MARCH 18, 2015

In our global society, where almost anything can be obtained for a price, you can’t buy ethics. Ethical Leader Ethical Thinking ethical leadership skills leadership and management leadership skills learning ethics'

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Leading in Context

JANUARY 4, 2012

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

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Leading in Context

APRIL 14, 2021

By Linda Fisher Thornton There's a powerful connection between responsible leadership and human growth and development. 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.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

Leaders focus on the good of their teams, organizations and communities. They work to achieve challenging goals and outcomes and they handle day-to-day crises. HOW they do that is shaped by their mindsets.

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Leading in Context

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

What is the Precautionary Principle? Simply stated, the Precautionary Principle asks us to err on the side of caution. Following the Precautionary Principle as business leaders, for example, we would avoid using product ingredients that may be harmful in addition to avoiding those that we know are harmful.

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Leading in Context

MARCH 7, 2012

How Much Homework is Too Much? As we build awareness about learning, motivation and the general well-being of children, more people are beginning to wonder if the way we use homework is part of the solution or part of the problem.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Honoring Human Rights As business leaders, it is our responsibility to honor human rights in all that we do. Article 1 of the The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights says that: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

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Leading in Context

MARCH 21, 2012

In my research I found that Vitamin D3 deficiency is being studied as a possible missing link in the research about a number of diverse health problems including Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Autism, Cardiovascular Disease, Asthma, Dementia, Depression and Cancer.

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