Leading in Context

MARCH 15, 2023

By Linda Fisher Thornton Ethical Culture is a System of Systems Don’t assume that an ethical culture will just happen in your workplace. Ethical culture is a system of systems, and just putting in good leadership, trust-building and good hiring doesn’t make it healthy.

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Leading in Context

MAY 31, 2023

If leaders don’t seem to care, that numbs the organization’s culture, disabling the natural systems that would prevent and identify ethical risks. In addition to caring about what happens in our own careers, we must CARE about people, about their success, and about creating a positive work environment.

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Leading in Context

MARCH 29, 2023

It is the importance of simultaneously managing two things well in order to shore up both sides of the system. By Linda Fisher Thornton I have written a lot about ethical culture building, but there is one simple concept that is a game changer that many leaders overlook.

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Leading in Context

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

By Linda Fisher Thornton In Part 1 of this series on Recognizing Ethical Issues, I addressed the gaps in our thinking that require us to develop an ethical alert system. in Part 2, I explored why some leaders who want to do the right thing still don't "do the work" to learn how to do it.

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Leading in Context

JANUARY 26, 2022

Together, all of these are fueling the disinformation machine in a systemic self-reinforcing loop. Or the leaders who fail to recognize the clear and present danger of the disinformation machine? Or the leaders who do recognize the danger and turn away, doing nothing?

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Leading in Context

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Ethical Leader Ethical Organization complexity context ethical decision-making ethical organization ethics leader systems thinking' The problem is that profitability cannot become our defining business goal, and it cannot replace values as the central beacon of our decision-making.

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JUNE 18, 2014

Context Ethical Leader Ethical Organization Ethical Thinking business ethics ethical leadership development proactive ethics systems thinking trust trust and ethics' Here are some observations about how trust and ethics are related, and what their relationship means for us as organizational leaders.

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Leading in Context

MARCH 5, 2014

In this 2 minute video, I describe 7 different perspectives that you may be hearing around the table as you discuss ethical dilemmas in your organization. Complexity Ethical Leader Ethical Organization Ethical Thinking 7 lenses book ethical leadership ethical leadership development ethical performance system leading with values'

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Leading in Context

DECEMBER 27, 2023

I was able to avoid an accident, but it made me think about what happens when employees start “crossing the line” in organizations. By Linda Fisher Thornton I was driving recently when the car beside me started to veer over into my lane. There are things leaders can do.

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Leading in Context

AUGUST 6, 2014

Ethical culture is a system of systems, and just putting in good leadership, trust-building and good hiring doesn''t make it healthy. Complexity Ethical Organization Ethical Thinking 7 Lenses business ethics blogs dimensions of ethics ethical culture ethics'

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Leading in Context

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

By Linda Fisher Thornton I am a long-time advocate of systems thinking. It has risen in importance as an increasing number of our greatest human challenges can't we understood or resolved without it. Today, I'm taking a look at new findings on the human microbiome, which is known to impact the brain in important ways.

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Leading in Context

MARCH 31, 2021

tap2021 Trust Repair Part 1 addressed the importance of Accountability and strategies for building a robust accountability system. It was inspired by conversations with other members of the Trust Across America Trust Alliance and my work as part of the Trust Alliance TAP team.

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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

JANUARY 18, 2017

Part 3 (Manage the System) The focus of this week's post is on Ways to Inspire Leaders to Lead With Positive Ethical Values. Here are 3 ways to inspire leaders to reach for positive values - that also help you "do good" in your organization, community and world. Part 2 (Improve Leader Impact) Ready to Change the Ethics Quo (For Good)?

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Leading in Context

MAY 30, 2018

Leaders have tried to control ethics with compliance-based systems (based on rules and penalties) but that does not tend to inspire people to ethical action. By Linda Fisher Thornton The question for today is "Can we control ethics?"

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Leading in Context

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

These four ways to Change the Ethics Quo (For Good) focus on MANAGING THE SYSTEM. By Linda Fisher Thortnton The first post in this series addressed ACCOUNTABILITY. The second asked you to evaluate your IMPACT.

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Leading in Context

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Then you have to build an ethical support system (perhaps at the insistence of a regulatory body) to prevent it from happening again. It involves building the ethical support system up front, while things are going well. It involves waiting for something bad to happen, then scrambling to do damage control.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

These four ways to Change the Ethics Quo (For Good) focus on MANAGING THE SYSTEM. By Linda Fisher Thortnton The first post in this series addressed ACCOUNTABILITY. The second asked you to evaluate your IMPACT.

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Leading in Context

OCTOBER 10, 2012

What is Ethical Consumerism? Ethical consumerism means that more customers are choosing to purchase goods that are ethically sourced, ethically made and ethically distributed. In her article "Ethical Consumerism and Conservatism: Hand in Glove" in the Heinz Journal, Jacqueline Payne describes the ethical consumer this way:

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