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Ethics Training Shouldn’t Be Boring

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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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100th Blog Post: The Ethical Leadership Training Challenge

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This graphic is a wordle of the article "Ethical Leadership Training: Why is it So Hard to Get it Right?" which was published in the September 2009 issue of Training and Development by the American Society of Training and Development and then was reprinted in its Best of Leadership 2009: Leadership Development issue.

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Ethical Leadership Development: 15 Important Elements

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This requires quite a bit more effort than just doing an "annual ethics training." By Linda Fisher Thornton Since moral growth is a lifelong pursuit, moral education needs to start early, and it needs to continue throughout our professional careers.

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Ethical Leadership Development: High Level View

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It is not the same thing as compliance training or following legal requirements, although those are also important. By Linda Fisher Thornton What is Ethical Leadership Development? Ethical leadership development is the ongoing process of guiding leaders to become ethical people and ethical leaders.

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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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Ethical Thinking: Sifting For Values

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Ethics comes to mind during ethics training, ethics conversations, when people are thrown into ethically complex situations, and when trying to understand current events. By Linda Fisher Thornton Most people think about ethics, at least some of the time. While we may think about ethics from time to time, ethical thinking is different.

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Elements of Ethical Leadership Development

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It is not the same thing as compliance training or legal requirements, although those are also important. By Linda Fisher Thornton Ethical leadership development is the ongoing process of guiding leaders to become ethical people and ethical leaders.

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