Posts Tagged ‘decision making’
What Are The Ethical Responsibilities of Boards?
Are you contemplating joining a Board? Perhaps you’re taking up your first board role this year. Or are you an old hand, and member of many? Board membership can be prestigious, and a chance to support an organisation you believe in. By lending your experience and wisdom you can make a significant impact. It can be professionally and personally satisfying. It can also be a risk to your reputation and legacy if that Board or organisation misbehaves.
1 February 2020
See MoreEthical Leadership Through Crisis and Coming Out of the Pandemic
Leaders, believe it or not, you don’t know everything. And not only is that OK, but your employees already know it—so one of the most important things you can do is acknowledge it. So says Vanessa Pigrum, CEO of Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership at Monash University.
via Venture Magazine, 23 November 2020
See MoreVirtue Ethics: A Moral System You’ve Never Heard of — But Probably Use
Virtue ethics is a system that allows us to ask not only “What should I do?”, but also “How should I be?” with each action. It is less concerned with how we act from time to time and more worried about what kind of person we are all of the time.
via Big Think, 13 December 2016
See MoreThe Patterns in Corporate Misconduct
Patterns appear and reappear in corporate-misconduct cases, beginning with fantastic commitments made from on high. All of which place personnel in a position of extreme strain. Even without strain, people tend to underestimate the probability of future bad events. Put them under emotional stress, some research suggests, and this tendency gets amplified. People will favour decisions that preempt short-term social discomfort even at the cost of heightened long-term risk. This reaction isn’t excusable. But it is predictable.
via The Atlantic, January/February 2016
See MoreCharacter Development and Business Ethics
The problem of focusing on tangible behavioural results is that behaviour is vulnerable to subtle disruption, writes Joseph Spino.
via The London School of Economics, 13 August 2020
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