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Ethical Leadership: Utilizing The Five Timeless Questions

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    When our ethics get in the way of what we want more than anything in this world, we have a conflict. There are many tools which experts recommend to help those of us in leadership roles navigate the gray areas and try to maintain our ethical compass. The one I would like to speak about is "The Five Timeless Questions'. I believe that when facing ethical and moral dilemmas one can use this construct as a baseline to make the best possible decision which meets the needs of the people that you lead and allows us to make decisions which help us as leaders put our best foot forward.       The first question one should pose when attempting to navigate a decision would be "What are the net consequences of the action?". When you begin to search for the correct path, taking a moment to examine what the consequences of each decision may be for you and others can really help to narrow the focus of choices down. I like starting with this question because as l...
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Leadership Privilege: Casting a Long Shadow

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             With great responsibility comes great privilege. At face value, there seems to be nothing wrong with that statement. Generally, most sensible people would agree to that balance. Where those lines seem to blur is when people in leadership positions begin to abuse those privileges. Most everyone has heard the phrase "Absolute power corrupts absolutely." Certainly, power in itself could be the cause of the misuse of privilege.  However, what seems to be the more pressing questions are:  How do leaders begin to justify these actions?  Is abuse of privilege just the cost of doing business as a necessary evil?      We can't simply assume that all leaders who abuse privilege had the plan to do so at the beginning of their leadership journey. So, lets start by making the assumption that most people are generally and basically good human beings.  If that's the case, the "Shadow of Privilege" would appear...
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The Importance of Ethics Training in Leadership

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      In order for an organization to establish and maintain an ethical culture that is both encouraging and educating to its new members, as well as reinforcing organizational beliefs to existing members, it is important for that organization to continue to cultivate ethical training. To accomplish this organizational goal of a continuing ethical education, leadership must adhere to certain principles.      During ethics training, leadership should focus upon the unique ethical problems that are typically present within the organization.   Regardless of the organization, it will have its own diverse mixture of groups that face challenges, which are unique to that specific organization. In this way, making members of the organization aware of potential ethical pitfalls, which others have encountered along with problems that could potentially present itself allows the members to mentally rehearse these situations beforehand and be better prep...
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