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The only way is ethics ?Mike Lewis

Academi Wales Summer School 2013

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OUTLINE OF WORKSHOP SESSION

1 INTRODUCTIONS

2 DEFINTIONS

3 KEY ISSUES – General, Internal and External

4 SOME MODELS

5 DIAGNOSTIC

6 ACTION PLANNING AND RESOURCES

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Activity

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Ethics

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SOME KEY ISSUES GENERAL

•Definitional issues [is the golden rule

enough ?]

•Approach can be personal and professional

• Deontology [duties] V Utilitarianism [greatest good]

•Encourages creative problem solving

eg variable sum game

•Often a missing dimension from current discussion and discourse

•Supports using interventions such as positive psychology in a creative and innovative way

•Can help with Wicked Problems ( Keith Grint)

•Challenges the idea of ‘common sense’

•Can help to avoid Groupthink

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SOME KEY ISSUES

GENERAL ( Continued)

•What are the boundaries and parameters of ethical decision making

•Ethics as a narrative –grand or otherwise

•Triple P – Profit, Planet and People - Does Ethics give a new order?

•Can challenge self fulfilling prophecies and limited beliefs

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SOME KEY ISSUES EXTERNAL• Supports a positive view of citizenship [ can help to reframe communities ]

•Helps build a ‘fair’ society

• Can attack key social challenges such as poverty /inclusion/equality and sustainability PIES

•Can respond effectively to PESTLE analysis

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SOME KEY ISSUES INTERNAL

•Ethics as part of the learning organisation paradigm

•How do we respond to peoples changing expectations eg Generation Y and older people who still want to work

•Is ethics part of transactional and transformational leadership approaches ?

•Help in key areas of organisations e.g.

procurement ,recruitment, staff policies etc

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Activity

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Activity Reflection : so what unconscious biases do you have ?

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Aspects of Management Mele

2012

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LEVELS OF HUMAN QUALITY WITHIN ORGANISATIONS MELE 2012

5 Mutual esteem &

co operation

5 Mutual esteem &

co operation 4 Concern for

peoples interests

4 Concern for peoples

interests 3 Respectful treatment

3 Respectful treatment

2 Indifference towards people 2 Indifference

towards people

1 Mistreatment

1 Mistreatment

• 1 blatant injustice• 2 disrespect• 3 justice• 4 care• 5 friendship based

reciprocity

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PsychologicalComponents of

Moral Behaviour Mele 2012

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DIMENSIONS OF DECISION MAKING MELE 2012

Dimension Evaluative CriteriaInstrumental Cost benefit analysisRelational Effect on future relationsInternal Effect upon internal

capabilitiesEthical Right and wrong , better or worse

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TYPE OF LEADERS COMPETENCIES MELE 2012

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FORMULATION OF MORAL JUDGEMENTS IN DECISION MAKING MELE 2012

Practical rationalityPractical

rationality

Particular situation Particular situation

Moral judgment

(conscience)

Moral judgment

(conscience)

Ethical knowledge•Ethical principles and

standards •Moral voices

•Personal reflection •Criteria acquired from

similar situations

Ethical knowledge•Ethical principles and

standards •Moral voices

•Personal reflection •Criteria acquired from

similar situations

Practical wisdom•Applying ethical principles•Sincerely seeking the right

thing •Asking for suitable advice•If in doubt leaning towards

the safer judgement

Practical wisdom•Applying ethical principles•Sincerely seeking the right

thing •Asking for suitable advice•If in doubt leaning towards

the safer judgement

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CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF ETHICS IN MANAGEMENT MELE 2012

Managerial ethos

Managerial ethos

Manager’s decision

Manager’s decision

Managers moral

character

Managers moral

character

ORGANIZATION

ORGANIZATION

1 Humanizing business2 Generating trust3 Fostering loyalty 4 Favouring social acceptance & reducing transaction cost 5 Reinforcing the managers moral habits6 Encouraging responsibility to be more efficient and morally imaginative7 Developing ethical organisational cultures

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STAGES FOR COMPLEX MORAL JUDGMENT IN DECISION MAKING MELE 2012

1 is there a better

course of action ?

1 is there a better

course of action ?

2 Is the intention honest ?

2 Is the intention honest ?

3 Is the action

intrinsically wrong ?

3 Is the action

intrinsically wrong ?

4 Is the action

contrary to a fair law ?

4 Is the action

contrary to a fair law ?

NoNo

Yes

Yes NN

5 Does the action respect

other moral responsibilitie

s?

5 Does the action respect

other moral responsibilitie

s?

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6 Will bad side effects

be minimized

6 Will bad side effects

be minimized

7 Are unavoidable bad

effects disproportionate

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7 Are unavoidable bad

effects disproportionate

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Morally right

Morally right YYYYNN

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GROUP ACTIVITY

In small groups discuss where people have used ethical approaches which were helpful, where a decision was

made not to use them and why .

In your group agree one example that you would like to feed back to the main group: please identify any specific learning for you and/or your organisation

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PUTTING THEORY INTO PRACTICE

Group discussion:

In small groups explore what organisations who use ethical approaches would look like. How different are they from current organisations. If you have time use a Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal and Environmental (PESTLE) analysis to identify key issues.

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ACTIVITY

Discuss in small groups how you approach ethics in your day to day work . Explore how you think and act ethically . Then discuss and list what stops you from being ethical in your day to day work .

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RESOURCES

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http://www.ethics.org/ The ethics resource centre

http://www.iia.org.uk/resources/global-guidance/code-of-ethics/ Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors

http://www.businessballs.com/ethical_management_leadership.htm Ethical leadership ,decision making and organisations

http://business-ethics.org/resources-2/recommended-resources/ The international Business ethics institute

http://www.open.edu/openlearn/money-management/management/business-studies/creating-ethical-organisation/content-section-0 The Open University – Creating an ethical organisation

http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/government_ethics/publc-sector-ethics.html Creating a culture of ethics in the public sector

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jan/15/ethical-standards-in-public-life-report Guardian Article January 2013

Management ethics : Placing ethics at the core of good management , Domenec Mele 2012 , Palgrave McMillan

Business ethics : Managing corporate citizenship and sustainability in the age of globalisation , 3rd edition , Crane & Madden , 2010

http://www.ethics.org/

http://www.ethics.org/

http://www.iia.org.uk/resources/global-guidance/code-of-ethics/



http://www.businessballs.com/ethical_management_leadership.htm

http://www.businessballs.com/ethical_management_leadership.htm

http://business-ethics.org/resources-2/recommended-resources/



http://www.open.edu/openlearn/money-management/management/business-studies/creating-ethical-organisation/content-section-0

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1 Family friendly

organisation

1 Family friendly

organisation

4 Win win decision making

4 Win win decision making

9 Work withSeldom heard

Communities effectively

9 Work withSeldom heard

Communities effectively

12 TrustAccount12 TrustAccount

7 Supports WG sustainability

charter effectively

7 Supports WG sustainability

charter effectively

5 Using fair trade

5 Using fair trade 8 Ethically

destroys ‘end of life’

equipment

8 Ethically destroys ‘end

of life’ equipment

13 Has a Corporate

social responsibility

policy

13 Has a Corporate

social responsibility

policy

11 Supporting

Human flourishing

11 Supporting

Human flourishing

14 Regularly get feedback from service

users

14 Regularly get feedback from service

users

2 An ethical supply chain 2 An ethical

supply chain

3 Have mechanisms to listen to

staff voices effectively

3 Have mechanisms to listen to

staff voices effectively

6 Is your organisation good on all issues of

diversity – does it need to do

more on certain protected

characteristics

6 Is your organisation good on all issues of

diversity – does it need to do

more on certain protected

characteristics

Ethical Diagnostic

10 Pays a living wage 10 Pays a

living wage

15 Other 15 Other

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