Ethics in the workplace: what does an ethical business look like?
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What struck me as I read your article between the lines Luke was how easily we are influenced (often unconsciously) by the societies, communities, institutions and organisations that we are a part of - an extreme form being what Scott Peck termed "fragmentation of conscience". For me this flags the importance of leader role-modeling.
(I love the logical flow of your articles)
What struck me as I read your article between the lines Luke was how easily we are influenced (often unconsciously) by the societies, communities, institutions and organisations that we are a part of - an extreme form being what Scott Peck termed "fragmentation of conscience". For me this flags the importance of leader role-modeling.
(I love the logical flow of your articles)
Thank you for your comment above - and I am in full agreement. That 'willingness to conform', and powerful desire to be a part of a group or organisation, can overwhelm our moral selves, enabling unethical behaviour in colleagues or managers who in their personal lives would otherwise be deemed irreproachable. The term fragmentation of conscience' powerfully reflects this.
For a longer version of this article please visit the Phase 3 Insights hub:
The Ethical Business
https://phase3.co.uk/ethics-in-the-workplace-the-ethical-business-by-luk...
If you are interested in the wider issues of ethics and the applicability of moral intelligence to the modern world, please take a look at my recent book on this important topic:
www.amazon.co.uk/Ethical-Intelligence-Luke-Andreski/dp/179580579X
In a recent conversation someone used a phrase I had not heard before: "bounded ethicality". She explained it to mean that when we are wearing our 'cognitive blinkers' and making business decisions or carrying out activities we may be quite unaware of deeper considerations such as the environment, social and just economy issues ... so we need to develop 'larger minds', ways of discerning, seeing that enable us to widen our business frames. This article by Luke eloquently covers this concept.
'Bounded ethicality' and 'cognitive blinkers' - thank you for sharing these two very telling concepts....
Who could deny that these two types of thinking (or constraints upon thinking!) are extensively encountered, not only in business and the workplace, but also very much in the political realm?
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