Ethics Sage Speaks Out About Challenges to Civility and Ethical Leadership I have previously blogged about civility and workplace behavior. Last Monday, I posted a blog on my “Ethics Sage” blog site about the decline of civility in society. In it, I suggest that civility is not peripheral to ethics, dealing merely with manners. True […]
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Wellness and Emotional Health This is the first of a series of blogs on wellness. According to John Valenty, CEO of Wellness.com, “Wellness is the result of personal initiative, seeking a more optimal, holistic, and balanced state of health and well-being across multiple dimensions. In this guest blog, Karolyn Gore explores why wellness in the
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Responsibilities of Employers, Colleges and Employees It’s alarming to me that Generation Z (Gen Z) employees are being fired shortly after they start their jobs. I was curious about the reasons, so I did some research and produced a variety of things as discussed below. What’s the Problem? Virtually all of the articles that I
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Focus on Your Wellbeing Have you ever felt burned out at work? My guess is most of us have felt this way at some point in our work careers. From time to time, everyone needs what many have coined a “mental health day.” It’s a day off from work or a little time to escape
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Report from Resume Now Explains Why Values in the Workplace Are Sometimes Ignored Every so often, I come across an interesting survey that emphasizes the importance of ethics in the workplace. I just read one that deals with values. This new survey from Resume Now shows a widespread “values gap”—the disconnect between corporate messaging and lived employee
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Americans’ Views of Business Survey JUST Capital released its 8th annualAmericans’ Views on Business Surveyin October 2024. The results highlighted “the incredibly complex stakeholder landscape facing CEOs today, but they also provided real encouragement for corporations seeking to adopt a leadership role in society going forward.” According to the article, “Survey Says Ethics Still Matter
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Weighing the Harms and Benefits of Alternative Actions We would like to think that organizations run their businesses ethically and, for the most part, this is true. However, there may be circumstances when a supervisor asks you to do something illegal or unethical. There are a variety of reasons this could occur including: Examples of
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Do Whistleblower Awards Lead to More Whistleblowing? The ethics of whistleblowing is a tricky matter. Whistle-blowing brings two moral values, fairness and loyalty, into conflict. Doing what is fair or just (e.g., promoting an employee based on talent alone) often conflicts with showing loyalty (e.g., promoting a longstanding but unskilled employee). Taken to its extreme
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Characteristic Behaviors of “Leadership” to Avoid I have been reading a lot about destructive leaders. Until now, most of my writings have been about ethical leaders. For example, I have written that ethical leadership means individuals behave according to a set of principles and values that are recognized by society and relevant professions as a
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A Simple Tool for Ethical Decision Making in the Workplace A friend of mine, Paul Falcone, who is well known in the HR field, posted an article on LinkedIn. I greatly appreciate his letting me use it for today’s blog. It has a lot of great advice. HR Managers and Business Leaders Need a Tool
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