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Ethical Decision-Making in Business
Discover the nuances of how ethics applies to businessPreview the first lesson free — get full access to all 13 lessons.
Essential Provider : Michael Glawson 5 chapters · 13 Lessons · 41m in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese
Course Description
Every professional, no matter their industry, regularly faces complex situations where common sense and spreadsheets don’t offer much help in making the best decision. What is needed to make wise decisions in those complex moments is an understanding of the aspects of business that can’t be calculated or put on a chart. This is the domain of ethics: the skill of thinking creatively about how to achieve what matters most in the midst of complexity.
In this course you will gain the concepts, frameworks, and decision models that the best leaders use to cultivate healthy corporations and handle the complex situations where “business as usual” just isn’t enough. At the end you will be equipped with a set of practical tools that can easily be adapted for making decisions in your specialized area of work. More importantly, you will have a clear understanding that, while amateurs view ethics as mere rule-following, the greatest leaders know that ethics is a complex art, and that ethical business is smart business.
What You'll Learn
- Identify and clarify values that guide ethical business decisions
- Assess organizational culture and how it shapes ethical behavior
- Employ ethical incentive structures within an organization
- Apply the stages of the ethical decision-making process to complex situations
- Build an ethical behavior framework and a support structure that addresses compliance
- Use practical decision models and tools adaptable to your specialized area of work
Key Takeaways
- Every professional regularly faces complex situations where common sense and spreadsheets do not offer enough help in making the best decision.
- Ethics is the skill of thinking creatively about how to achieve what matters most in the midst of complexity.
- The course provides concepts, frameworks, and decision models that leaders use to cultivate healthy corporations and handle situations where business as usual is not enough.
- While amateurs view ethics as mere rule-following, the greatest leaders treat ethics as a complex art and recognize that ethical business is smart business.
- Ethical decision-making extends from individual values and behavior to organizational culture, professional education, support structures, and external compliance.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
It is for every professional, no matter their industry, since all regularly face complex situations where common sense and spreadsheets do not help in making the best decision.
What will I be able to do after completing this course?
You will be equipped with a set of practical tools that can easily be adapted for making decisions in your specialized area of work, along with the concepts, frameworks, and decision models that the best leaders use.
What topics does this course cover?
It covers ethics and business operations, identifying ethical values and determining what is ethical, the stages of the ethical decision-making process, challenges to ethical values, forming an ethical behavior framework, facilitating ethical decision-making through culture, professional education and development, creating a support structure and addressing compliance, and external compliance.
What skills will I gain?
You will develop skills in business ethics, complex problem solving, decision making, decision analysis, organizational ethics, and strategic decision making.
How does this course view ethics?
It teaches that ethics is not mere rule-following but a complex art, and that understanding the aspects of business that cannot be calculated is what enables wise decisions, because ethical business is smart business.
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