49: Understanding Ethical Implications of Decisions

Whether we know it or not, our actions usually align with our
ethics, and people with good ethics tend to be trusted and
respected more than those whose ethical decision making is
questionable. We are going to look at the ethical implications of
decisions we make in this weeks’ episode of the Serious Soft
Skills podcast. 


Among the topics cohosts Dr. Tobin Porterfield and Bob Graham
discuss are:


A definition of ethics and how it applies to work


The value of virtue


How questionable ethics can erode trust of team members


Questioning cripples progress


The societal effect on our ethics


Are ethics black and white?


The Golden Rule


Short-term versus long-term benefits and how they relate to
ethics


The personal nature of ethics


How our ethics set a tone for an organization


Tips for Good Ethics at Work
Don’t be deceived by short-term benefitsMatching your ethics to
your organization’s ethics




A good book on ethical decision-making, The Power of Ethical
Management by Ken Blanchard and Norman Vincent Peale, with three
guiding questions on ethics


1. Is it legal?  


2. Is it balanced?  


3. How will it make me feel about myself? Unethical acts
erode self-esteem. 


Next week


We will talk to Mike Shelah, an expert at LinkedIn on how soft
skills play into that social media platform, as well as
networking in general. New episodes come out every Wednesday.


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