Introduction
Business executives depend on an ability to handle ethically challenging situations and make sustainable, long-term decisions. There can be no credibility without personal integrity, a consistent adherence to a stable set of ethical principles. Decision-makers in business must be able to identify and reason about ethical issues and proceed to put them ahead of narrow, short-term gain. Some of the most critical ethical issues they need to address are connected to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Doing so strengthens the organizations’ foundation for innovation, progress and success. Ethical decision-making on these and other issues rests on a communication climate where there is psychological safety, and group members sense that they can speak their minds and disagree with colleagues without fear of repercussions.
The course has two overall goals. The first is to strengthen the participants’ ability to understand, analyze and respond to a variety of ethical dilemmas in organizational life. The second is to provide them with tools to establish and maintain a communication climate where diverse voices are heard and appreciated.