Today’s decision makers need to build skills in two main areas of ethics. The first is to build habit of speaking up when they know what is right. This means having the courage to act in ways they know they should even in the face of difficult conversations and risking social harmony. This kind of moral courage can be fostered through practice, support, and coaching. Additionally, today’s leaders need to practice making sense of complex moral issues, where the right thing to do is not clear. In these situations we can easily fall back on assumptions and habits that can be counterproductive in novel situations. Making sense of complex moral issues means understanding different perspectives and being able to create new options that minimize harm on others and create benefits for a broad group of stakeholders
Ethics training should enable participants to be better stewards of an ethical culture, this means going beyond addressing their own moral dilemmas to helping others make good choices. Building skills like active listening, exercising empathy, giving constructive criticism, and testing assumptions are useful in furthering dialogue about ethical issues and supporting colleagues in making better choices.
Ethics training is an important part of building and sustaining a culture of excellence. If we can unleash intrinsic motivation to be ethical and build skills around courage, sense making, and dialogue ethics training can help build a better future for organizations.
read more here: Future of Ethics Training: Trends | CityEthics.org (External link)