...branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct in an area of study that’s deals with and is based on ideas about what is good and bad behavior, or what is right and what is wrong. There are three major areas of study within ethics you should know. Meta-ethics, Normative ethics, and Applied ethics. Meta-ethics concerns the meaning and reference of moral propositions. Normative ethics concerns practical means to determine a better course of action. Applied ethics concerns what a person is obligated to do in a situation. When showing good ethics you have to have a good attitude about things. Having good ethics shows your character, how you care for things, and how you will show leadership in certain areas. The similarities between critical thinking and ethics is there are no general hard and fast rules regarding how you apply your ethics in different situations. One situation maybe ethical and one may be...
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...Sanjuana Garcia Personal Ethical Statement My personal preferred lens is relationship. I used my reasoning skills to determine what process and systems I place to assure fairness and justice for all the community and have equality. The blind spot is overconfidence in process. I believe that a consistent process results in a outcome for all, sometimes I trust the process too much. Although everyone should have equal access, not everyone does. Unequal access gives rise to unjust outcomes, even when the process itself is fair. I tend to believe that ethical decisions are the natural by-product of the universal application of a fair system. My strengths is authority, I tend to think through a problem carefully and research options, paying particular attention to the experts on the subject, to find the best solution for a problem. My goal is to make a fully informed decision and to meet the needs of the community, without harming the least advantaged. Another strength that I have is becoming an ambitious elitist. My personal ambitions overpower my concern for justice. When it does, I will tend to overlook abuses of power by those in leadership positions, this is especially true when in leadership are part of your group, and they claim to be protecting the rights of those who cannot protect themselves. My weakness is listening to my heart I always go for my intuition but I have to agree and think with my head. I have to find balance. I have the flexibility and concern for the...
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...CONTINUING ACADEMIC SUCCESS Dale Ray Blackard GEN/201 5/23/2016 Laticia Dezell Continued Academic Success Continuing academic success opens opportunities for advancement and increases monetary value based upon transferred knowledge. Education promotes a person as a dedicated person that does the necessary actions to accomplish the personal preference of the goal desired. One who exemplifies this internal drive receives advancements in the work place. Promotions and added responsibilities are usually given to this type of person. This drive for improvements does not stop at work. This person usually has a very nice home life. The advancements in the home life are shown in the materialistic things such as the clothes you wear and the house one possesses. In fact, continuing education can open up previously closed doors and lead to better opportunities (“Benefits of Continuing Education”, 2016). Educational and Career Goals As I have begun my online college journey, I have changed the desire of just wanting a degree. The adventures of studying over the past several weeks has opened my eyes to the fact that the educational goal of wanting my Bachelor’s Degree is not the only reason that I now want to complete school. I have learned how to better myself through different learning activities and discovered personality traits that will help me advance in my career and in my life decisions. I lost a good paying job because of economic factors. In trying to get another job...
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... Speak about specifics that relate to the position you are applying for. If you do not have specific experience, get as close as you can. 4. Do you consider yourself successful? You should always answer yes and briefly explain why. A good explanation is that you have set goals, and you have met some and are on track to achieve the others. 5. What do co-workers say about you? Be prepared with a quote or two from co-workers. Either a specific statement or a paraphrase will work. Jill Clark, a co-worker at Smith Company, always said I was the hardest workers she had ever known. It is as powerful as Jill having said it at the interview herself. 6. What do you know about this organization? This question is one reason to do some research on the organization before the interview. Find out where they have been and where they are going. What are the current issues and who are the major players? 7. What have you done to improve your knowledge in the last year? Try to include improvement activities that relate to the job....
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...Introduction This document covers the ethical leadership traits and self-evaluation of ethical leadership based on ethical leadership inventory. A1. Ethical leadership traits In following section, I have covered some of the ethical leadership traits of Mr. Kenneth Chennault, Chairman and CEO of American Express. Kenneth began his career in American Express as a consultant and promoted to the top position in corporate ladder as CEO and Chairman, with his constant ethical leadership practices. According to interview published by Collis, C (2014), Kenneth articulated below key career incidences which really shaped his career as ethical leader and helped him promoted to the top position in American Express. Integrity and Trust: Integrity is the fundamental and key principle of ethical leadership. As per Kenneth, integrity means consistency of words and action and to build the trust in people leader needs to exhibit consistency of word and action. Kenneth was able to build the trust in 150 year old, bureaucratic organization by consistently delivering on what he promised and able to motivate people for bigger vision in the interest of the company. Vison: After assuming CEO position, Kenneth articulated clear and galvanizing vision for American Express. In 1980, he turned around the merchandize business process by supplying and distributing it through mails. He expressed and convinced his vision for more flexible and sustainable delivery process to key departments in American...
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...In studying the difficulties of the company Research In Motion (RIM) it can be seen that there has been a legacy of leadership that may have lead the company to the downfall that it is going through at this time. On the website Glassdoor.com, the comments of former employees of the once leading tech innovation firm point in a direction that states that the company was slow to move on ideas and tended to promote people based on tenure and a sense of nepotism rather than on merit (Glassdoor 2012). There has been a growing sentiment from the people that work for the Blackberry creator that leadership is missing the mark with innovation and are not going to be able to keep up with the competitors in the market because of the lack of ability to manage IT projects is a concise manner which has led to the company not being able to field its long awaited BlackBerry 10 operating system (Glassdoor 2012) . So who is responsible for not making the right decisions at the company? Who can the stockholders blame for the company not being able to keep up with the trends of the trends of the mobile market? To answer those questions one would have to look at who the most recent former leaders of the company along with the current regime. Under the leadership of co-CEO’s Mike Lazardis and Jim Balsillie RIM became the company on the leading edge of wireless technology (Minato 2012). The BlackBerry brand was the brand of phone to have if you wanted or needed a device that was as much...
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...MY LEADERSHIP MANIFESTO Sarah-Jane Wilkinson Management Theory in Practise MY LEADERSHIP MANIFESTO Sarah-Jane Wilkinson Management Theory in Practise TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 LEADERSHIP 4 Leadership and Effective Leadership 4 The Relevance of Leadership in Today’s World 5 ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP 7 Entrepreneurship and its Relevance in Today’s World 7 Entrepreneurial Leadership and its Importance in Today’s World 7 MY LEADERSHIP STYLE AND OVERALL REFLECTION 10 My Experiences with Leadership 10 What Kind of Leader do I Want to be and Why? 13 How Best Can I Become a Leader 13 REFERENCES 14 ------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION According to a number of different sources a manifesto can be defined as a statement that publicly declares the intentions, views and motives of the issuer. This report is a personal manifesto that outlines my thoughts on the topic of leadership. The topic of leadership has been debated over endlessly this year. We have discussed what the difference is between transactional and transformational leadership, the qualities of the most effective leaders, the different levels of effective leadership and the different styles of leadership. Leadership is also something that, I’m pretty sure, each Genesis participant has physically experienced on top of academically studying it throughout this year. I feel that, after this year, I am much more aware of the importance of leadership and its...
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...1. Maurice Levy and David Kenny have both strong leadership skills, which were more than usefull in their career development. One is going to try to describe their style of leadership, and understand how similarities and differences in the way they act and in the way they perceive things are contributing to their ability to work together toward Levy’s future vision for Publicis Groupe. First of all, one will describe how one could perceive Maurive Levy, then David Keny. At that point, one would be able to point out out similarities and differencies as strenghts for running successfully the business together. On one hand, one would describe Maurice Levy as a visionnary. He has a vision of where he wants the company to be in the future, with both a short term and a long term vision. As a visionary leader, he is moderately rational, he is not stuck into a set of rational things but he sees beyind the boundaries. He has, in a way, a scientific approach of management, as he is realistic and fact based. In fact, he knows very well the industry he is evoluting in, and its environment, including the competitors, the trends, the threats but also the opportunities. One would describe M. Levy as someone quick, reactive, and opportunist. But that does not mean that he acts in a rush, on the contrary. It seems that even if he is able to catch up new opportunities in a fast growing and fast changing industry, he takes his time to prepare the ground, to create link with people (by being...
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...» THE HIGH-PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATION 64 HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW Companies typically realize only about 60% of their strategies' potential value because of defects and breakdowns in planning and execution. By strictly following seven simple rules, you can get a lot more than that. TURNING GREAT STRATEGY INTO GREAT PERFORMANCE by Michael C. Mankins and Richard Steele hree years ago, the leadership team at a major man- ufacturer spent months developing a new strategy for its European business. Over the prior half-decade, six new competitors had entered the market, each deploying the latest in low-cost manufacturing technology and slashing prices to gain market share. The performance of the European unit - once the crown jewel of the company's portfolio-had deteriorated to the point that top management was seriously considering divesting it. To turn around the operation, the unit's leadership team had recommended a hold new "solutions strategy"-one that would leverage the business's installed base to fuel growth in after-market services and equipment financing. The financial forecasts were exciting-the strategy promised to restore the business's industry-leading returns and growth. Impressed, top management quickly approved JULY-AUGUST 2005 65 » THE HIGH-PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATION Chemical, 3M, and Roche, to name a few-develop realistic plans that are solidly grounded in the underlying economics of their markets and then use the plans to drive execution...
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...Personal Development Plan Introduction My very first class as a graduate student was more valuable than all my classes taken as an undergraduate. As I was called up to the front of the class to be part of the hula-hoop demonstration, a lot of thoughts raced through my mind. “Oh no! It’s a hula hoop. I’m going to have to circulate my hips in front of the whole class. Okay, nevermind, it’s a team building exercise. We could all stand as close as we can, but maybe everyone would be uncomfortable with our bodies touching. I could suggest it and see what the group thinks, but maybe my idea will get shut down because we are not comfortable with each other. Oh look! there is an older gentleman in our group. I should just listen to what he says.” In chinese culture, I was taught to respect my elders and follow their commands. This put me in a mindset to be a follower and hold back my ideas. I began making eye contact with the older gentleman (Chuck), and whether he noticed the constant stares from me or not, he began to take initiative and lead the group. Prior to taking a class in organizational behavior, I would have just brushed my behavior off and not extracted any useful lessons from the hula-hoop example. As I study organizational behavior, I thought about the hula-hoop example on a daily basis. How do I identify myself in a group environment? What Did You Learn About Yourself? In my intermediate accounting class (ACCTG 620), we are required to work in groups of four to...
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... it is worth noting that company’s success depends not just on the ability to execute its own promises but also on whether visible or hidden partners deliver on their promises too. In other words, company’s success depends not just on its own efforts but also on the ability, willingness, and likelihood that the partners that make up its innovation ecosystem succeed as well. Thus, a new perspective must be adopted, a wide lens, with which to assess a company strategy using a new set of tools and frameworks that will expose a company hidden sources of dependence. The Innovation Behind Spot and Avoidable Failure Although great execution is a necessary condition for success, it is not enough. Indeed, while the execution focus draws attention to important aspects of a company strategy (developing customer insight, building core competencies, and beating the competition), it creates a blind spot that hides key dependencies that are equally important in determining success and failure. Examples: Philips Electronics despite sterling execution and rave reviews, Philips's high-definition TV flopped, because its value creation depended on other innovations (the high-definition cameras and transmission standards necessary to make high-definition TV work) that failed to arrive on time. Sony it launched its e-reader to market before its rivals but even a great e-reader cannot succeed in a market where customers have no easy access to e-books. Johnson Controls it developed a new generation...
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... Speak about specifics that relate to the position you are applying for. If you do not have specific experience, get as close as you can. 4. Do you consider yourself successful? You should always answer yes and briefly explain why. A good explanation is that you have set goals, and you have met some and are on track to achieve the others. 5. What do co-workers say about you? Be prepared with a quote or two from co-workers. Either a specific statement or a paraphrase will work. Jill Clark, a co-worker at Smith Company, always said I was the hardest workers she had ever known. It is as powerful as Jill having said it at the interview herself. 6. What do you know about this organization? This question is one reason to do some research on the organization before the interview. Find out where they have been and where they are going. What are the current issues and who are the major players? 7. What have you done to improve your knowledge in the last year? Try to include improvement activities that relate to the job....
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...When JetBlue left their customers sitting on the tarmac for hours on Valentine’s Day, and their CEO was ultimately terminated as a result, the company was responding to (pick the best group) (Points : 7) external, reputation, and credibility pressures. hypercompetition, market decline, and internal pressures. mandated, fashion, and force field pressures. growth, identity, and new broom pressures. All of the above Question 2. 2. (TCO A) Which of the following best shows a company responding to identity pressures? (Points : 7) McDonalds when they started selling coffee drinks and salads Domino’s pizza’s new crust and pizza recipe Dairy Queen when it invented “the Blizzard” The Wall Street Journal when it went online All of the above Question 3. 3. (TCO B) Which of the following best defines the “Six Box” model of diagnosing change? (Points : 7) Includes purpose, structure, rewards, and helpful mechanisms Is based on the conceptualization of the organization as a transformation process Can be a starting point for an organization that has not given attention to the trends that may impact its future operations Includes strategy, structure, process, and lateral capability Includes structure, style, skills, super-ordinate goals, etc. Question 4. 4. (TCO B) Using a model like the Burke-Litwin Model to assist with diagnosing change will help the leader to do...
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...Question 1: Identify why Boeing experienced this and possibly other unethical behaviours. Are these explanations reasonably accurate in your opinion? Are there any other causes that come to mind? The first major core problem with the company is people are not willing to speak up when they know something is wrong. They are willing to turn a blind eye to the wrong doing due to a few reasons, they feared retaliation, they wanted to win a contract, they just didn’t want to cause trouble or there was no proper system in place in order to bring these issues to light. By people not voicing the wrong doing by one of these reasons it ultimately caused others in the company to continue or to begin unethical behaviour. Another problem with the company is that executives had allowed bureaucracy to consume them and they learned to hide in it. This ultimately created a non flexible and flawed system. One of the results that occurred from this flawed system was when Boeings former chief financial officer was caught holding illegal job negotiations with a senior pentagon official, furthermore a manager was stealing 25000 pages of proprietary documents from his former employer. If that was not bad enough the shocking truth that women were paid less than men also surfaced. (cleaning up Boeing 1) Furthermore many lapses of unethical behaviour were discovered on the structure of Boeings Company. Leaders were too busy on developing a bureaucratic system, while management itself was...
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...Ethical Lens Inventory Results |[pic] |Ethical Lens Inventory Report for LATONYA CAIN | | |www.EthicsGame.com | | |GameMaster@EthicsGame.com | [pic][pic] [pic] |[pic] | |[|Rights Lens |Relationship Lens |[| |p| | |p| |i| | |i| |c| | |c| |]| | |]| | | | | | | | | | | | |Results Lens |Reputation Lens | | |[pic] | Your personal preferred lens is: Rights and Responsibility and Relationship Lens You use your reasoning skills (rationality) to determine both the universal rules that each person should follow (autonomy) and the processes that will...
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