Asking the Right Questions and Seeking Ethical Approaches by Linda Hatcher
“If we do not change direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.”
Chinese Proverb
Sometimes, when answers elude us at every turn, the best response is to ask the right questions. In Ethical Questions Lead to Ethical Approaches,(CLICK HERE) by Linda Hatcher (editor of the free Leader Guide Magazine), several key ethical questions are posed for your consideration. The key to asking the right questions is to remember: there are no cut and dried answers. There are only ongoing, ethical approaches.
In another new article for May, we look at “ethical snapshots” of five of the 99 “Most Ethical Companies of 2009” as determined by Ethisphere Magazine. In “The Global View: Leadership Approaches of “The World’s Most Ethical Companies,” (CLICK HERE) practical approaches are distilled form the guiding principles of top corporations from across the world.
Reflection and reinvention are daily foundations for all of us personally and as organizations from now on. There can be no other source of solutions: the challenges are too complex and shifting. We are all in this together. By asking the right questions, looking to the most ethical models, and continually adjusting our progress, we will find the best paths.
The third article written by Fred A. Manske Jr., the former CEO of Purolator Courier Ltd. and Senior Vice-President of FedEx is entitled, What Should You Do if Ordered to Do Something Unethical at Work? (CLICK HERE)
