Moral imagination is our ability to think outside the box and envision ways to be both ethical and successful.
When we do something good we get to thinking of ourselves as pretty good people, and can then give ourselves license to fail to live up to our own ethical standards. This phenomenon is known as moral equilibrium.
Incentive gaming, or “gaming the system,” refers to when we figure out ways to increase our rewards for performance without actually improving our performance.
Implicit bias exists when people unconsciously hold attitudes toward others or associate stereotypes with them.
Psychological research provides guidance as to how leaders can create a workplace culture that encourages ethical behavior by employees. If you have not watched it yet, you might appreciate viewing the part 1 video first: Ethical Leadership Part 1: Perilous at the Top
After watching, check out the second part: Ethical Leadership Part 2: Best Practices
Moral awareness is the ability to detect and appreciate the ethical aspects of a decision that one must make. Learn why that matters in the following video, then watch the second video. Here are links to the entire Being Your Best Self series:
Behavioral Ethics investigates why people make the ethical (and unethical) decisions that they do in order to gain insights into how people can improve their ethical decision-making and behavior. For example, most people think of themselves as good people, yet frequently lie and cheat in minor ways. Learn how that can be in the following…
Systematic moral analysis is a tool that helps us to think through ethically complex situations. Watch this video from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas to learn about how SMA can help you make better decisions.
BY JEREMY WILLINGER Introducing Head to Head: A conversation on behavioral science and ethics, a new eBook created for anyone interested in improving the effectiveness of compliance and ethics (C&E) programs in organizations. About: Head to Head is structured as a series of dialogs between ES collaborator Jeff Kaplan and our CEO Azish Filabi on various facets of compliance and ethics work. By…
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