Discuss the series of questions listed under the “Am I Walking My Ethical Talk?

Am I Walking My Ethical Talk

1. Do I talk about the ethical implications of decisions with the people who report to me as well as with the job candidates I’m interested in hiring? With my peers? With my manager?
2. Have I made it clear to the people who report to me that I don’t want to be protected from bad news? Do they understand that they can tell me anything without fear of retribution? Do my reports come to me with ethical concerns?
3. Do I provide guidance on ethical decision making, and have I participated in the ethics training of those who report to me?
4. When evaluating the performance of my staff, do I value ethical goals at least as highly as performance and quality goals? Do I focus on the means as well as the ends in decision making and performance appraisals?
5. Do I reward ethical conduct and discipline unethical conduct?
6. Do I require my people to take responsibility for their decisions?
7. Do I support employees who challenge unjust authority?
8. What are the informal norms in my department? If my employees were asked to list the “rules” of working for me, what would they say? Are any of these problematic if ethical conduct is the goal?
9. Do my direct reports know I care about them and will be there for them in good times and bad?
10.  If I were to die tomorrow, would the people who report to me say that I had integrity? How would my peers describe me? And what would my manager say?

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Walking the ethical talk means being ethically upright and practicing the right moral and ethical values as expected. At most times, leaders talk of ethics and morality but they do not walk their talk. This question is about taking the things that we talk about and internalizing them to be the pioneers of change within our communities. 

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