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Making Decisions on Values, Not Biases

June 6th, 2010 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Business Ethics, Decision Making, Leadership

“The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose” Khalil Gibran

“The sustainability of a corporation depends upon the decision-making capacity of its workers, both individually and collectively, but research shows that human judgment is generally flawed and continuously pervaded by psychological biases. Managers can address these biases and create more effective processes and teams by relying on personal and organizational values in decision-making. “

Jonathan Doochin

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The Upside of Irrationality

June 5th, 2010 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Decision Making, Leadership

Ethical decision making  models that have been developed  invariably assume  a  conscious and rationale human actor. In my June 3rd post I challenged us to think about ethical approaches to non conscious leadership.In a recent interview on NPR, Dan Ariely , the author of “The Upside of Irrationality ” ,examines how  our biases  predispose us to make unwise decisions and explores how irrationality may help human beings achieve great things .

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The Application of Ethics to Nonconscious Leadership

June 3rd, 2010 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Decision Making, Leadership

Conversations about ethical leadership, whether in academia or in applied business ethics,assume leadership to be conscious and purpose driven. Harry Spence*, of Harvard’s Kennedy School wonders how our discourse on leadership has only been marginally influenced by “the deepening realization of the impact of our nonconscious processes on our behaviour and decision making…In the absence of knowledge of our nonconscious internal dynamics, leaders regularly betray the very organizations they presume to lead.”

I believe it is time to review our current ethical approaches to assisting individuals and organizations. We should be considering what an ethical framework for Nonconscious leadership might look like.

*Read his full article at The Harvard Business Review

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