PDF-(BOOS)-Moral Imagination and Management Decision-Making (The Ruffin Series in Business

Why do good people do ethically questionable things Why do reputable businesses ignore the harmful consequences of their actions These questions continue to challenge philosophers legal scholars and corporate leaders In this pathbreaking book Patricia Werhane sets forth a model thatexplains ethical failings in business and shows how to transcend themDeleterious corporate actions are often attributed to simple greed and regulations have traditionally been enacted to counter them But Werhane argues that most corporate managers are not without moral sensibilities nor are they motivated primarily by greed or selfinterest Indeed companiesthemselves often attempt to improve ethical behaviormost American companies today have values statements and ethics training is widespreadbut applying moral principles to practical decisionmaking has not been entirely successfulWhat is missing according to Werhane is a highly developed moral imagination that enables managers and the companies they run to be aware of evaluate and change the mental models that often constrict business behavior The development of moral imagination is not identified merely with increasedsensitivity to the existence of ethical issues in business It includes awareness of the mindsets that govern managerial and corporate decisionmaking the development of reasoning skills to evaluate and moderate these mindsets and creativity to ponder viable alternative solutions to what appearto be insoluble economic dilemmasUnique in its sophisticated application of ethical reasoning to real daytoday business problems this book points the way to the exemplary moral leadership that will enable companies to flourish in the complex global economies of the twentyfirst century. July . 29, . 2009. Right vs. Right – The Complexity of Leading Ethically. Today’s Objectives. Define the basics of ethics. Introduce Kohlberg’s theory of moral development. Outline ethical leadership behaviors. “Imagination bodies forth the forms of things unknown.”. . Shakespeare. Imagination . “Good teachers thus have the ability to. Imagine themselves in their students’ places. Help students imagine themselves in other times, location, and circumstances.”. for those who lack an imagination. cannot know what is lacking.”. -Vijay . Prashad. The. . Sociological Imagination . Let us imagine a traffic jam…. So what is Sociology?. Sociology. Systematic study of human societies.. Imitation. Meltzoff. & Moore, Science 1977 . Rizzolatti. and the Parma’s group:. The mirror system. Open problems for Mirror neurons. Normally is not possible . to study single neurons in the human brain, so most evidence for mirror neurons in humans is . Creativity. We can’t go forward without imagination. One day I went out. I saw a dog. It barked. I ran away. I went to the shop. I went home. It was a fine and frosty morning as the sun broke overhead and I started on the incredible journey that would live with me for the rest of my life. As I creaked the door open it wailed like a rusty spring which hadn’t been oiled in years and I sprang back in fright. . Prof. Dr. . . Y. İlker TOPCU. www.ilkertopcu.. net. . www.. ilkertopcu. .org. . www.. ilkertopcu. .. info. facebook.com/. yitopcu. . twitter.com/. yitopcu. instagram.com/. yitopcu. Credits: 3+0. . Eighth edition. Chapter 1. Ethics in the World of Business. . Copyright © 2017, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Modules. Introduction: Ethics in the World of Business. 1.1. Lauren . Reinerman. -Jones, Grace . Teo. , and . Avonie. Parchment. “Why do leaders fail? They make poor choices that lead to bad decisions. And in some cases they compound bad decision upon bad decision. You cannot separate leadership from . © . 2013 . Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for classroom use.. A presentation to the Association of Government Accountants. March 12, 2014. Morality. Some definitions:. Moral. --. of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical. EN227 Romantic and Victorian poetry 2017–2018. Edmund Burke, . A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful. (1757) . Longinus, . On the Sublime. (1. st. century AD) . It is used in a variety of organizations to solve many different types of problems . It encompasses a logical mathematical approach to problem solving. Mathematical tools have been used for thousands of years. PLANNING: . Steps, Importance, Components. CO ORDINATION: . Importance. MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES: . Advantages, MBE. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM: . Concept, Components. DECISION MAKING: . Techniques, Essentials, Impact Of Technology On Decision Making. . ENGR 10. Outline:. Brief Review. Pentium Case. Framework for Ethical Decision-Making. . Moral Reasoning. Case Studies. Ethics (Review). System of moral principles . Principles of right and wrong, justice and injustice, good and evil, vice and virtue, rights and responsibilities.