If you want to build a business based on integrity, you should get Christopher Bauer's book for every employee. Christopher Bauer has been helping companies integrate solid ethical principles into high performance strategies for over twenty-five years. As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Bauer brings a unique perspective to understanding the thinking behind ethics problems as well as how to prevent them. His approach is direct yet his tone is conversational and his ideas easily and immediately able to be put into action.
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There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. A straightforward basic book on ethics in large corporate environments. Bauer makes some important points, including the differences among behavior that is legal but not ethical such as working for a concentration camp , ethical but not legal Gandhi's campaigns against the British , or both legal and ethical. Make sure the language is clear even after the lawyers go through it.
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How Would Kant Approach This? Bowen Jul 15, The philosopher Immanuel Kant developed a rational approach to ethical decision making that can help guide healthcare leaders as they find themselves struggling to respond in a changing marketplace. A Practical Ethical Decision-Making Model This practical model guides leaders and managers through a systematic analysis of the ethical aspects of a decision and to understand that decision, and its ramifications, from a multiplicity of perspectives. A Deontological Approach Kant took what is known as a deontological approach to ethics , which is based on a rational, duty-bound approach to decision making.
Am I doing the right thing? Am I proceeding with a morally good will? Are dignity and respect for others maintained?
Back-and-Forth Communication The last phase of implementing the practical model see exhibit above is to communicate all the ethical considerations to stakeholder groups—and to consider their input in decision making. Mutually Beneficial Solutions The symmetrical model presented here allows leaders to gain knowledge of an issue from a perspective outside the organization and to incorporate that knowledge in its decision making.
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