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Draft Your Code: Committing Yourself to Ethical Principles
Howard, Ronald A.; Korver, Clinton D.Book Chapter HBS-7800BC-EWhen faced with ethical dilemmas, it is helpful to rely on traditional ethical trouchstones for guidance. But while these help us recognize our core principles, we have to supplement with the subtler utterances of our inner voice. We need to create a personal code-an ethical guide for the real world. This chapter outlines a simple step-by-step process for creating your own ethical code that will enable you to make disciplined, life-enhancing deci...Starting at €8.20
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Draw Distinctions: Overcoming Faulty Thinking
Howard, Ronald A.; Korver, Clinton D.Book Chapter HBS-7802BC-EWe are unskilled at ethical thinking because we are ignorant of critical distinctions that help us to decide what is right and wrong. How do we isolate the question that matters ethically? By arming ourselves with the ability to create new distinctions. We then need to practice making those distinctions, to make them a natural part of our thought process. This chapter is excerpted from "Ethics for the Real World: Creating a Personal Code to Guid...Starting at €8.20
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Ethical Codes: Three Examples
Howard, Ronald A.; Korver, Clinton D.Book Chapter HBS-7796BC-EAn ethical code allows a person to address personally important issues at a particular moment in his or her life. This chapter includes examples of three ethical codes written by students of the authors' ethics classes. These codes represent a journey of personal reflection, a journey necessary for skillful ethical decision making. This chapter is excerpted from "Ethics for the Real World: Creating a Personal Code to Guide Decisions in Work and ...Starting at €8.20
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Transform Work: Skillful Decision Making in the Workplace
Howard, Ronald A.; Korver, Clinton D.Book Chapter HBS-7797BC-EA great misunderstanding persists in the field of ethics-that people should practice "business ethics" at work and "personal ethics" at home. If we look beyond situations, however, we see that all ethics are personal. Work does pose special challenges and constraints. But our actions still depend on the ethics of the same person inside. This chapter focuses on using your personal code of ethics in the workplace. This chapter is excerpted from "E...Starting at €8.20
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Choose Action: Systematic Ethical Decision Making
Howard, Ronald A.; Korver, Clinton D.Book Chapter HBS-7799BC-EA personal ethical code can often guide us to the right answer, but it may not guide us to the best answer. In challenging situations loaded with ethical issues, we can make smarter decisions by stopping long enough to follow a simple decision-making process that supplements our code-this chapter shows you how. This chapter is excerpted from "Ethics for the Real World: Creating a Personal Code to Guide Decisions in Work and Life."Starting at €8.20
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Introduction: Skillful Decision Making
Howard, Ronald A.; Korver, Clinton D.Book Chapter HBS-7787BC-EHow does a person systematically analyze situations to make clear and correct ethical decisions? We must master ethical distinctions to enable clear ethical thinking. We must commit in advance to ethical principles. And we must exercise disciplined decision-making skills to choose wisely. By learning a new way of thinking, in other words, we can all become skillful ethical decision makers. This chapter is excerpted from "Ethics for the Real Worl...Starting at €8.20
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Transform Life: Skillful Decision Making in Personal Life
Howard, Ronald A.; Korver, Clinton D.Book Chapter HBS-7798BC-EAs our skill in applying ethical decision-making principles improves, we can shift our focus away from ethical binds to opportunities to use ethical action to transform ourselves and relationships with others. Ethics gives us not only the clarity to take the right action but the wisdom to create opportunities to do right by other people. This chapter focuses on the development of three skills that will help you create such opportunities. This ch...Starting at €8.20
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Almost Ethical: Waking Up to Compromise
Howard, Ronald A.; Korver, Clinton D.Book Chapter HBS-7803BC-EEthical compromises both big and small hurt us, and we underestimate how much. One compromise can lead to another as we let our standards slip, and compromises can create barriers in relationships or become a burden as they erode our sense of integrity. But we can learn to avoid this lowly road-a road we often choose out of ignorance, carelessness, or just plain convenience. We can choose to spot temptations early and use our newfound awareness a...Starting at €8.20