Management reading:

Two management consultants, Dough Lennick and Fred Keil define moral intelligence
as “the ability to differentiate right from wrong as defined by universal principles”. A combination
of behavior and smarts, moral intelligence builds on universal virtues to help leaders achieve
personal and business goals. The authors argue that behaving morally is no only right, but also
good for business.
With a premise that people are “born to be moral”, Lennick and Kiel suggest that four
key elements underline moral intelligence:
Integrity – acting consistently with one’s values
Responsibility – willingness to accept accountability for the consequences of our actions
and admit mistakes and failures
Compassion – caring about others
Forgiveness – recognizing that others will make mistakes and accepting them
These four elements can become competencies if managers proceed through a three-
step process encompassing self-awareness, self-disclosure and discovery of strengths and
weakness in others.

Moral intelligence is the capacity to understand right from wrong and to behave based on
the value that is believed to be right. These characteristic is good for leadership and business. It
builds customer and members loyalty on the leader and on sellers or business manager.

According to Dough Lennick and Fred Keil, moral intelligence has 4 underlining elements
which are integrity, responsibility, compassion and forgiveness. In order to achive the moral
intelligence, understanding this basic elements is a must.. What integrity means? It is simply
the honesty of one individual towards others. Responsibility means the ability to accept duties
and works as well as the consequences it might brings. Compassion is one of the elements that
pertains to the ability to care about feelings of others and being able to understand it. Lastly,
forgiveness is accepting the sincerity of someone who did wrong and commit sin. These four
elements is the key to have moral intelligence which can help leadership and business as well.
But always remember that profession is not a tool for having moral intelligence but everyone
must practice to have a better relationship with one another.