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Instilling Ethical Decision-Making

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Instilling Ethical Decision-Making Approach

Organizations are prone to face challenges that require their members to make ethical

decisions that do not violate anyone’s rights. According to Ruddell (2014), leaders should

possess ethical decision-making skills that they should use to guide their members to make

ethical decisions. Also, leaders have to instill an appropriate decision-making approach in

their employees (Ruddell, 2014). As a leader, I will draw my ethical decision-making

approach from Ruddell’s model, which explains the seven essential steps in making ethical

decisions (Ruddell, 2014). This paper explains my organization’s approach to instilling

decision-making skills in its employees and the approach I will use as a leader.

The organization I work for does not have a defined ethical decision-making approach.

Most of the time, when we are faced with issues or complaints from the workforce, our

leaders call for a meeting to identify the root cause of the issue. We are then asked to discuss

the possible solution to resolve the violated ethical issue. Again, our leaders hold another

meeting without us to evaluate the available options to settle on the most practical solution.

This has always made us feel valued by our leaders, and it makes it easier for us to be more

willing to embrace change. Moreover, this has helped us to acquire ethical decision-making

skills that we apply in different situations.

As a leader, I will use a systemized decision-making approach like Ruddell’s ethical

decision-making model. Unlike a non-defined decision-making model, a defined model

makes it easier for an organization’s workforce to understand the necessary steps that they

should take in case an ethical issue is violated (Ruddell, 2014). Besides, I will inculcate

training sessions to teach my subjects the appropriate decision-making approach and the

importance of following a systemized ethical decision-making model. Again, I will guide

them on how to notice that an ethical standard has been violated and the best approach they

can take to resolve it.

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Unlike our organization’s approach of instilling ethical decision-making in us, I will set

time for training. This will help my employees to learn more about different decision-making

approaches. This will make them better positioned to choose the best approach to use in

different situations, even outside work because my best choice might not be theirs. Also, the

training sessions will allow my employees to acquire other leadership skills like critical

thinking, problem-solving, and effective communication.

Overall, ethical decision-making is a complex process that leaders should learn. Also,

leaders should provide a platform for their employees to learn and acquire appropriate

decision-making skills. This will help them to make the best decisions when ethical issues are

violated. Besides, this will help them to take charge whenever their leaders are absent. Also,

leaders need to provide training about different approaches to ethical decision-making to

allow members to choose the approach that suits the situation at hand. Furthermore,

organizations and leaders have the freedom to choose any ethical decision-making approach

for those they lead.

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References

Ruddell, L. (2014). Business ethics – Faith that works (2nd ed.). WestBow Press. ISBN: 978-

1490853024