it comes to ethics, values, having a moral compass or moral awareness with some people. Daily accounts of executives doing things against the law and that are unethical come from well educated, highly regarded leaders, C-suite execs, etc.
A question here is what is it that “tempts” those whose companies are fined millions/billions of dollars to act this way? What influence is all their advanced education in making decisions like these?
Logic tends to lean to the conclusion that the more education one has, the more degrees one has, the better the decision making processes due to the fact that these are the people that generally, hold C-suite positions. Does ethics have anything to do with how much education one has? It should, shouldn’t it?
I wonder with all that education was there any education on emotional self control? What role do emotional self control play in advanced education? Isn’t greed emotion based? Isn’t power for some, an aphrodisiac that fuels emotions?
Despite all the training, education, mentoring, etc,some of the most well education leaders still choose to make illegal and unethical decisions that affect many people. Isn’t that what was a leading cause of the great recession? Greed and misuse of power by well educated people.
It seems one can “work” the law and not break it, but are truly unethical and get away with it.
Why?
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Like you, business ethics and ethical leadership expert, Frank Bucaro has seen the challenges and problems of corporate leadership, particularly over the past few years in regards to poor decision-making, SEC violations, and record breaking financial settlements in a number of different industries.
With over two decades of executive training, speaking, writing and with real life experiences, his view and approach to ethics in the workplace is uniquely different. He emphasizes that ethics is a moment-to-moment choice and has little to do with position, titles, personalities or education. Ethics is everybody’s responsibility from the top down.
His goal is to help organizations to:
a. Strengthen their ethics training initiatives in order to significantly decrease the odds of an ethical/compliance violation.
b. Energize, train and motivate employees to understand the value of consistent “high road” behavior as a business advantage.
c. Support individuals and thereby the organization by contributing to its success by quality, ongoing values based leadership development.
Frank is known for his very practical, slightly irreverent, yet somewhat humorous approach to ethics and leadership development. His conversational style and real life stories connect with his audience in a personal, intense and practical level.
Companies such as Bayer Healthcare, BP, ReMax International, EnMax Energy, Danone, etc. have partnered with Frank when they want to proactively stress the message, tools, insights and practical applications that good ethics IS good for business!
