Due to much input from so many of you, I thought I’d take this difference to the next level of discussion.
Now to refresh ourselves, simply put, negative ethics prevents a harm and positive ethics promotes a good. Now the question is: which one of these two options do most organization tends to “embrace and put their training dollars?
What type of ethics training would it take to focus on negative ethics? Is “preventing a harm” really an ethical activity or is it more of a compliance issue?
What would be a definition of ethics if the focus is on the negative? How would one evaluate the ROI on this type of training? Is it worth, monetarily, psychologically and mentally, the training dollars invested?
How would ethics training differ if the focus was on positive ethics? What would it look like, entail?
Is “promoting a good” in and of itself, worthy of your training dollars? How would one define ethics in this focus? What would be the ROI of this training? What would the training on positive ethics include, exclude, etc.?
My research finds that a significant number of organizations have a major focus on negative ethics .
Yet, my clients, for example, all work to have a positive ethics focus and where they put their training dollars.
Which one is your focus?
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