Why your Organization may need an Ethics Consultant.
I’ve been studying, writing and presenting on this process, particularly as it may relate to the process of thinking legally.
What is the process of thinking legally(compliance)? Is there a process at all? If it is compliance, isn’t the process already been decided by other entities and to be compliant means to “obey” the law?
To be complaint is a reactive process. The process of thinking ethically is proactive. There is no right or wrong here as both are necessary and invaluable. Yet in compliance we only need to “comply”i.e., no qualitative decision needs to be made by us ,as the decision has been made for us and we only need to obey it. However, with the process of thinking ethically, you are proactively deciding on your own with ongoing values based training, to embrace values, with full accountability for your decisions.
Now, the law is important and being complaint needs to be done for very good reasons. But think about this, where are most of your training dollars going? Is there an equal amount of your training dollars going to the “process” of thinking in terms of the law and the process of thinking ethically?
If there is disparity in your training budget for this type of process, i.e. does the training in the process of thinking ethically get the smaller share?
Questions for us to ponder are:
1. Is the process of thinking ethically at least as important as the process of thinking in terms of compliance?
2. How would your people know it?
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