Much has been said and written about the need for having moral compass, myself included. What has occurred to me is if one doesn’t have a clear cut view of where one needs to go and how to get there, then what good is a moral compass? What would be its purpose?
A compass is an instrument that helps determines the direction for a journey to a particular destination. Without having a clear cut view of what one’s “destination” is, the “journey”
could last a lot longer than anticipated.
Challenges to proper usage of a moral compass include:
1. In addition to knowing what your values, ethics are, which is the basis of your compass, what are they aligned to accomplish?
2. Is your “destination” attainable? If not, what good is the compass? It will give you a direction, to where?
3. Even though destinations may change, and there may be multiple destinations at the same time, you must always know where your “true north” is, as this centers you and keeps you on course.
4. Once the destination is known, accepted and the direction has set your course, have you ever “gone off course” morally? If so why?
A moral compass is not about behavior as it’s a compass! It’s the how and why of its usage that makes it moral or not.
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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!
