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Ethical Leadership : Advancing Our Common Good by Tackling Our Toughest Issues

Ethical Leadership : Advancing Our Common Good by Tackling Our Toughest Issues. The Center for Ethics and Corporate Responsibility J. Mack Robinson College of Business Walter Earl Fluker Executive Breakfast Forum The Capital City Club Atlanta, GA Wednesday, April 28, 2010 .

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Ethical Leadership : Advancing Our Common Good by Tackling Our Toughest Issues

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  1. Ethical Leadership: Advancing Our Common Good by Tackling Our Toughest Issues The Center for Ethics and Corporate Responsibility J. Mack Robinson College of Business Walter Earl Fluker Executive Breakfast Forum The Capital City Club Atlanta, GA Wednesday, April 28, 2010  THE LEADERSHIP CENTER ATMOREHOUSE COLLEGE

  2. There is Trouble All Over This World! • Global • A Post-American World? • Its hard to imagine that we are not #1 • National • Stalemate on Capitol Hill • Corporate Scandals • Immigration • Local • RTA • SCLC

  3. Standing at the Intersection: An Imaginative Exercise THE LEADERSHIP CENTER AT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

  4. Standing at the Intersection Lifeworlds and Systems • Private & Public • Dangerous Intersections • Noisy Intersections • Leadership in Crisis

  5. WHICH WAY IS NORTH?

  6. THE INTERSECTION • What’s going on? • What did you hear? • What did you see? • What did you feel? • How will you negotiate the intersection?

  7. THE INTERSECTION What are the issues and challenges at the intersection? THE LEADERSHIP CENTER AT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

  8. THE INTERSECTION The greatest challenge of leadership in the 21st Century is . . . THE LEADERSHIP CENTER AT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

  9. THE INTERSECTION STAY AWAKE! THE LEADERSHIP CENTER AT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

  10. Ethical Leadership THE LEADERSHIP CENTER AT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

  11. Ethical Leadership THE LEADERSHIP CENTER AT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

  12. Ethical Leadership THE LEADERSHIP CENTER AT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

  13. Ethical Leadership THE LEADERSHIP CENTER AT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

  14. Defining Moments • Select the most testing situation imaginable in your organization and complete the following exercise.

  15. Ethical Leadership Character (integrity, empathy, hope) Who am I? What feelings and intuitions are coming into conflict in this situation? Which of the values that are in conflict are most deeply rooted in my life? What combination of expediency and shrewdness, coupled with imagination and boldness, will help me implement my personal understanding of what is right? THE LEADERSHIP CENTER AT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

  16. Ethical Leadership Civility (recognition, respect, reverence) Who are we? What are the other strong, persuasive interpretations of the ethics of the situation? What point of view is most likely to win a contest of interpretations inside my organization and influence the thinking of other people? Have I orchestrated a process that can make manifest the values I care about in my organization? THE LEADERSHIP CENTER AT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

  17. Ethical Leadership Community (courage, justice and compassion) Who is my community? Have I done all I can to secure my position and the strength of my organization? Have I thought creatively and boldly about my organization’s role and its relationship to stakeholders? What combination of shrewdness, creativity and tenacity will help me to transform my vision into reality? THE LEADERSHIP CENTER AT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

  18. Acting Tactically START—“What should I START doing that I’m presently not doing to ensure that I act intentionally to align private and public values?”

  19. Acting Tactically STOP—“What should I STOP doing that’s getting in the way?”

  20. Acting Tactically CONTINUE—“What should I CONTINUE doing that supports me in achieving my goal?”

  21. SUMMARY The power of community at the intersection

  22. FINAL THOUGHT Stay Awake!

  23. Ethical Leadership

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