Ethical Leadership: Advancing Our Common Good by Tackling Our

Toughest Issues

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The Center for Ethics and Corporate ResponsibilityJ. Mack Robinson College of Business

Walter Earl FlukerExecutive Breakfast Forum

The Capital City ClubAtlanta, GA

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 

 

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

Standing at the Intersection:An Imaginative Exercise

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Standing at the Intersection

Lifeworlds and Systems Private & Public Dangerous Intersections Noisy Intersections Leadership in Crisis

WHICH WAY IS NORTH?

THE INTERSECTION

What’s going on? What did you hear? What did you see? What did you feel? How will you negotiate the

intersection?

What are the issues and challenges at the intersection?

THE INTERSECTION

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The greatest challenge of leadership in the 21st Century is . . .

THE INTERSECTION

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STAY AWAKE!

THE INTERSECTION

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Defining Moments

Select the most testing situation imaginable in your organization and complete the following exercise.

Ethical LeadershipCharacter (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?

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Ethical LeadershipCivility (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?

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Ethical LeadershipCommunity (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?

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

Acting Tactically

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

Acting Tactically

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

SUMMARY

The power of community at the intersection

FINAL THOUGHT

Stay Awake!

Ethical Leadership