ETHICS & MANAGEMENT

Ethics is a body of principles or standards of human conduct that given the behaviour of individuals and groups. Ethics is much more than just a collection of values. Values are almost always oversimplifications, which rarely can be applied uniformly.

Ethics Quality occurs when two conditions are met: when a repeatable reasoning process is followed; and when the outputs of this reasoning result in the intents, means, and ends all being “good”. When the conditions for ethics quality are met the organisation becomes capable of preventing ethical failure, not just catching and punishing it. Without a means of prevention organizations have no means for controlling its ethics quality.

Organisations need ethics quality not only to prevent unhealthy behaviour but to inspire superior reasoning and performance. It is only through human nature, and ethics, that we can inspire greater levels of innovation, teamwork, and process breakthroughs that result in sustainable competitive advan...