A634.7.4.RB_Ethics and Behaviors

Video 1 – Keynote Speech Excerpts from the Ethics Guys
I found this video to be extremely moving and motivating. In this video the speaker discussed the “what you should do” or “what you haven’t done” which are two areas where people tend to be unethical in their actions. The speaker states that you should channel your anger and turn it into an action plan because when you do the right thing for others it makes you feel better therefore creating a win-win situation.

I find that this takes place often in my team at work. Because of the nature of our jobs we all do the same job but differently and that is 100% expected and encouraged by our leader. Due to the fact that we all do things differently when we want to show someone how do to something we approach the situation with a sense of ease to encourage the other person to learn and grow with the new skills they are learning. These types of actions becoming the win-win plan and ultimately leave both parties feeling good about themselves.

In addition to that example, my current job we are on tight deadlines and sometimes we do not get all the information needed from a Course Developer on time and therefore we, the Instructional Designers, become extremely angry. Because we cannot show that anger to the developer what many of us do is turn that anger is into something positive which in turns helps everyone. The anger turns into an action plan and when the action plan is executed the entire parties involved win.

Video 2 – Business Ethics Keynote Speaker – Chuck Gallagher – Shares Straight Talk about Ethics

Although this video was good I found it to be harder to get into than the first. Some of the key points that Gallagher spoke about were, choices and their consequences and The Unethical Continuum. I have found that we are always responsible for our actions and those actions will either have positive or negative consequences. In additional I find that the Unethical Continuum has been taking place the workplace for many years and can be difficult to end. Below are two examples of where these behaviors are portrayed in my organization.

In my department we have a slightly harder time with the Unethical Continuum because due to the nature of our job I find that we as the employees give me to the organization than we get in return so we seem to be better to the customer and company more so than the opposite. Because we have a very demanding type of career our leader will reward us but I don’t think anything he does is ever unethical, it all just balances out there for the choices we make to work harder and longer hour’s equals positive and great consequences.

I know I am biased but I have to say I work for the best team in my organization and we do things positively and ethically and our work and reputation show that.