Watch the two videos from
business ethics speakers and discuss how your organization portrays its values.
Share any examples where behaviors were portrayed positively by your leaders or
an instance where someone was unethical in your work environment.
The organization portrays
its core values through its Strategic Plan and Mission Statement. Which include
the organization plan for the future with associated goals, milestones and
timelines. The one critical and common denominator identified are its people, and
the inability to complete its critical mission for the nation with state of the
art equipment and national assets without the dedication, experience, and
can-do mindset of the whole organization.
Through respect, good moral,
working in unison (not stove piping) and mutual understanding by management to
provide the tools equipment and resources necessary that allow individuals the
ability to preform all aspects of their professions in the least intrusive
manner, and to complete these duties in a most safe and efficient manner
possible.
An example of positive
portrayal of behavior would be when an individual was being treated most
unfairly, simply for accomplishing the duties of his position by auditing and
recommending a change to past practices that were shown to be outdated and in
some cases against policy. The leader prepared an email citing the negligent
and hurtful out lashes that were directed toward the individual and the
consequences of continuing in an unprofessional and inappropriate manner.
An instance of unethical
behavior in the work place would be by an officer, who will stop at nothing to
further his career at the expense of others. One might say he has a
narcissistic version of the Neapolitan complex. The methods employed are from
“his way or the highway” to always being correct and if nobody argues or
debates with him, he is then in his mind “RIGHT”. His bias toward pilots and
against mechanics is astounding. Pilots can do no wrong, whereby mechanics that
may have made an error are judged, tried and hung by him before an
investigation has been completed.
The display of bravado and
arrogance this officer displays to dare anybody to ever find he has made a
mistake while flying is to say the very least unethical, unsafe and
unprofessional, especially from the position as a manager and supposed leader.
In 1977 the worst
disaster involving aircraft on the ground occurred when a KLM jumbo preparing
for take-off is understood to have clipped the Pan-Am plane, which was taxiing,
across the runway. In total 583 people died in the blaze that followed the
collision and the incident remains the world's worst aviation accident in
history.
Ultimately, the crash
was blamed on the KLM pilot who had not checked if he was clear for take-off
and sped down the foggy runway. The KLM pilot was the company poster child and
chief pilot who could do no wrong.
Junior officers would
not dare to challenge his bravado or arrogance to the point of witnessing the
impending disaster that would take their very lives vs. speaking-up and
possibly saving the 583 people and themselves.
Why address the worst
air disaster in history, simply because it is unprofessional, unethical and
immoral to not address an unknown or impending problem that can affect those
who have entrusted their lives in the air and on the ground to seasoned,
professionally licensed and trained pilots. And the organization that accepts
and declines to not address this level of bravado, arrogance and unprofessional
conduct is guilty of unethical and immoral behavior itself.
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