evaluate yourself as an ethical leader who creates a workenvironment that supports doing the right thing and discouragesunethical conduct by examining”Am I walking My Ethical Talk”questions on page 280 of the Trevino textbook. Select what youbelieve are the three most important question for you as an ethicalleader and explain why these three are important to you.
Following is ”Am I walking My Ethical Talk” questions on page280 of the Trevino textbook.
A common phrase used by today’s managers is “walking the talk.”If your intention is to be an ethical leader, here are somequestions to ask yourself to see if you’re walking your ethicaltalk. 1. Do I talk about the ethical implications of decisions withthe people who report to me as well as with the job candidates I’minterested in hiring? With my peers? With my manager? 2. Have Imade it clear to the people who report to me that I don’t want tobe protected from bad news? Do they understand that they can tellme anything without fear of retribution? Do my reports come to mewith ethical concerns? 3. Do I provide guidance on ethical decisionmaking, and have I participated in the ethics training of those whoreport to me? 4. When evaluating the performance of my staff, do Ivalue ethical goals at least as highly as performance and qualitygoals? Do I focus on the means as well as the ends in decisionmaking and performance appraisals? 5. Do I reward ethical conductand discipline unethical conduct? 6. Do I require my people to takeresponsibility for their decisions? 7. Do I support employees whochallenge unjust authority? 8. What are the informal norms in mydepartment? If my employees were asked to list the “rules” ofworking for me, what would they say? Are any of these problematicif ethical conduct is the goal? 9. Do my direct reports know I careabout them and will be there for them in good times and bad? 10. IfI were to die tomorrow, would the people who report to me say thatI had integrity? How would my peers describe me? And what would mymanager say? The answers to these questions should form a soundbeginning for understanding and managing ethical behavior in yourwork group and within the broader ethical culture.
