Being a Leader Isn’t Always Easy

Making it to the top can challenge a person’s ethics. As we develop through our cognitive and ethical self it is easier at younger ages with fewer responsibilities to maintain an ethical balance. As we get older our experience builds and we have to adjust our normative ethics in our family life and work life. …

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Remembering Orlando 2016 -Keeping Ethics During Orlando Tragedy

In honor of it’s one year, below is a post from last year right after the tragic event. It has been incredible the support and diveristy inclusion that has resulted. Orlando Strong….People Strong.    Thinking about ethics in the workplace this last week has become a tough situation to handle. I live in Orlando. About…

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APA Code of Ethics – Being An Ethical Leader Today

while most may not take the time to read or even glimpse through the APA Code of Ethics I find worth writing about since it ties into I/O Psychology which is directly related to organizations and their leaders…. The APA Code of Ethics It’s not that ethics has changed as much as it is how…

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The Unethical Outcome of Groupthink

After reading about ethics in small groups there was something about groupthink that got me thinking. What is groupthink and what is its effect on ethics? Groupthink may be defined many ways but Irving Janis who coined the phrase defines it as “a collective pattern of defensive avoidance” (Sims, 1992, pg. 651). This meaning that…

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