Ethics for the real world : creating a personal code to guide decisions in work and life /

Howard, Ronald A. 1934-

Ethics for the real world : creating a personal code to guide decisions in work and life / Ronald A. Howard and Clinton D. Korver with Bill Birchard. - Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Press, (c)2008. - 1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: Skillful decision making -- Almost ethical -- Draw distinctions -- Consult the touchstones -- Draft your code -- Choose action -- Transform life -- Transform work -- Epilogue: habit of wisdom -- Appendix A: The critical elements of ethical thinking -- Appendix B: Ethical codes -- Our messages.

Ethics for the Real World offers practical advice on how to make more effective decisions every day. More important, Howard and Korver show how to create a personal ethical code - not one that looks good to others, but a code you can genuinely commit to. You'll learn to: identify ethically sensitve actions, make decisions by applying ethical distinctions, commit in advance to ethical principles and generate creative alternatives to resolve dilemmas.



9781422163627


Decision making--Moral and ethical aspects.
Ethical problems.
Moral development.
Applied ethics.


Electronic Books.

BJ1419 / .E845 2008