Organizational ethics : a practical approach / Craig E. Johnson, George Fox University. [print]

Previous edition published 2019.

Includes bibliographies and index.

PART ONE: -- Practicing personal ethics in the organization

1. Ethical competencies and perspective -- Developing ethical competencies -- Defining organizational ethics -- Ethical perspectives -- Utilitarianism: do the greatest good for the greatest number -- Kant's categorical imperative: do what's right despite the consequences -- Rawls's justice as fairness: balancing freedom and equality -- Aristotelian ethics: live well -- Confucianism: building healthy relationships -- Altruism: concern for others

PART TWO: -- Ethical decision making and action

Components of ethical behavior -- Component 1: moral sensitivity (recognition) -- Component 2: moral judgement -- Component 3: moral motivation -- Component 4: moral character -- Decision-making formats -- Aristotle's rules of deliberation -- The lonergan/baird method -- The moral compass -- The foursquare protocol -- The five "I" format

PART THREE: -- Components of personal ethical development

Component 1: discovering vocation -- Discovering your calling -- The dark side of a calling -- Component 2: identifying personal values -- Component 3: developing character -- Positive psychology and virtues -- Direct approaches to character development -- Indirect approaches to character development -- Component 4: creating a moral identity -- Component 5: drawing upon spiritual resources -- Spiritual disciplines -- Spiritual well-being -- Part two: Practicing interpersonal ethics int he organization

PART FOUR: -- Ethical interpersonal communication

Dialogue: an ethical framework for interpersonal communication -- Ethical communication competencies -- Immediacy behaviors -- Mindfulness -- Effective listening -- Self-disclosure -- Confirmation -- Emotional intelligence -- Trust building -- Giving and receiving feedback

PART FIVE: -- Exercising ethical influence

Questions of power -- Question 1: Are some forms of power more ethical than others? -- Question 2: Is it possible to have too much power? -- Question 3: Should I play politics? -- Question 4: What factors contribute to empowerment? -- Ethical issues in influence -- Framing -- Proactive tactics -- Impression management -- Deception -- Emotional labor -- Communication of expectations

PART SIX: -- Ethical conflict management

Conflict in organizational life -- Becoming an ethical conflict manager -- Step 1: recognize the differences between functional and dysfunctional conflicts -- Step 2: take control -- Step 3: identify your personal conflict style -- Step 4: Develop conflict guidelines -- Step 5: employ collaborative conflict management tactics -- Step 6: be prepared to apologize -- Resolving conflict through ethical negotiation -- Ethical issues in negotiation -- Adopt an integrative approach to negotiation -- Combating aggression and sexual harassment -- Types of aggression -- Resisting and reducing aggression -- Preventing sexual harassment -- Part three: Practicing leadership, follower-ship, and group ethics

PART SEVEN: -- Leadership and followership ethics

Ethical leadership -- The ethical challenges of leadership -- The shadow side of leadership -- Stepping out of the shadows: normative leadership theories -- Ethical followership -- Ethical followership -- the ethical challenges of followership -- Meeting the moral demands of followership: principles and strategies -- Ethical self-leadership

PART EIGHT: -- Improving group ethical performance

Acting as a morally responsible team member -- Adopting a cooperative orientation -- Doing your fair share (not loafing) -- Displaying openness and supportiveness -- Being willing to stand alone -- Responding to ethical danger signs -- Groupthink -- Polythink -- Mismanaged agreement -- team defense mechanisms -- Escalating commitment -- Moral exclusion -- Part Four: Practicing ethics in organizational systems

PART NINE: -- Building an ethical organization

Making ethics matter -- Components of ethical culture -- Formal elements -- Informal elements -- Cultural change efforts -- Ethical drivers

PART TEN: -- Managing ethical hot spots in the organization

Ethical marketing -- Ethical issues in marketing -- Ethical principles and strategies -- Ethical finance and accounting -- Ethical issues in finance and accounting -- Ethical principles and strategies -- Ethical human resources management -- Ethical issues in human resource management -- Ethical principles and strategies

PART ELEVEN: -- Promoting sustainable organizational citizenship

The organization as citizen -- Components of organizational citizenship -- Stakeholder focus -- Sustainability -- Corporate social responsibility -- Corporate/CEO activism -- Promoting organizational citizenship -- Adopt a stewardship mind-set -- Act as a citizenship catalyst/social entrepreneur -- Measure social performance

PART TWELVE: -- Ethical in a global society

The dangers of globalization and the challenges of ethical diversity -- Developing cross-cultural ethical competence -- Coming to grips with perceptual biases -- Becoming a world citizen -- Understanding ethical diversity -- Finding moral common ground -- Resolving cross-cultural ethical conflicts.

"The book provides readers with opportunities to apply ethical principles and practices in a variety of settings through self-reflection, analyses, projects, and discussion. It introduces moral theories used in ethical problem-solving; examines individual motivations; looks at the ethical dilemmas of groups, teams, and leaders as well as offers strategies for creating ethical cultures and promoting social responsibility."--

"We are constantly faced with ethical decisions, no matter what organizations we join. The ethical choices we make determine the health of our businesses, schools, government agencies, religious congregations, charities, and other institutions. Our ethical decisions also determine our career success or failure. Bestselling author, Craig E. Johnson, shows how we can develop our ethical competence, just as we develop our abilities to manage or oversee operations. Every chapter of Organizational Ethics: A Practical Approach, Fifth Edition provides readers with opportunities to apply ethical principles and practices in a variety of settings through self-reflection, analyses, projects, and discussion. Written in a reader-friendly style, each part of the book is layered around organizational behavior. The parts introduce moral theories used in ethical problem-solving; examines individual motivations; looks at the ethical dilemmas of groups, teams, and leaders as well as offers strategies for creating ethical cultures and promoting social responsibility. This book shows how readers can develop their ethical expertise and provides opportunities to practice problem-solving to defend their decisions"--

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