Leadership Issues

• What is the balance between ethics and Machiavellianism in dealing with the challenges for modern organizations?
• What are the values that underlie the mission of the organization and how are they formulated?
• What are the implications of a discrepancy between espoused values and practiced values?
• How does one resolve the conflict between short term ethical violations and long term benefits?
• How can values formulated at the top be inculcated throughout the organization?
• Since all stakeholders probably cannot be satisfied, and satisfying some may well dissatisfy others, what is a decision maker to do?
• What may be an intended solution at one point can become a problem at another point. How responsible is a leader or team in making decisions for uncertain outcomes in the future?
• How is credibility established?
• How ethical is it to use an understanding of the behavioral sciences to get what you want?
• If the survival of your company is at stake, how far would you go in compromising your ethics?

Team Issues

• When a team should diversify its membership, but is satisfied operating with its present membership that excludes diversity (e.g., gender, ethnicity), what should be done?
• How should a team deal with norms that suppress or compromise ethical behavior?
• If a team member violated an ethical principle, how should the team handle it?
• How would a team go about an ethics audit of its practices?