Moral decision making

individual ethical decision-making behavior

1. moral awareness (I’m I facing a moral problem?)

2. ethical judgement (methods that are used to make those judgement)

3. ethical behavior (if all goes this will happen)

1.moral awareness

more likely to recognize when

peers consider it morally problematic

moral language is used when problem is presented

decision could cause serious harm to other

seven steps of ethical decision making

gather the facts

define the ethical issues

identify the affected parties

identify the consequences

identify the obligations

consider your character and integrity

think creatively about potential actions

check your gut

organizational effects

rewards and punishments

roles at work

diffusion of responsivity-don’t feel that big in the organizational

can be a negative or positive depends how it’s used

group norms

everyone’s doing it

rationalize unethical behavior

pressure to go along

can be a negative or positive depends how it’s used

organizational culture

formal systems

informal systems

formal systems

selection/training

performance management

authority structure

informal systems

role models/heroes

norms and rituals

myths and stories

cognitive biases

fact gathering

looking at the consequences

escalation of commitment

to avoid some of these it’s good to invite input also to bring in people that would disagree with you

fact gathering

overconfidence about your knowledge of the facts

confirmation trap only getting info that goes with what you believe

to get over fact gathering think about ways you can be wrong

looking at the consequences

reduced number of consequences

consequences for self VS other

consequences as risk which have two parts

the illusion of optimism and the illusion of control

escalation of commitment

commitment to something even if it might not be worth it

individual differences

level of moral development

level of moral development

1. rewards/punishments exchanges -when your young

2. shared norms, societal obligations,-as you get older something apart of your family

3. principled, autonomous - you love Justice

locus of control

people are either internals or externals

internals- will take responsibility for actions and recognize the consequences are made by you

externals- this is not on me and not my fault

ego strength

someone how has healthy ego is more likely to behave ethically