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My blog is to reflect on three lessons I took away from the MSLD 634 Leadership Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility course. With so many generations working together the key elements I gained from this course is understanding there are variables to morality, balance of what is moral depends on the situation, and that my way of thinking can be challenged based on other people’s experiences. Before taking this course I thought I was a pretty solid moral person with some pretty tough ethical standards, but reading and having discussions with other students in the courses allowed me to look at some situations such as affirmative action, gun control and what it means to do what is right, according to ones on values. I valued the other thoughts that were different than mine as they gave me a different perspective. LaFollette reinforced my moral thinking in his facts of “knowledge of morally relevant factors, and effects of our actions”. Although he had five facts, these two...

Gun control is a debate that one can hear about almost daily from our new media, politicians, peer groups, etc. Being a member of the National Rifle Association (NRA), I believe that it is my fundamental right to own a gun. LaFollette states that a “fundamental right is a non-derivative right protecting a fundamental interest” (p180) The debate about whether citizens have a right to bear arms is important and I believe they should. We have all heard about the special interest that guns are causing campus or school shootings or young children having access to guns that could harm someone. What we don’t debate the behavior that causes the harm to others. Our politicians purposely debate that there should be more gun control.   My blog will talk about my opinions about whether citizens have the right to bear arms, including alternatives to my opinion.   (LaFollette, 2007) Individual Rights The second amendment to the United States Constitution gives individuals the right...

In watching the two videos about business ethics I sat and reflected on what the overall message was as they both were very different from each other. The video “ Keynote Speech Excerpts from the Ethics Gu y” provided the things leaders can do to be ethical and people appeared to feel good after they heard the presentation. The second video “ Business Ethics Keynote Speaker – Chuck Gallagher sharing Strait Talk” is what happens after an unethical situation and was more of a scared tactical approach. My organization portrays values very similar to the first video, however in our annual ethics training there are the consequences identified if you break serious ethics rules. My reflection blog will include leaders’ behaviors that were positive and unethical in the work environment. Unethical Leader The leader that was unethical was senior manager who was overbearing and very demanding. This leader created an atmosphere where employees were intimidated and could not talk to this lead...