"The frames also carry implications for creating ethical communities and for reviving the moral virtues of leadership," Bolman and Deal go on to discuss when talking about ethics in organization in their book Reframing Organizations. Being an ethical organization is important to keep the organization's reputation high and credibility in tact; furthermore, if an organization fails to be ethical, it is much more costly than the cost of rerouting any unethical behavior that arises in the workplace immediately. Not only will the organization have potential lawsuits for unethical behavior, the organization, also, has the potential to lose customers and clients as well. In Manuela Gomez's article titled Professional Ethics, discusses the four frames of ethics in communities, "from the earliest moments of recorded human consciousness, the ethical discipline has entailed four fundamental approaches, often called ethical decision-making frameworks: Utilitarian Ethics (outcome based), Deontological Ethics (duty based), Virtue Ethics (virtue based), and Communitarian Ethics (community based)." (Gomez, n.d.) In my Ethical Communities Worksheet, I discuss the ethics of the situation I have been discussing throughout Pro-Seminar I.
Ethical Communities Personal Analysis - Worksheet
Reflection
Ethical communities, form my perspective, are essential to organization. In an organizational setting, ethical communities are those in the organization that ensuring safety on the safety team as well as the quality team handling the day-to-day reports of the happenings of the organization. Ethical standards need to be followed for legal reasons as well as to keep the organizations reputation high and customers continue coming back. When organizations get into ethical trouble, and it goes public through the power of the internet, it is usually hard to recover from because people want to get their resources from ethical sources. Overall, this personal case analysis over the OGL 481 - Organizational Leadership Pro-Seminar I course was beneficial to my growth as a leader. The process of breaking down a conflicting situation I was, personally, a part of was a great way to practice the post-project processes as well. These post-project processes include breaking down the project after it is complete to build a Lessons Learned portion of the project to use as a reference for future, similar projects the organization takes part in. This analysis was a great way to experience more n depth the processes of reviewing your own work as a leader. I am grateful to have gotten the chance to partake in this exercise offered in this course.
Reference: Bolman, L. G., & Deal, T. E. (2021). Reframing organizations: Artistry, choice, and leadership (7th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Gomez, M. A. (n.d.). Professional ethics. Introduction to Ethics. Retrieved April 26, 2023, from https://library.achievingthedream.org/epccintroethics1/chapter/professional-ethics/