Don’t Fall Under Pressure
Professional and personal pressures and the speed of modern-day
business are placing severe ethical demands on young leaders. Often young people know the right thing to
do, but instead cross that line to further their careers by bending the rules
or engaging in morally questionable behavior. The immense pressure on professionals from
novices to veterans in today’s market place is to meet bottom-line
demands. Young leaders are developing in a
different culture than their predecessors and have the complex task of learning
to negotiate the often-competing demands of excellence, ethics, and
integrity. They need to be reflective
about the purpose of their work and proactive about the approaches they
take. They must develop their own belief
systems and rely on their own moral trust in guiding their behaviors. It is imperative to think about the
consequences of your decisions not only for yourself, but also for the
decisions that you make for other people. Periodically reflecting about making good decisions will
increase the likelihood of making good ethical decisions. Even though young leaders have values such as
honesty and integrity, they are willing to compromise these values in order to
satisfy professional demand or gain peer recognition.
Robert
Dahl
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