Moral Courage for Executives…
Through research and experience I have found that people…particularly
those in leadership positions…are a mix of their aspirations, capabilities,
support systems, mind sets and limitations…real or imagined. How they
see and conduct themselves on a daily basis has an enormous impact on
their performance as a leader, the people they lead and their own personal
well-being. The following is an article that deals with this executive dilemma.
Board Room Policy
By Dan Miller, Chicago Daily News, July 29, 1970
"Few executives can afford the luxury of a conscience. A business that defined right and wrong in terms that would satisfy a well-developed contemporary conscience could not survive. When the directors and managers enter the board room to debate policy, they park their private conscience outside. If they didn't they would fail in their responsibility to the company that pays them The crucial question in board rooms today is not, "'Are we morally obligated to do it"? But rather "What will happen if we don't do it"? or "How will this affect the rate of return on our investment"? No company employs a vice president in charge of ethical standards, and sooner or later the conscientious executive is likely to come up against a stone wall of corporate indifference to private moral values. In the real world of today's business, he is almost surely a troubled man".
Any organization or business being led by "troubled" leaders and managers may be experiencing a lot of anxiety and indecision. If this type of situation concerns you, contact me at MikeLisi.com
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