Are you an ethical person? Regardless of your answer a follow-up probe might be: How do you
know? Your personal values reflect your beliefs what you care about. These values if they
really matter to you are activated by and through your everyday decisions. How do you ensure
that your values those that reflect your best ethical self are actually demonstrated in the
choices you make on a daily basis? Sometimes what we say we value does not match our actual
behavior. Being ethical requires the ability to discern and navigate competing values
continually striving to attain both personal and organizational goals with moral strength. This
necessitates the development of skills that support personal governance and your moral
competency. To be ethical building moral strength needs to become a focus of your daily life
which calls for making a deliberate effort to apply the values you say you hold. In reading
this book you will see how awareness of your thoughts and emotions-along with specific moral
competencies-can influence your desire to do the right thing and bolster your ability to
exercise moral strength at work. Drawing insight from the latest research in management
business ethics organizational behavior and psychology each chapter is intended to help
adult learners examine leverage and continue to develop their best ethical selves in
organizational life.
