Ethical leadership: creating and sustaining an ethical business culture

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IntroducionPart One Making sense of ethical leadership01 Making sense of culture

What is culture?

Culture shifts

Avoiding the rocks

Assessing your culture02 The ethical advantage: what's in it for your organization?

Some specific benefits of an ethical culture

Recognizing an ethical company

Staying clear of trouble: avoiding risk

Why values matter

Making sense of ethics03 Towards an ethical culture

Myths that can undermine the culture

Moving beyond the myths

Building a strong ethical foundation

Where do we start building?

A systems approach

A step-by-step approach

EntropyPart Two Organizational requirements04 Driving forces for an ethical culture

External drivers

Expect resistance

Internal drivers

Values driven

Employee expectations

Wholehearted engagement

A new driver05 Leadership and management of ethical cultures

Trust

Authenticity

Tone

Engagement

General engagement

Ethical engagement06 Systems and procedures

Policies

Codes and rules

Metrics

Decisions rules

Business processes

Reporting structures

Danfoss

reporting structure07 Communication strategy

A continuous free flow of communications

A targeted approach

Alignment

Trust in managers and leaders

Accountability

Enlivening communication

Persistent monitoring

Make it an obsession08 Champions and exemplars

Role models

Leadership on the line

Part Three Individual requirements09 Learning: will and skill

Will

Skill

Developing people's skills

Is training cost-effective?

Can't it all be done online?

Leaders need help too10 Learning: rehearse

Creating ethical conduct

Is this ethical?

Rehearsing for real

Behavioural simulation

Action planning and action learning11 Sustaining: support

Raise awareness

Sharpen sensitivity

Grow confidence

Build courage

Conclusion12 Sustaining: rewards

Building the reward strategy

Trigger 1: Identify

Trigger 2: Review

Trigger 3: Communicate

Trigger 4: Train

Trigger 5: Collect

Trigger 6: Monitor

Trigger 7: Evaluate and refinePart Four Sustaining the shift13 Over the horizon: the future of ethical leadership

Globalization

Society shifts (societal changes)

Demographic shifts

Technological advance

Requirements for a low-carbon economy

Over the horizon

Summing up

Resources

The Ethical Leadership Litmus Test

Index.