The Ethical Manager

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Duration

1 day

Delivery mode

On-campus

Location

Canberra

Standard price

$1045

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Overview

Respectful, fair, loyal, trusting, and transparent: these are the qualities of an ethical manager. This course examines what these virtues demand in practice.

While it is widely accepted that these are the moral qualities we look for in an “ethical manager”, the behaviours they demand is not always obvious. Is respect simply the absence of demeaning and humiliating treatment, or is there more to it?

Does fairness require that rewards are distributed strictly in accordance with “merit”, or is that an impoverished understanding of what fairness consists of?

Course content

This program is designed to provide learners with a deeper understanding of managerial virtues such as respect and fairness. Learners will gain the conceptual and analytical skills to reason their way through such questions, enabling them to realise the managerial virtues more fully in their professional lives. This course is broken into the following core topics:

  • Respect
  • Fairness
  • Honesty
  • Reciprocity
  • Fidelity
  • When Virtues Conflict

Learning outcomes

Skills/competencies/knowledge that would be gained through this course:
  • By completing this course, learners will be able to:
  • Define each of the virtues or moral qualities associated with ethical management.
  • Explain why it is important for managers to demonstrate these virtues.
  • Critique deeply entrenched assumptions about what these virtues consist of.
  • Identify behaviours that are and are not consistent with each virtue.
  • Resolve ethical dilemmas in which one or more moral requirements come into conflict.

Who should attend

This course is designed for those working in management positions.

Prerequisites

None


Facilitator

Dr Ned Dobos

Dr Ned Dobos is Senior Lecturer in Ethics at UNSW Canberra. He is the author of two books, by Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press, and numerous scholarly articles in applied philosophy and professional ethics. He has held fellowships at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, the MacMillan Centre for International Studies at Yale, the McCoy Centre for Ethics at Stanford, and the philosophy department at Georgetown University. He is an editor of The Australian Journal of Human Rights (Taylor and Francis) and of The Journal of Pacifism and Non-violence (Brill).

Cancellation policy

Courses will be held subject to sufficient registrations. UNSW Canberra reserves the right to cancel a course up to five working days prior to commencement of the course. If a course is cancelled, you will have the opportunity to transfer your registration or be issued a full refund. If registrant cancels within 10 days of course commencement, a 50% registration fee will apply. UNSW Canberra is a registered ACT provider under ESOS Act 2000-CRICOS provider Code 00098G.