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Overview

Ethics: Why We Stray: A Different Look at Ethical Decision-Making
This course explores the tangled paths to ethical problems. It is designed to sensitize you to the subtle traps and to suggest strategies to avoid or extricate yourself from them: whether they are internal, cultural, organizational or societal.

Key Topics

• "The Amygdala Made Me Do It" - Adventures Along the Brain's Low Road
• "That's Not the Way We Do It Here" - Classic Cultural Pitfalls
• "How Do You Know That" - The Assumption Trap
• Fear, Confusion, Hesitation and Surprise: The Four Poisons of the Mind
• Step by Step into the Big Muddy " The Vietnam Syndrome
• Paving the Path to Hell: Unintended Consequences
• "This Phone Call Never Happened" - Confidentiality and Secrecy

Learning Objectives

• Define ethics
• Recognize the factors that are the catalyst for unethical behavior and identify strategies to avoid them
• Recognize the power of purpose in ethical decision-making