Ethical Frame

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Understanding the ethical lens

An ethical analysis examines the values and responsibilities that should guide organizational decisions. Bolman and Deal connect organizational ethics with identity, beliefs, and values, and examine ethics through their four organizational frames (2017). An action can produce a useful result while still raising questions about how people were treated or whose interests were overlooked. Ethical reasoning therefore considers the justification for a choice as well as its consequences. In this portfolio, the Ethical Frame is presented as the additional case-analysis section required by the course guidelines.

Applying the lens

A case analysis should identify the actual decision, the people affected, and the obligations or values in tension. It should compare realistic alternatives and explain why one approach is more defensible. Evidence must be separated from assumptions, especially when discussing other people’s conduct. The reflection should state what the experience means for future leadership choices without claiming that a difficult tradeoff has a simple or cost-free solution.

Personal case analysis

The required ethical worksheet and my reflection on the selected situation must be added here. This overview defines the lens but does not establish the facts of my case or a completed ethical analysis. The final section needs my evidence, reasoning, chosen alternative, and personal reflection.

Reference

Bolman, L. G., & Deal, T. E. (2017). Reframing ethics and spirit. In Reframing organizations (6th ed.). Publisher chapter summary. This overview uses the accessible sixth-edition summary; case-analysis citations should follow the assigned course edition.

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