1. LEAD US THRU PROBS OF ORGANIZATIONS Ethical Dimensions of Leadership Virginia Tech MBA Andrew Watson

2. Agenda Mini-cases from Ch. 10: Ethical Problems of Organizations Discussion led by groups In same order as cases appear in the chapter Break Double Drew Drew Andrew Looking ahead

3. Step One: Gather the Facts I am still discouraged by the difficulty of this The first of the text’s eight steps to sound ethical decision making (p. 51) Example: physics tells us that bumblebees can’t fly Direct problem: statement used by people to ignore science Indirect problem, revealed when Googling the issue Early good news, in the form of cool science stuff on Today I Found OutToday I Found Out “bees… fly in an incredibly complex way that utilizes… mini hurricanes!” “Lijang Zeng and his team… devised system comprised of lasers and… mirrors” Found out more about Zeng, including a web pageweb page What’s wrong?

4. Perhaps I’m Over-Reacting To problems with a website Probably lacks fact-checkers Some MSM, e.g. NY Times, has facts checked In-house By outsiders, e.g., Wal-Marte.g., Wal-Mart But my link is to a Huffington Post story… how reliable? Will MSM maintain level of fact-checking? What about Politifact?Politifact “independent fact-checking journalism website… rating claims for accuracy on our Truth-O-Meter” Won Pulitzer Prize What questions should we raise about Politifact?

5. Facts May Be Presented Misleadingly What facts does the graphic use? How does it use them? Why? What similar tricks have you seen? Are we likely to see such tricks more or less in the future?

6. Looking Ahead Three meetings remain Fill in some of the many gaps in our coverage of business ethics Summarize, as far as possible Decisions about these meetings What? Gaps suggested by: Assignments Recent events Other things on our minds Where and when? Suggestion: conduct one of the three “meetings” as a Canvas Discussion Remaining assignments: push Paper 3 due date to Dec 1? Usual closing