1. Strategy Ethics Leadership
These three areas of inquiry and practice are very similar.
All three involve knowing the situation and circumstances.
Also, “leadership is about service not about power” just as
strategy and ethics also both involve service and power.

2. 1. FP&R: future-proofing and resilience
8 REALLY IMPORTANT IDEAS IN STRATEGY & ETHICS FOR 21ST CENTURY
1. FP&R: future-proofing and resilience
2. RBMHG: reasonably-balanced mixture of the human goods
3. KLMBS: known limitations of market based systems
4. LPAMC: levers to pull to avoid mega-catastrophes
5. PGMIBG: public-good missions involving business and govt
6. GEHI: the general effectiveness of human intentions
7. TBRT: table of blue vs. red themes
8. MFoC & MOMA: the moral foundations of capitalism and a more-obviously-moral approach

3. (from private regimes) More obviously moral approach
Capitalism & strategy
wealth,
negative-freedom
(from state regimes)
pleasure, aesthetics
positive-
freedom,
health,
happiness
justice & fairness,
negative-freedom
(from private regimes)
friendship, sociality
care, nobility, charity
More obviously moral approach

4. KLMBS Monopolistic tendencies (concentration of power, wealth)
Ignores aspects of Distributive-Justice (distribution of wealth and the HGs).
Many lack the ability to pay for anything (no endowment, or legitimate opportunity)
Lack of Information (about the things being exchanged, purchased)
Preference vs. well-being (the dark psyche; the creation of desire)
Externalities (e.g. un-priced pollution, no restorative-j)
Un-priced public-goods (e.g. the benefits we all obtain when everyone else is healthy).
Lack of universal access to non-rival goods (in strong IPR regimes)

5. Mid-century Canyon Trans- humanist divide
wealth
Trans-human
civilization
Leverage
Factors
Mega
-cats?
1st & 2nd
worlds
Trans-
humanist
divide
USA average
Lifted 4th
& 3rd worlds
3rd & 4th world
2bn+ in
squalor
2015
2045
2100
Momentum
- Trends

6. Corporation Government(1) Government (2) Government (n) PGSIBG Global
Co-opetition &
Self-governance
e.g. Global
Compact
CSR
Compensate for all KLMBS,
In pursuit of dual mission & vision
Corporation
Global
Common
Good
Endorse
& support
optimize tax
globally
Lobbying & constructive
engagement for
common good,
anti-corruption, etc.
Partner & engage
for shared mission
Informative
advertising to
explain KLMBS
& HG-government
HG-government
cultivate & implant
justice, efficiency, health,
positive -freedom, happiness, etc.
I-NGO’s
Government(1)
Good leaders are trying to create this understanding. The terrain is in the mind, not the land or ice
TGI’S &
Networks
e.g. UN, OECD
Government (2)
Lobby for selected HG’s
& global good
Government (n)
Build trust
facilitate
stability, Huri
coordination &
harmonization

7. Corporation Government(1) Government (2) Government (n)
Hypercompetitive Global Capitalism
Hyper-competitive
strategy
CSR
Compensate for selected KLMBS,
to achieve valued reputation effects
Corporation
global quasi-feudal
corporate society
Selectively
endorse
& support
minimize
tax
globally
Narrow lobbying
to enable increased
exploitation
of KLMBS
Ignore, partner
for reputation &
ideology, or
monitor & disrupt
sub-set of HG’s
stability, contracts,
negative-freedom,
Political or
ideological
advertising
I-NGO’s
Government(1)
Draw dat!! This is the terrain in the mind of some leaders. Its not good, not ethical, not balanced should find another route.
TGI’S &
Networks
e.g. UN, OECD
Government (2)
Lobbying for selected HG’s or
policies
Government (n)
Build trust
facilitate
stability, Huri
coordination &
harmonization

8. Planned Strategy “Realized” Strategy “un-realized” Strategy* Emergent
Deliberate,
intentional
Planned
Strategy
“Realized”
Strategy
Unforeseen
changes
Circumstances that strategist does not control but perhaps co-creates
“un-realized”
Strategy*
Emergent
Strategy
This aspect of strategy
did not work out
“Things just evolve in unpredictable ways”
“The business system is an ecology”

9. benefits for self & society
Due to
Exploitation of KLMBS
Expected
costs to society
Deliberate,
intentional
Realized*
benefits for self & society
Planned
benefits for self
Unforeseen
changes
Circumstances that strategist does not control but perhaps influences
un-realized
outcomes
emergent
benefits for self & society
Invisible
hand
Parts of the plan “came to nothing”
“Things just evolve in unpredictable ways”
“The business system is an ecology”
…by pursuing self-interest man frequently promotes the interest of society more effectively than when he directly intends to promote it (as if by an invisible hand). Adam Smith 1776
* i.e. “becomes real”

10. benefits for self & society
Due to
compensation for KLMBS
Low expected
costs to society
Deliberate,
intentional
“Realized”
Benefits for self
& more for society
Planned
Benefits for self
& society
Unforeseen
changes
Circumstances that strategist does not control but perhaps influences
“un-realized”
outcomes
emergent
benefits for self & society
This aspect of the plan
“came to nothing”
“Things just evolve in unpredictable ways”
“The business system is an ecology”
…by directly intending to promote the interest of self and society man frequently does promote both quite effectively(Business Ethics)

11. COMPONENT LEFT-POLE RIGHT-POLE Comments KLMBS Compensate, refrain
exploit
Exploiting KLMBS yields market-power and generates “above normal” returns to s/h.
Value-priority
justice
efficiency
Econ.-efficiency implies aggregate wealth, so these values are like HG’s
Variants
stakeholder
shareholder
Variants of capitalism (legal, cultural) or models of strategic management (conceptual)
Capitals
multi-forms
financial forms
Human, social, ecological, cultural, moral, political, economic; Classes of equity and debt
Politics
econ-left
econ-right
Strong positions often reflect partial-knowledge, sense of identity, vague emotions
Timing
ethics now
ethics later
First get rich, then maybe give it to charity when you get old (but you won’t give enough)
Co-opetition
co-operation C
competition D
Dynamic prisoners’ dilemma games explain a lot about strategy and ethics. E.g. Tit-for-Tat
Language
values-based
value-based
There are separate (political) discourses, e.g. “Value-Based-Mgmnt” means s/h wealth-maxn.
Agency (resp)
corporate
individual
Pol-left endorses CM-Resp concept (like stakeholder modl.), right emphasizes indiv resp.
Agency (rights)
Pol-right endorses CM-Ri like right to political speech and funding. Left wants equal voices.
Trust
in governments
in markets
Right tends to trust markets more than governments to deliver a satisfying HG mix.
Hopes
enlightenment for all
prosperity for self
Left wants to elevate peoples’ consciousness, Right seeks personal salvation or prosperity.
Passions
isothymic
megalothymic
Passion for justice or for power? Plato noted the two types of character (cf. virtue ethics).
Leader-style
transformational
transactional
t-forml leader inspires and changes others’ abilities; t-actl uses +/- incentives (exchanges)
Focus
We/the other
I/the self
Several psychological theories focus on this fundamental distinction (Etzioni, Piaget, Wu)
Yin/Yang
yin
yang
Female and male aspects in balance. L-R alignment is partial; yang includes “the light”
Science
Ecology
Engineering
Broadly, the right has an engineering view of economics; left has ecological-understanding
Rate of innovn
Gradual, evolving
Rapid, driven
Weber noted that many do not want innovation, but just want to live in their “accustomed way”
Ethics theories*
MOMA
MFoC
The partitioned ethics-set identifies and locates forms of (pol-) moral-reasoning on both sides.

12. Dialectics, Pluralism, Pragmatism Particularism, Virtue-ethics
MFoC
MOMA
Consequentialism
Act-ut
U + J
U - J
Deontology
Logic based
Golden rule(s)
Rule-ut
Egoism
Utility-aspects
Justice constraint
& conditions
Ethic of Care
Inter-dependence
Attend to vulnerable
Agapism (love ethic)
Utility-max.
in markets
Distributive
justice
Free exchange
agreements
Fiduciary-
Duty &
Financial-
stewardship
Contractarianism
Dialectics, Pluralism, Pragmatism
Particularism, Virtue-ethics
Expressive aspects of ethical-egoism
Various aspects of altruism
RBMHG

13. FORM OR THEORY
CENTRAL IDEA
Consequentialism
Consider expected HG consequences of each considered action
Act vs. Rule sub-forms
Each decision separately vs. use utiln-justified general rules.
Utilitarianism without justice.
seek “the greatest good for the greatest number”, OK with slavery
Ethical Egoism.
Best for oneself (including identity aspects & freedoms)
Utility-maximization (in markets)
Optimized satisfaction of participants’ preferences (good or bad). Associated with ‘let market decide’, if you ignore KLMBS.
Utilitarianism with justice
“Greatest good” but no-one is suffering beyond a reasonable limit.
Deontology
Logic, categorical imperative: Golden rule, others as ‘ends’.
Ethic of Care.
Feminist, care, kindness; Balance vs . Feminist or Socialist Revoln?
Contractarianism
Moral-political, free agreement & exchange, veil of ignorance, justice (difference) principle
The spanning-theories
Dialectics (synthesis), Pluralism (all forms), Pragmatism (inquiry), Particularism (case-by-case) Virtue-ethics (character).