Ethical Integrity, Leadership, and Industry Example Report

This report delves into the crucial aspect of ethical integrity within business organizations. Initially, the author's understanding of ethics was limited, viewing it as relevant only during crises. However, the report emphasizes the far-reaching impact of ethics on organizational success, highlighting the importance of ethical guidelines and leadership. The author proposes creating an expert team to develop ethical guidelines aligned with organizational values, ensuring clear communication and expectations for employees. The report connects the video's content to course learning objectives, specifically the role of Human Resource Management and leadership in maintaining ethical integrity. An industry example of Lockheed Martin is included, showcasing its commitment to high ethical standards through leadership and HR practices. The references provide additional context for the discussed concepts, which are essential in understanding the role of ethics in business.

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Topic: Video Critical Thinking & Reasoning
Discuss your initial thoughts about the solution/challenge/aspect presented in the
video (110)
The video focuses on the aspect of ethical integrity in a business organization. Before,
the concept of ethics was not clear to me. I had the misconception like many that ethics and
ethical considerations only comes when any crisis arises or if any situation has any moral
questions related to it. I felt that like any other department in an organization ethical integrity
too has some specific tasks to perform like creating work ethics and values and maintaining
the impression of the company (Mintz, 2016). Now I realize that, ethics in organization has a
far more important role to play and the success or failure of an organization largely depends
on it.
Present what you would do different in terms of the solution presented in the
video (111)
The video presents the solution for ethical integrity as being transparent. Other than
that communication is also another solution for the problem. If I have to come up with
another solution that would solve the problem of any organization regarding ethics, I would
create a team of experts that will make an ethical guideline for the organization. This
guideline will be in alignment with the values and objectives of the organization so that they
do not clash and create further confusion (Crawshaw et al., 2013). This guideline them will
be communicated clearly to the employees and they will be given full disclosure on what is to
be expected from them in terms of ethical behavior.

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Relate the content of the video to one of the CLO’s in the course (58)
In maintaining and promoting the organizational ethical integrity, the role of the both
the Human Resource Management and the leaders of an organization are of utmost
importance (Kolk, 2016). The content of the video is related to ethical consideration and
governance of an organization as well as the role of leadership in an organization that we
learned in the course.
Include the industry example demonstrating the application of your researched
video
The video demonstrates the industry example of the company Lockheed Martin, one
of the most successful organizations. The organization maintains high ethical integrity and
the leaders and HR perform their duties in an ethical manner. They communicate their ethical
considerations regularly (SHRM Foundation., 2016). The Ethics department is always at
work to ensure that they maintain their high ethical values that have become the very fabric
of their organization.

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References
Crawshaw, J. R., Cropanzano, R., Bell, C. M., & Nadisic, T. (2013). Organizational justice:
New insights from behavioural ethics. Human relations, 66(7), 885-904.
Kolk, A. (2016). The social responsibility of international business: From ethics and the
environment to CSR and sustainable development. Journal of World Business, 51(1),
23-34.
Mintz, S. (2016). Giving voice to values: A new approach to accounting ethics
education. Global Perspectives on Accounting Education, 13(1), 37-50.
SHRM Foundation. (2016). Ethics The Fabric of Business - A Case Study of Lockheed
Martin [Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONeS5tnUy6E