Ethics, Emotional Intelligence, and Perception Module 2: Ethics, Emotional Intelligence, and Perception Overview Leaders use emotional as well as intellect | Homework Answers

Ethics, Emotional Intelligence, and Perception Module 2: Ethics, Emotional Intelligence, and Perception Overview Leaders use emotional as well as intellectual capabilities and understandings to guide organizations through a turbulent environment and help people feel energized, motivated, and cared for in the face of rapid change, uncertainty, and job insecurity. Leaders can expand the capacities of their minds and hearts through conscious development and practice. Leaders should be aware of how their mental models affect their thinking and may cause “blind spots” that limit understanding. Becoming aware of assumptions is a first step toward shifting one’s mental model and being able to see the world in new and different ways. Four key issues important to expanding and developing a leader’s mind are independent thinking, open-mindedness, systems thinking, and personal mastery. As well, values are fundamental beliefs that cause a person to prefer that things be done one way rather than another. One way to think about values is in terms of instrumental and end values. End values are beliefs about the kinds of goals that are worth pursuing, whereas instrumental values are beliefs about the types of behavior that are appropriate for reaching goals. Values also affect an individual’s attitudes. A leader’s attitudes about self and others influence how the leader behaves toward and interacts with followers. In other words, leadership is no longer about strategic goals and “hitting the numbers – although both are very important – leadership is about understanding your own values, emotional capacities, and perceptions of others. We want to be sure we understand where we stand with regard to our emotional intelligence so we can create a strengths-based team that will meet the goals and objectives of the organization while ensuring personal and professional growth for all who work with us! Part One – Discussion Questions: NOTE: there are two parts and types of work for module 2. Pay attention to the directions Part 1A: Perception is in the eye of the beholder right? • Pick 10 people you don’t know; go to the mall, coffee shop, local pub, wherever! Must utilize 3 locations minimum (only one bar, ha). • Write down what they are wearing, how they act, behaviors, and actions…things you notice right away. Make sure you note whether they are male or female and get close to an age range. • Then, in one word, describe this person. • Finally, one page minimum, double-spaced, reflect on what you learned doing this assignment? Please put your results and data into the Discussion Question Template. You are welcome to Excel or Tables to load your data. Let me know if you have questions. Part 1B Review the Ethics Cases attached below. There are two cases. Answer the questions at the end of each ethics case in the same document you completed part A (please be sure to label all of your work, thank you). Ethics Cases – Module 2
Chapter 6 and Business Ethics
Read through scenario A and B (below). After
reading each scenario, address the question at the
end in a minimum ½ page single spaced response
using the discussion question template. When
complete, drop box in the Module 2: Ethics Cases
folder. Do not create two documents, please.
10 Points
Scenario A
Confidential Information on the Termination of a Friend
You are a human resource generalist for the Information Systems Department (IS) at BMI. One of your
unpleasant job responsibilities is coordinating employee terminations. This includes scheduling and
handling the paperwork for exit interviews. You are typically notified a week in advance of any impending
terminations or layoffs. It is your professional duty, as well as that of all 300 Human Resource Department
employees, to keep this type of employment-related information confidential.
Lee Payne, your closest friend within and outside the organization, is a senior analyst in the IS Department.
Lee was responsible for getting you hired at BMI through connections in the Human Resource Department.
Lee and Lee’s spouse have been friends of your family for years. Your two children and Lee’s two children
attend the same grade school. Both families are very excited because Lee is in the process of purchasing
a very expensive house on your block. Due to a tight budget and the peculiarities of the buyer, Lee will
sign the final papers for selling the current house next Friday and sign papers for purchasing the new
house the following Monday.
On Monday morning, Steve Meili, an IS manager, informs you that next Monday he will terminate three of
his 100 employees due to budget cutbacks. As usual, you assure Mr. Meili that confidentiality in this matter
is guaranteed. While glancing over the list, you are shocked to see Lee’s name on it. To make matters
worse, Lee will be notified about the termination on the same day that Lee is planning to purchase the new,
expensive dream house. This is three days after Lee will have sold the current house.
You wonder whether you should tell Lee about the impending termination. If you tell Lee immediately, then
Lee can back out of selling the old home and purchasing the new home. However, Lee, who believes that
a senior analyst position is very secure, has a nasty temper. If forewarned, Lee is likely to confront key
decision makers about the inevitable termination, which could cost you your job because it is your
professional duty to keep this type of employment-related information confidential.
What would you do and why? Be sure to support your answer.
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Scenario B
Teacher’s Dilemma
You are preparing final grades for a General Education Math course required of all students. Two students
who have failed your course before are failing once again. The university (at least at the time) had two
policies relevant to this case.
(1) Every student must pass this class to graduate (it was a Gen Ed requirement)
(2) You cannot re-take a class a third time.
Student A is failing by 26 points (240 points were needed to pass). She has come in for help regularly
during the semester, so you have learned that (a) she is excellent at her major (music therapy), (b) she has
a job lined up but it requires a college degree, and (c) she is a single parent with two young children and
family problems played some role in her poor grades.
Student B is a sophomore Physical Education major failing by 13 points. He has not sought your help nor
responded to your offers to help. He also has missed about half the class meetings.
Grades are due today—no time for makeup exams or extra credit or extensions, etc. You must give each
student an A, B, C, D, or F. (A-D grade will allow student to “pass”). Morally speaking, what grade should
you assign these two students? Why? Make sure you support your answer.
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