Ethics for the Real World: Creating a Personal Code to Guide Decisions in Work and Life

by Clinton D. Korver, Ronald A. Howard, Bill Birchard

Book Overview

We often make small ethical compromises for "good" reasons: We lie to a customer because our boss asked us to. We exaggerate our accomplishments on our r eacute;sum to get an interview. Temptation blindsides us. And we make snap decisions we regret.

Minor ethical lapses can seem harmless, but they instill in us a hard-to-break habit of distorted thinking. Rationalizations drown out our inner voice, and we make up the rules as we go. We lose...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1422121062
• ISBN13: 9781422121061
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"