Ethical Decision-Making The Power To Say NO National Association of Bar Executives 2015 Annual Meeting - Chicago IL Tim Eigo State Bar of National Association of Bar Executives 2015 Annual Meeting - Chicago 5 Myths About Workplace Ethics National Association of Bar Executives 2015 Annual Meeting - Chicago Myth 1: Everyone appreciates ethics! National Association of Bar Executives 2015 Annual Meeting - Chicago Message 1: Trust but verify. National Association of Bar Executives 2015 Annual Meeting - Chicago Myth 2: My team and I can please everyone! National Association of Bar Executives 2015 Annual Meeting - Chicago Message 2: Develop and heed your inner voice. National Association of Bar Executives 2015 Annual Meeting - Chicago Myth 3: Ethics are internal, almost spiritual. Resources? Circumstances? They dont matter. National Association of Bar Executives 2015 Annual Meeting - Chicago Message 3: Loyalty is a two-way street. National Association of Bar Executives 2015 Annual Meeting - Chicago Myth 4: My team speaks with one voice. National Association of Bar Executives 2015 Annual Meeting - Chicago Message 4: All voices matter. National Association of Bar Executives 2015 Annual Meeting - Chicago Myth 5: My organizations board and senior leaders get it but our rank & file? Not so much. National Association of Bar Executives 2015 Annual Meeting - Chicago Message 5: The whole sandwich matters. National Association of Bar Executives 2015 Annual Meeting - Chicago Ethical Leadership 1.Ethics is your job; dont rely on it from people requesting something of you. 2.Leadership decisions affect concentric circles of people. Pause and consider before acting. 3.Staff observes all your words and actions, and take their lead from you. Loyalty is a two-way street. 4.Input should come from beyond the executive suite. Avoid the echo chamber. National Association of Bar Executives 2015 Annual Meeting - Chicago Ethical Leadership (contd) 5.Were never stuck in traffic (we are traffic); ethics is not just about others; its about us. 6.Ignoring resource struggles in your association may be an ethical fail. 7.Beware the bias of routinely siding with those highest in your org chart. The whole sandwich matters. 8.We all make ethical decisions. Excusing our own need to adapt but condemning it in others is an ethical fail. National Association of Bar Executives 2015 Annual Meeting - Chicago That is