The Politics of Ethics: Methods for Acting, Learning, and Sometimes Fighting With Others in Addressing Ethics Problems in Organizational Life by Richard P. Nielsen (Associate Professor, School of Management, Associate Professor, School of Management, Boston College)
Can ethical character be stimulated and enabled? Cognitive understanding of organizational ethics issues is important and necessary, but not sufficient. Ethical behaviour does not emerge automatically. Effective political method is necessary. While it may be difficult to teach ethical character, nonetheless, skill development with respect to joined ethics understanding and action-learning methods can help us develop the skills and confidence we need to actualize our ethical characters and social concerns. An action-learning approach to organizational ethics can help stimulate and enable ethical character.