Defining Moments
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Defining Moments

When Managers Must Choose Between Right and Right

  1. 160 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Defining Moments

When Managers Must Choose Between Right and Right

About this book

When Business and Personal Values Collide "Defining moments” occur when managers face business decisions that trigger conflicts with their personal values. These moments test a person’s commitment to those values and ultimately shape their character. But these are also the decisions that can make or break a career. Is there a thoughtful, yet pragmatic, way to make the right choice?Bestselling author Joseph Badaracco shows how to approach these dilemmas using three case examples that, when taken together, represent the escalating responsibilities and personal tests managers face as they advance in their careers. The first story presents a young manager whose choice will affect him only as an individual; the second, a department head whose decision will influence his organization; the third, a corporate executive whose actions will have much larger, societal ramifications. To guide the decision-making process, the book draws on the insights of four philosophers—Aristotle, Machiavelli, Nietzsche, and James—who offer distinctly practical, rather than theoretical, advice. Defining Moments is the ultimate manager’s guide for resolving issues of conflicting responsibility in practical ways.

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Information

Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781633692398
eBook ISBN
9781633692404
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Business Ethics
Index
Business
1
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Dirty
Hands
T
HOUGHTFUL
MANAGERS
sometimes
face
business
problems
that
raise
difficult,
deeply
personal
questions.
In
these
situa-
tions,
managers
find
themselves
wondering:
Do
I
have
to
leave
some
of
my
values
at
home
when
I
go
to
work?
How
much
of
myself—and
of
what
I
really
care
about—do
I
have
to
sacrifice
to
get
ahead?
When
I
get
to
the
office,
who
am
I?
Difficult
questions
like
these
are
often
matters
of
right
versus
right,
not
right
versus
wrong.
Sometimes,
a
manager
faces
a
difficult
problem
and
must
choose
between
two
ways
of
resolving
it.
Each
alternative
is
the
right
thing
to
do,
but
there
is
no
way
to
do
both.
Consider,
for
example,
the
problem
faced
by
Rebecca
Dennet,
a
branch
manager
for
a
major
bank.
Her
boss,
a
senior
executive,
told
her
that
her
branch
would
be
shut
down
in
two
months,
shortly
after
the
first
of
the
year.
The
executive
asked
Dennet
to
keep
the
information
confidential
because
important
regulatory
papers
had
yet
to
be
filed,
and
she
agreed
to
do
so.
Two
days
later,
a
coworker
asked
Dennet
if
she
knew
anything
about
the
rumor
that
the
branch
would
soon
be
closed.
When
she
hesitated,
the
coworker
grew
impatient
and
said,
‘‘Look,
this
is
1

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. 1. Dirty Hands
  4. 2. Right versus Right
  5. 3. The Futility of Grand Priciples
  6. 4. Sleep-Test Ethics
  7. 5. Defining Moments
  8. 6. Become Who You Are
  9. 7. Truth Is a Process
  10. 8. Virtu, Virtue, and Success
  11. 9. A Space of Quiet
  12. Notes
  13. Index
  14. About the Author