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Journal of Business Ethics
Published in: Journal of Business Ethics 1/2012

01-04-2012

Leader Ethical Decision-Making in Organizations: Strategies for Sensemaking

Authors: Chase E. Thiel, Zhanna Bagdasarov, Lauren Harkrider, James F. Johnson, Michael D. Mumford

Published in: Journal of Business Ethics | Issue 1/2012

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Abstract

Organizational leaders face environmental challenges and pressures that put them under ethical risk. Navigating this ethical risk is demanding given the dynamics of contemporary organizations. Traditional models of ethical decision-making (EDM) are an inadequate framework for understanding how leaders respond to ethical dilemmas under conditions of uncertainty and equivocality. Sensemaking models more accurately illustrate leader EDM and account for individual, social, and environmental constraints. Using the sensemaking approach as a foundation, previous EDM models are revised and extended to comprise a conceptual model of leader EDM. Moreover, the underlying factors in the model are highlighted—constraints and strategies. Four trainable, compensatory strategies (emotion regulation, self-reflection, forecasting, and information integration) are proposed and described that aid leaders in navigating ethical dilemmas in organizations. Empirical examinations demonstrate that tactical application of the strategies may aid leaders in making sense of complex and ambiguous ethical dilemmas and promote ethical behavior. Compensatory tactics such as these should be central to organizational ethics initiatives at the leader level.
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Metadata
Title
Leader Ethical Decision-Making in Organizations: Strategies for Sensemaking
Authors
Chase E. Thiel
Zhanna Bagdasarov
Lauren Harkrider
James F. Johnson
Michael D. Mumford
Publication date
01-04-2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Journal of Business Ethics / Issue 1/2012
Print ISSN: 0167-4544
Electronic ISSN: 1573-0697
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-012-1299-1

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