Ethics Critical Thinking and Communication
Department of Global Business and Transportation
Ethics, Critical Thinking, and Communications
Introduction
“If you deliver good information you’re relevant.”1
It matters little how well we know a subject if we lack an ability to think critically about it, and effectively communicate the results of that thinking. Ethics underpin and are essential to being able to do these two things.
These three items – ethics, critical thinking, and communications – are essential if we are to resolve the issues that we confront.
The relationship of what I have so far mentioned is captured in this graphic.
Issue
Critical Thinking
Communications
Resolution
Ethics
Figure 1 Relationships
This graphic exists within the context of the world around us; a world of constant and unpredictable change; a world changing with sometimes frightening speed; a world that, in some significant respects, seems to change not at all.
I write this note for two purposes.
1.
To satisfy myself that my appreciation of the importance of the three items, and the way in which can think about and apply them is reasonable. Assuming satisfaction, then
2.
To provide ideas for consideration to others, especially my students, on the subject in hopes they will find something of value they can pack in their survival kit.
While I make some points about the three major areas, the purpose of this is note is not give an exhaustive treatment of its three major themes. Others have done that. I want to focus a bit more on their interrelationship and sequencing.
1
J. M. McConnell, Today 's Challenges, Tomorrow 's Threats: Why America Needs an Agile and Robust Intelligence Community, 2008, Video, Harvard University Institute of Politics, Available: http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Multimedia-Center/AllVideos/Today%27s-Challenges,-Tomorrow%27s-Threats-Why-America-Needs-an-Agile-and-Robust-Intelligence-Community, January 23, 2009. McConnell was the United States of America Director of
Ethics, Critical Thinking, and Communications
Introduction
“If you deliver good information you’re relevant.”1
It matters little how well we know a subject if we lack an ability to think critically about it, and effectively communicate the results of that thinking. Ethics underpin and are essential to being able to do these two things.
These three items – ethics, critical thinking, and communications – are essential if we are to resolve the issues that we confront.
The relationship of what I have so far mentioned is captured in this graphic.
Issue
Critical Thinking
Communications
Resolution
Ethics
Figure 1 Relationships
This graphic exists within the context of the world around us; a world of constant and unpredictable change; a world changing with sometimes frightening speed; a world that, in some significant respects, seems to change not at all.
I write this note for two purposes.
1.
To satisfy myself that my appreciation of the importance of the three items, and the way in which can think about and apply them is reasonable. Assuming satisfaction, then
2.
To provide ideas for consideration to others, especially my students, on the subject in hopes they will find something of value they can pack in their survival kit.
While I make some points about the three major areas, the purpose of this is note is not give an exhaustive treatment of its three major themes. Others have done that. I want to focus a bit more on their interrelationship and sequencing.
1
J. M. McConnell, Today 's Challenges, Tomorrow 's Threats: Why America Needs an Agile and Robust Intelligence Community, 2008, Video, Harvard University Institute of Politics, Available: http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Multimedia-Center/AllVideos/Today%27s-Challenges,-Tomorrow%27s-Threats-Why-America-Needs-an-Agile-and-Robust-Intelligence-Community, January 23, 2009. McConnell was the United States of America Director of
Bibliography: Costa, John Della. The Ethical Imperative: Why Moral Leadership Is Good Business. Addison-Wesley, 1998. Drogan, James. "Another Look at Communication Effectiveness". 2006. January 28, 2007. . ---. "An Introduction to System Design and Control". Bronx NY, 2008. Lecture Note. SUNY Maritime College. July 8, 2008. ---. "A Note on Fact-Based Hypothesis-Driven Thinking ". 2005. January 29, 2007. . ---. "Thinking About the Business Configuration". 2007. February 28, 2007. . Ellet, William. The Case Study Handbook : How to Read, Discuss, and Write Persuasively About Cases. Boston, Mass.: Harvard Business School Press, 2007. IBM. "Our Values at Work on Being an Ibmer". January 14, 2009. . Javidan, Mansour, and Robert J. House. "Cultural Acumen for the Global Manager: Lessons from Project Globe." Organizational Dynamics 29.4 (2001): 289-305. Maxwell, John C. Ethics 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know. 1st Center Street ed. New York: Center Street, 2003. McConnell, J. M. "Today 's Challenges, Tomorrow 's Threats: Why America Needs an Agile and Robust Intelligence Community". 2008. Video. Harvard University Institute of Politics. January 23, 2009. . Reeder, Tim, and Joanne Russell, eds. Consulting Problem Solving. London: PDN Ltd, 1990. Senge, Peter M. The Fifth Discipline. New York: Doubleday, 1990. Singer, Peter. Practical Ethics. 2nd ed. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Sterman, John. Business Dynamics : Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World. Boston: Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 2000. Yoshin, Michael Y., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. Tnt Ltd. 'S Logistics Services in Asia (a): The Strategy: Harvard Business School, 1997.