Module 4 Seminar 1 Ethical and value-based leadership

Supporting evidence for the assignment

• Content of video 4.5 on the MBA Hub on Ethics and CSR:

• Reading and examples shared

• Harvard exemplars

• Podcast with Ben Laker

• Interview with Seyi Obakin, CEO of Centrepoint

• Seminar with SDC on the relationship between the Schools of Ethics and system leadership

• The group discussion following the driving question

• Reading from Module 4 reading list

Shape and Structure of this Seminar

• Introduction - 5 minutes

• Reflections on the input from Seyi Obakin - 10 mins

• Seminar contribution to challenges and context of this theme - 15 mins

• Driving Question and time to reflect on content ahead of the discussion - 5 mins

• Group Discussion - 20 mins

• Personal Reflection and notes: important for Assignment 4 -5 mins

Assignment 4: How enterprise can be used in managing education

Ethics and Values Based Leadership

• Think about…

• What is credible? that you would agree and believe in

• What presents an alternative view? that you are more critically opposed to but where the research and evidence is still credible

• What can be taken from your evaluation and personal reflection? What from the interview with Seyi Obakin and the other content in the session has made you think?

How do we define professional and personal moral codes and beliefs so they align?

• Personal

• What we want for our children or children we are related to

• The kind of person I want to be

• The personal goals that I set for myself

• The personal standards that I set for myself

• Professional

• What we want for the children of other families in our community

• The kind of organisation I want to lead

• The standards of ethical behavior I expect in my organisation

“The standards you walk past are the

standards you accept”

Lieutenant General David Morrison

Published on 13 June 2013

• Message from the Chief of Army, Lieutenant General David Morrison, AO, to the Australian Army following the announcement on Thursday, 13 June 2013 of civilian police and Defence investigations into allegations of unacceptable behaviour by Army members.

Three Schools of Ethics

How we define our Vision-our “North Star”• Virtue Ethics (Aristotle) – the

kind of person I want to be• Consequentialist Ethics

(Bentham) – is what we are doing inherently good?

• Deontological Ethics (Kant) –shared moral compass towards a common purpose

This relates to the thinking we have already done around Nolan Principles:

• Self - do my beliefs and principles align with those of my organization? (Virtue)

• Organisation - how does my leadership enable the best outcomes for the greatest number of people? (Consequentialist)

• System - how does my leadership help to make an even better system (Deontological)

In an Education System that is awash with variables, how do we rationalise decision making?

• Financial Cost

• Opportunity Cost

• Time, Capacity and Energy costs

• The talent at our disposal does not enable us to manufacture the perfect solution - how do we overcome this ethically?

• Reputational Cost (Self, Organisation, System)

• Efficiency of problem diagnosis and solution

• The Many or the Few?

Remember…this assignment is focused on how enterprise can be used in managing education -mdoes this mean that

enterprise is good irrespective of the costs?

Social Corporate Responsibility

Porter and Kramer said this in 2011:

“…[Trusts] can simultaneously implement policies and operating practices that enhance their

competitiveness while also advancing the economic and social conditions in the communities in which

they operate.”

If SCR is the cumulative impact of doing social good, what are the ethical and moral barriers to greater collaboration across the education sector?

Driving Question for this Seminar

If we consider the three schools of ethics, Virtue, Consequentialist and Deontological…

What are the ethical and moral drivers that could enable greater collaboration

across the education system?

• What do you believe in?

• Why do people become teachers?

• Does every child deserve the best?

• Why do system leaders not challenge poor behaviour more strongly?

• Does accountability act as a barrier to personal and organisational moral codes of behavior?

Final Reflections

Take the last 10 minutes of the seminar to make any notes on further reflections that will help you tackle

Assignment 4