Deep dives into the value side of decision-making, using an intriguing dilemma to understand Josephson’s Six Pillars of Character, which act as the basis of ethically defensible decisions. The difference between ethics and values is investigated, with guidance to personally determine your own learning path to future behaviors which will result in more ethical decisions.

This course is 29% of the certificate assessment.

  • Define Ethical Decision-Making
  • List Josephson’s Six Pillars
  • Identify the difference between ethics and values
  • Outline your personal path to Ethical Decision-Making

Course curriculum

    1. Description

    2. The Dilemma

    3. Josephson's Six Pillars of Character

    1. What's the Difference?

    1. Your Road to Ethical Decision-Making

    1. Reflection

    2. Supplemental Resources

    3. Continue the Conversation

About this course

  • Free
  • 8 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

Course Contributor

Cindy Rose

Managing Partner, Callahan and Rose Consulting

Cindy is a Managing Partner of Callahan & Rose Consulting, which is all about helping individuals, teams, and organizations become their “best selves” as they navigate change and chart their careers. Cindy invests in people to deliver creative results. Her strength is fostering collaboration and coaching individuals and teams to be high performing. Cindy has a Masters in Organizational Leadership, and focuses on helping individuals and teams in business apply the theories of Leadership in practical ways that enhance their teams and their organization. Cindy also facilitates organizations to gain value through large scale change and innovation. Some of the ways Cindy has done this is by helping Ford navigate global change, managing the Navy and Marine Corp upgrade of 450,000 users to new laptops with new software capabilities, and working with the Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity to focus their members on acquiring principled business skills. LinkedIn: Cindy K Rose

Tyler Werland

Senior Instructional Designer

Tyler Werland is a Senior Instructional Designer at Southwest Airlines. In his role, he uses instructional design theory and processes to create realistic, data-informed training that advances standardization and professionalism in Southwest Airline Pilots, Instructors, and Evaluators. Tyler is a people enthusiast with a desire to empower individuals through carefully designed curriculum and versatile training methods. With a diverse background in leadership and employee development training, Tyler has worked in several industries including retail, higher education, sports and entertainment, and aviation. He has experience in designing, developing, and facilitating robust soft skills and technical training in the organizations he has worked for. He also has a Masters in Data Analytics that he has used to implement analytics efforts for training-related data to aid in curriculum development, course evaluation, and leadership decision-making and strategic planning.