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Ethics Under Pressure when Rushing to Judgement
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When faced with mounting pressure to make quick decisions, how do you ensure your ethics don't get left behind? This fascinating deep dive explores the neuroscience behind decision-making speed and ethical choices, revealing why our brains tend toward self-interest when we're rushed.
Drawing from the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership's research, we unpack evidence showing that honesty requires both time and clarity. Through compelling examples like Jeff Bezos's "70% information rule" and the Marine Corps' decision-making framework, we discover practical strategies for maintaining moral standards in high-velocity environments.
The research is striking - lab studies demonstrate that participants with little time consistently make more unethical choices than those given space to reflect. Even a simple three-second pause dramatically improves outcomes in negotiations and ethical dilemmas. We explore four powerful techniques to protect your values: gathering the right information (not all information), creating deliberate speed bumps in decision processes, establishing crystal-clear ethical guidelines, and making space for restorative rituals that combat the isolation and threat response triggered by time pressure.
Whether you're leading a team through complex decisions or simply trying to navigate your own ethical challenges at work, these evidence-backed approaches will help you maintain integrity without sacrificing momentum. Take a walk around the block, apply Occam's Razor to simplify complex problems, and remember - good decisions, like good leadership, require appropriate time. Your future self (and organization) will thank you for the investment.
Presented by John Wandolowski and Greg Powell
Chapters
1. Ethics Under Pressure when Rushing to Judgement (00:00:00)
2. Introduction to ethical leadership (00:00:14)
3. Fast vs. slow thinking systems (00:05:12)
4. Self-interest as our default setting (00:07:29)
5. Organizational setup for ethical decisions (00:09:32)
6. The 70% information principle (00:11:09)
7. Creating ethical speed bumps (00:12:09)
8. Rituals and playfulness in decision-making (00:14:27)
9. Walking away to gain clarity (00:15:55)
10. Occam's Razor and simple solutions (00:18:09)
11. Final thoughts and contact information (00:19:13)
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