Moral Muteness Moral muteness is when we communicate in ways that obscure our moral beliefs and commitments, or don’t voice moral sentiments at all. View
Moral Imagination Moral imagination is our ability to think outside the box and envision ways to be both ethical and successful. View
Intro to Behavioral Ethics Behavioral Ethics investigates why people make the ethical (and unethical) decisions that they do in order to gain insights into how people can improve their ethical decision-making and behavior. View
Loss Aversion We hate losses about twice as much as we enjoy gains, meaning we are more likely to act unethically to avoid a loss than to secure a gain. This phenomenon is known as loss aversion. View
Obedience to Authority Obedience to authority describes our tendency to please authority figures. We may place too much emphasis on that goal and, consciously or subconsciously, subordinate the goal of acting ethically. View
Fundamental Attribution Error Fundamental attribution error describes how, when judging others’ actions, we tend to give too much causal weight to their character and not enough to the circumstances in which they acted. View
Tangible & Abstract Tangible and abstract describes how we react more to vivid, immediate inputs than to ones removed in time and space, meaning we can pay insufficient attention to the adverse consequences our actions have on others. View
GVV Pillar 7: Reasons & Rationalizations By anticipating the typical reasons & rationalizations given for ethically questionable behavior, you are able to identify and prepare well-reasoned responses. View
GVV Pillar 6: Voice You are more likely to say words that you’ve pre-scripted for yourself, and more likely to “voice” your values, with scripting and practice. View
GVV Pillar 5: Self-Knowledge & Alignment Self-knowledge and alignment means to voice and act on your values in a way that is consistent with who you are and builds on your strengths. View