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Joseph L. Badaracco teaches business ethics at Harvard Business School and has written extensively about the importance of character in leadership. He recently wrote about five practical questions that can help improve decision-making when information is incomplete and opinions divided.
What are the net, net consequences of all my options? What are my core obligations? What will work in the world as it is? Who are we? What can I live with?
Joseph L. Badaracco teaches business ethics at Harvard Business School and has written extensively about the importance of character in leadership. He recently wrote about five practical questions that can help improve decision-making when information is incomplete and opinions divided.
What are the net, net consequences of all my options? What are my core obligations? What will work in the world as it is? Who are we? What can I live with?
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