Increasingly, companies and organizations are realizing how important it is to build reputation in the face of conflicting demands and complex ethical issues.




Dr. Orsborn's ethics training, consulting and intervention capabilities help leaders create alignment between individual values, organizational goals and results.

Dr. Orsborn is the co-author of "Trust, Inc.: A Practical Guide to the Alignment of Values, Organizational Goals and Results", which forms the basis for the ethical decision-making process adopted by the Council of Public Relations Firms. 

Customizable copies of "Trust, Inc." may be made available to your team/organization.
To search inside Trust, Inc., visit www.TrustIncTheBook.com


WHAT WE DO:

The Ethical Leader: An engaging, practical 1-3 hour workshop, including the basics of ethical leadership, ethical decision-making style self-assessment, “L.E.A.P.”, the ethical decision-making process, and a customized issues-specific ethics bowl for individuals at all levels of organizational life.

Ethics Consultation: Confidential one-on-one coaching with corporate leaders charged with ethical decision-making and the cultivation of a values-based culture as well as individuals dealing with complex and grey issues that could be putting the company at risk.

Ethical Decision Making: A full day of step-by-step training, providing senior-level leaders with everything they need to cultivate an ethical culture, particularly helpful when one is being asked to make decisions with multiple stakeholders, complex and divergent agendas.

Ethics Summit: Two days in a retreat-style format including honor code development, conflict resolution, intuitive decision-making and resilience training for individual and organizational advancement in times of change and challenge.


Dr. Orsborn's Approach:

With her doctorate from Vanderbilt University and subsequent work as a professor of ethics teaching doctoral students in organizational leadership at Georgetown, Vanderbilt and Pepperdine Universities, Dr. Orsborn has access to the latest and best scholarship in the field. She has served on the board of the Society for Business Ethics and her ethical decision-making process "LEAP" has been adopted by the Council of Public Relations Firms for its members.

The result is state-of-the art training that is not only academically sound, but that connects with individuals at all levels of organizational life. The goal is not only to educate, but to inspire.


SAMPLE  CONTENT: 

Ethics Update:

• What is research telling us about the connection between values-based organizations and productivity?

• What are best-in-class ethics practices in your particular industry?

Ethics Myths and Correctives:

• Why “gut feel” doesn’t always work

• When the Golden Rule may not be enough

• The importance of a common ethics vocabulary and process

Ethical Decision-Making:

LEAP: The four-step ethical decision-making process

• Learn everything you can

• Evaluate your options

• Access your intuition

• Put your decision to the test

Issues and Opportunities: Facilitated Dialogue

• Socratic dialogue or ethics bowl format utilized to initiate and/or advance leadership dialogue on areas of specific ethics-related responsibilities and organizational vulnerabilities

• Theoretical or real case history training. Utilizing LEAP to address and resolve possible, past or present ethically-vulnerable situations