By: Maggie Pohl
This article reminded me of how I view the corporate workplace in today’s society. I have worked in a couple of different environments and the one that affected me the most was a lab space in which ethical leadership was not a top priority. Open-door policy was not followed, and higher up management wasn’t on site at all in my 4 months of working there.
This article brings up a lot of points that I am sure many people have been apart of within the workspace. For me personally I think that making ethical behavior apart of conversations within meetings is important to allow for ethical considerations to be met.
This story does remind me of things that have happened within my own life. My mentor within this workplace was pretty much the sole minority within the company. In meetings he would speak up and give his opinion on policies and decisions that were being made that raised questions of ethics, and time and time again was ignored. Seeing the disappointment on his face after every meeting for over 4 months was enough for me to realize that having an environment in which you can speak about ethical practices and leaders who will use that input to improve the company is so important.

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