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Moral regeneration needed to rebuild ethical leadership
Lest we forget that leaders come from these same societies where all these ills are happening. We need to find pragmatic ways of working through our social ills and creating a more desirable society. How do we even do this?
The verdict is out: virtualisation may be very bad for ethics
Most of us have adopted a more virtual lifestyle since the COVID pandemic. Many organisations have now brought in more relaxed work-from-home policies with a much larger percentage of employees now doing some or most of their work through virtual means.
Cultivating Ethical Fortitude – the building better agenda.
Throughout the course of recorded history, the aftermath of major catastrophic events such as pandemics, wars, and famine have always played a pivotal role in interrogating the foundations of society, the sustainability of its material basis, the role of expertise, our social codes, and behavioural norms. The bubonic pandemic known as the ‘Black Death’, devastated […]
Are politicians helping us trust them?
“We need, as a nation, at this time more than any other, to reveal our true character. We need to work together and leave no one behind”. – (Pres Cyril Ramaphosa, SONA, Feb 2023) Integrity is consistency of character. Integrity is a necessity for trust. If I know your character and know that you […]
Can chatbots be ethical?
The recent release of ChatGPT was met with such enthusiasm that the system is regularly unable to cope with the massive user demand for its service. However, the system did not only introduce a useful tool that people enjoy, but it also opened or reintroduced a whole array of ethical issues and questions related to […]
Arresting Social and Ethical Erosion
We have become, to an alarming extent, used to social and ethical erosion in South Africa. Our lives have also been adapted accordingly. This is a trend that should be arrested and turned around. Trees and plants might just teach us how this can be done. Let me share a few examples to demonstrate the […]
Eskom: Resuscitating the dead horse
In November 2021, André de Ruyter was asked why he does not resign as Eskom’s CEO, thereby assuming the primary accountability for the state-owned entity’s woes. He responded that you do not change the jockey on a dead horse. He thus confirmed his intention to fulfil his mandate, which was to ‘fix’ Eskom. Almost a […]
ORGANISATIONAL ETHICAL INTERVENTIONS AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) IN WORKPLACES
Photo by Yan Krukov In the workplace, sexual harassment is the predominant form of GBV experienced. This occurs when a person in a position of authority asks for sexual favours from an employee in exchange for workplace benefits. Some examples of a workplace benefits include a promotion, an increase in pay, and protection from being […]
THE UNSUCCESS OF SUCCESS – THE NEW ZEALAND ALL BLACKS
It is interesting to note that we often focus heavily on what organisations should be doing when they are in some type of trouble but forget about these important endeavours when things are going well. Usually, when organisations realise that they are dealing with challenges – whatever these may be – priority is placed on […]
WHOSE PROBLEMS IS DEPLOYMENT SOLVING?
Lead article – Kris Dobie When you have a problem, the logical thing to do is to try to fix it. As Gwede Mantashe points out: in 1994, when the ANC came to power there was a definite problem in that most (if not all) senior managers in public sector departments were white, and many […]
NOT SO INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
Photo by Sora Shimazaki “I have done nothing wrong. No court has convicted me on any charges!” Does that sound familiar? Of course it does! That was roughly the parting message from former President Zuma when he was forced out of office on Valentine’s Day in 2018. And as the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into […]
IN THE MODERN WORLD THERE IS NO ENEMY BUT WAR ITSELF
Photo by NASA on Unsplash By Dr Paul Vorster When Robert Oppenheimer observed the first nuclear detonation, he famously quoted the Bhagavad-Gita, stating: “Now I have become Death, the destroyer of worlds”. Oppenheimer realised that unlocking the secret of the atom, a form of high technology in the modern age, had incredible repercussions. Humankind now […]