Lead with Integrity

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Lead with Integrity

This course is part of Leadership for Everyone Specialization

Instructor: Harvard Business Review

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Intermediate level

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1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Intermediate level

Some related experience required

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Resolve complex ethical dilemmas and make principled decisions.
Build a culture of honesty and accountability to foster integrity and strengthen performance.
Create a safe, inclusive environment where bias is interrupted, and members feel valued.
Champion diversity and belonging initiatives to empower members to bring their whole selves to work.

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Integrity and inclusion are the foundations of a sustainable and successful organization. This course empowers leaders to make principled decisions and cultivate a workplace where every individual can thrive. You’ll learn to navigate complex ethical dilemmas using practical frameworks that balance competing "right-versus-right" priorities. You’ll also learn strategies to support diversity in the workplace, interrupt unconscious bias, and foster a culture of respect. Using these skills will help you boost performance, foster transparency, and earn trust.

Using ethics to drive decisions across your team and organization isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s good for business. Discover how to foster integrity in the workplace and explore practical methods for making ethical decisions.

What's included

11 videos27 readings1 assignment

11 videosTotal 30 minutes

Ethical Ambiguity2 minutes
Good Leaders Admit Mistakes2 minutes
Overclaiming Credit2 minutes
Share What’s Behind a Decision4 minutes
Manage Through Moral Gray Zones3 minutes
Design an Organization That Makes a Difference3 minutes
Use Values in Decision Making2 minutes
Own Your Mistakes1 minute
Should You Lie to Save Your Company?3 minutes
Ethical Fading4 minutes
A Brief History of Doing Well by Doing Good4 minutes

27 readingsTotal 270 minutes

Understand Workplace Ethics10 minutes
What is workplace ethics?10 minutes
Why ethics matters10 minutes
What is an ethical dilemma?10 minutes
Right versus right10 minutes
Gut feelings are not enough *10 minutes
Resolve Ethical Dilemmas10 minutes
Steps for ethical decision making10 minutes
Step 1: Gather and analyze the facts *10 minutes
Step 2: Consider the consequences *10 minutes
Step 3: Test your decision *10 minutes
Foster Integrity10 minutes
Ethics as a core responsibility10 minutes
Three duties10 minutes
Why compliance isn't enough10 minutes
Communicate about ethics10 minutes
Encourage candor10 minutes
Examine your reward systems10 minutes
Establish organizational controls10 minutes
Why Good Managers Behave Badly10 minutes
Recognize the forces behind misconduct10 minutes
Four pervasive beliefs *10 minutes
Unintended support for unethical actions *10 minutes
Resist temptation *10 minutes
Apply Ethics Across Borders10 minutes
Understand how global ethics differ *10 minutes
Choose a balanced approach *10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Ethics at Work Assessment30 minutes

As a manager, you are in a powerful position to create an environment where people can thrive, knowing that they truly belong and the differences they bring are welcome. Discover why diversity is an essential component of a successful team—and what you can do to foster inclusion and belonging in your organization.

What's included

14 videos32 readings1 assignment

14 videosTotal 39 minutes

The Layers of Diversity3 minutes
Engage People with Disabilities4 minutes
Yes, You Are Biased—Here's What To Do About It3 minutes
The Tailwinds of Privilege3 minutes
What You Can Do to Advance Equity3 minutes
Collective Genius2 minutes
Stand Up for Everyone on Your Team—Even When It's Hard3 minutes
You Said Something Insensitive. Now What?3 minutes
Advocate for Women—Especially Women of Color2 minutes
How Men Can Stand Up for Women at Work2 minutes
Turn Microaggressions into Learning Moments3 minutes
Commit to Creating Inclusion Every Day2 minutes
Tactics for Creating an Inclusive Workplace3 minutes
Equity Means Challenging the Status Quo3 minutes

32 readingsTotal 348 minutes

What Diversity Is—and Why It Matters10 minutes
What is diversity?10 minutes
The business and moral cases10 minutes
Individual and group identities10 minutes
Diversity and power differences10 minutes
The work to be done10 minutes
Where you can start10 minutes
Understand and Counter Bias10 minutes
Factors that erode diversity’s power10 minutes
What is bias?10 minutes
Interrupt your biases10 minutes
What is privilege?10 minutes
The many forms of privilege10 minutes
Use your privilege to become an ally10 minutes
Lead Inclusively26 minutes
Why inclusion matters10 minutes
Inclusion and psychological safety10 minutes
How to create psychological safety10 minutes
Encourage authenticity10 minutes
Demonstrate empathy and compassion10 minutes
Become a Diversity Advocate10 minutes
What is a diversity advocate?10 minutes
Learn about others’ experiences10 minutes
Take an active role10 minutes
Respond to biased behavior*10 minutes
Advance Your Organization’s Diversity Efforts22 minutes
Understand what your organization can do10 minutes
Much talk—but still not enough action10 minutes
Help create a more diverse organization10 minutes
Send the right message when you hire10 minutes
Shape a culture of growth and opportunity10 minutes
Promote ongoing learning about inequity10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Assessment30 minutes

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