EL Chapter 5 & 6: Understanding Others and Leading with Integrity Flashcards
What is the concept of the “Single Story”? What are the dangers of the “Single Story” as according to Chimamanda Adichie?
The main concept of the “Single Story” is that humans judge prematurely or improperly that we fail to see all sides of an issue or gain the relevant facts. The dangers of a “single Story” is that they can confine and undermine the truth.
Why is important to understand the influence of gender in society?
understanding why we believe what we do and try to debunk myths because it effects us in our everyday lives.
Gender roles are often ______ and ________ when assigned to individual men and women.
limiting and inaccurate
The way we _____ in ________ establishes patterns or how we work and communicate as adults.
play in childhood
Being Ethical means:
trustworthiness and following good moral values
Name three things that effective leaders do in regard to debunking gender stereotypes/myths:
- masculine and feminine ways of leading
- collaborative (typically feminine)
- assertive (typically masculine)
List four things to know about cultural competence:
- Cultural knowledge does not necessarily lead to competence
- Cultural contact does not necessarily lead to competence
- Cultural contact may lead to reduction of stereotypes
- Language learning may not be sufficient for culture learning
______ and ________ are capable of leading in a variety of different ways.
Men and women
List four qualities to advance ethical standards:
- Critical thinking skills to analyze and convey the ethical components of a problem
- Possession of a high degree of integrity to stand up for your personal and professional ethics
- The ability to see situations from others’ perspectives (showing concern for others)
- Personal motivation to do the right thing
List 8 Assumptions of Ethics:
- ethics is the heart of leadership
- all leadership is values driven
- personal values intersect with organizational values
- ethical leadership can be learned
- ethical leadership involves a connection between ethical thoughts and action
- character development is an essential ingredient of ethical leadership
- ethical leadership is a shared process
- everything we do teaches
Three principles for ethical decision making are (and example of each):
- ends based thinking: do whatever produces the greatest good for the greatest number
- rules based thinking: what we ought to do rather than what we think might work
- care based thinking: do to others what you like them to do to you
List Kiddler’s 9 checkpoints:
- recognize that there is a moral issue
- determine the actor
- gather the relevant facts
- test for right vs wrong issues
- test for right vs. wrong paradigms
- apply the resolution principles
- investigate the “trilemma options”
- make the decision
- revisit and reflect on the decision
In the grand scheme of living human species, we are more ______ than we are _______.
similar, different
List three central questions to understanding yourself;
- How am I like no one else here?
- How am I like some other here?
- How am I like everyone here?
What is microaggression? What is a microinsult? What is a microassault? What is microinvalidation?
Microaggression: brief everyday exchanges that send denigrating messages to certain individuals because of their group memberships. Tend to focus on a person;s race, gender, or sexual orientation.
Microinsult: convey rudeness and insensitive and demean a person’s racial heritage.
Microassults: explicit racial derogations characterized primarily by a violent verbal, nonverbal or environmental attack meant to hurt the intended victim.
Microinvalidation: communications that exclude, negate, or nullify the psychological thoughts, feelings, or experiential reality of a person of color.
