Slide pack 2

Question 1

what does having an awareness of Nous mean?

Answer 1

You’re prepared to see something that may not be the expected/wanted outcome
You try to develop your knowledge
Always take a step back and plan for efficiency
Be prepared to fail and learn from mistakes
Intuition comes quicker and more natural if you have an interest in the subject matter

Question 2

What is a way of detracting from Nous

Answer 2

Anchoring to tradition or sticking to old ways

Question 3

How is nous important in business and intuition

Answer 3

Dont want people to be limited to their job description. Nous is important as if we innovate a competitor cannot compete against us as their price is more and they are using older less efficient and accurate systems

Question 4

What is the key question of professional scepticism. Explain why its important

Answer 4

Why did you do it this way?

Simple things can always go wrong so don’t forget to observe.

Question 5

Explain the cycle of innovation

Answer 5

Innovation itself creates a base for continued innovation - without new ideas, there would be nothing to consistently improve
The ability to think outside the box and have imagination is what drives innovation and this permits people to develop their knowledge

Question 6

Why is change important in a business system

Answer 6

Stepping away from something to look at it with fresh eyes is always a good idea and can always inspire new changes to systems making them more efficient.

Question 7

What are expamples of where constraints on the psyche come from

Answer 7

Constraints from relations with others in society (social pietas)
Constraints from filial relations (filial pietas)
Constraints from gods. (general pietas)
Along with non-psychological constraints, e.g. time and economic constraints.

Question 8

Define social pieta

Answer 8

The constraints necessary to maintain relations with others in society

Question 9

Define propriety

Answer 9

conformity to conventionally accepted standards of behaviour or morals. Examples: Peer pressure or political correctness

Question 10

What is the optimum adjustment to society

Answer 10

Adapting but resisting complete enculturation.
it is not healthy to be well adjusted to a bad/inefficient culture - often this can be hard as he/she who is not adapted to society is destroyed by it.

Question 11

Why should political correctness be eradicated from the work environment

Answer 11

That way people can speak out their views without pressure. They can speak to all regardless of their position within the company.
Everyone can speak to everyone with respect
No overstepping.

Question 12

Define filial piety

Answer 12

Constraints arising from relations with family ancestors

Question 13

Define Eusebia

Answer 13

piety/reverence to the gods. Cultivating the relation with the god within us

Question 14

What does knowing yourself mean

Answer 14

Knowing yourself means in the sense of what are your tendencies, strengths, weaknesses so you can work on them to improve your framework to deal with professional ethical scenarios

Question 15

What happens if we don’t know ourselves?

Answer 15

If you don’t know yourself, you cannot fully govern yourself and you will be mostly ruled by your ego and/or by others too much.
We see the world partly the way we are and partly the way the world is.

Question 16

Why is humility important in narratives and decision making

Answer 16

A proportionate degree of humility is always essential for understanding - otherwise, a distorted perspective is created which distorted both the narrative and the individual’s judgement

Question 17

Why is knowing yourself essential for a leader

Answer 17

If you are going to be a leader you need to be able to lead yourself first
leader must know themselves and have worked on their strengths and weaknesses overtime - employees under their leader will look up to them and see this dedication to developing themselves

Question 18

Explain the idea of nothing in excess

Answer 18

Every virtue when taken to an extreme typically becomes a vice
Important to have balance and moderation in approaching things in the professional world so you don’t alienate other people

Question 19

Define ego in conversation and in ethics

Answer 19

Ego, in conversation, is described as an individual’s degree of self-regard. In ethics and professionalism, it is the filter through which the individual sees the world
In ordinary conversation be described as having a big ego or small ego but in ethics, we describe a healthy vs unhealthy ego

Question 20

How balanced self regard can be a good thing - healthy ego

Answer 20

putting on the jersey for the company and looking at the world from a wider perspective
Having the level of self-regard - I know my stuff on this subject so I’m not gonna be drowned out in this decision making. I’m going to voice my opinions - collaboration

Question 21

Explain the importance of workplace culture

Answer 21

Culture comes from the top and permeates through the company
Bad culture can have a serious knock-on impact
Bad culture - someone getting all the credit for something
This is toxic

Question 22

Explain the importance of workplace politics

Answer 22

Bad politics is when an organisation has competition within a business. It’s the difference between having colleagues at work to having competitors
Political issues don’t have to be extreme. Could be workers stepping away from a challenge or avoiding hard work.

Question 23

What are the two primary steps to take if malpractice is discovered

Answer 23

The first course of action when you identify malpractice is to most of the time take the issue up with the person themselves doing the wrong
Next step you could go to the senior management/ HR/ Risk department - raising the issue internally- whistleblowing procedure. takes courage