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Qualitative Assessment Of Psychological Safety And Ethics In Corrections Officers, Gary Robert Breig Jan 2023

Qualitative Assessment Of Psychological Safety And Ethics In Corrections Officers, Gary Robert Breig

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractIn this qualitative study, I explored psychological safety, team learning, and ethical and moral perception among correctional officers that worked in the prison industry. Former officers provided data by participating in an open-ended question interviews. I used a phenomenological approach to gather information from former officers about their psychological safety experience and their ethical and moral perceptions. Participants gave insight into their training and their work as individuals and as teams exploring individual and team psychological safety and ethical and moral perception while interacting with each other in the prison workplace. Research questions were about officer preparation, officer collaboration quality, …


Leadership Strategies For Modeling Ethical Behavior In The Real Estate Industry, Lakecia Ann Reddrick Jan 2023

Leadership Strategies For Modeling Ethical Behavior In The Real Estate Industry, Lakecia Ann Reddrick

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Real estate brokers face challenges in cultivating and supporting the ethical conduct oftheir agents. Developing ethical behavior and decision-making is crucial as it directly impacts the trust, satisfaction, and protection of clients, buyers, sellers, and other stakeholders in the real estate industry. Grounded in the theories of emotional intelligence and servant leadership, this qualitative multiple-case study aimed to explore strategies real estate brokers used in modeling ethical behavior and decision-making for their agents to influence performance and profitability positively. The participants were nine real estate brokers who modeled the ethical behavior and decision-making their agents must practice to impact performance …


The Effectiveness Of The Ethics Officer’S Influence: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis Exploration, Cheryl K. Douthitt Jan 2023

The Effectiveness Of The Ethics Officer’S Influence: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis Exploration, Cheryl K. Douthitt

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The position of ethics officer was created to watch over corporate behavior. However, scandals have continued to demonstrate unethical leadership involving government officials, sports heroes, religious organizations, and corporate leaders. The research problem was that despite the adoption of corporate ethics programs and government oversight, there is a lack of understanding of ethics officers’ experiences, perceptions of effectiveness, and whether they effectively influence executive-level ethical conduct. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of ethics officers regarding their interactions with executives. Shaped by Brown and Treviño’s ethical leadership theory, the research question concerned the …