Moral Indiscretion Of Public Trust

It is said that trust is the basis of all human connections, from accidental encounters to close relationships. Trust directs all of the interactions that we have with each other. Jeffrey A. Simpson writes, “Trust involves the juxtaposition of people's loftiest hopes and aspirations with their deepest worries and fears” (1). The human ability for trust and trusting is not measured out on an equal basis. Some people are able to trust easier than others and are better at being trustworthy and judging other’s credibility.

The concept of trust is an idea everyone toys with in their lives at one point. One may think that trust is based of moral values between a trusting relationship. But it can be more complex than many may think. Trust by definition is the “firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something”(1.). To many, it is the bases of a relationship. People trust one another because they teach one another or they love one another. Whatever the case, trust is an essential piece to a relationship. But it’s Implied that both parties don’t take advantage of that trust. This idea is discussed in literature such as in the novel Indian Horse. Throughout Saul’s Journey in the novel Indian Horse he learns about trust by experiencing it as reality then as an illusion and finally as a choice he must make.

In this book, trust is defined as “one’s willingness to be vulnerable to another based on the confidence that the other is benevolent, honest, open, reliable, and competent.” (page xiii) The author recognizes that trust is complex and dynamic. She views trust as the “lubricant” that greases the machinery of the organization. Trust is particularly important where parties are interdependent, or the “interests of one party cannot be achieve without reliance upon another.” In schools “teachers and principals are

Once again the solution would be to start replacing directors, they set a bad

demand answers. They were allowed a meeting with the board and Zinser. It was during this

Nonprofits are made up of key team players that contribute to all of the work that goes into making the organization a success. Without members who don’t align with the core values, mission, and ethical practices of a nonprofit it cannot produce the outcomes it desires. A governing board is the group of people entrusted with and accountable for the leadership and governance of a nonprofit corporation (Renz, p. 127). This board holds the accountability and trust for the community and clients it serves. The importance of these members and their actions for the organizations they work for contribute to the success and good work it produces for the community they serve. Stated on p. 136 by David O. Renz “Nonprofits exist to meet community needs, and it is important for the board to be well connected to both sets of clients so it can make legitimate and useful judgments about whether the organization’s programs and activities are valued by those they are designed to serve,” exemplifies how nonprofits practice ethics through their

upon in advance by management and key personnel of the steps that will be taken to help the

The agenda that inspires the greatest trust is seeking mutual benefit. Act in the best interest of others.

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Without trust there is no foundation. If there is no foundation then there is nothing to rely on. If society has nothing to rely on then there is no connection amongst human beings, if this is not present then there is chaos. For example if a mother thinks bad about her neighbor because he never comes out of his house, and then one day that mysterious person saves the neighbors daughter from a robbery, this would make the daughter’s mother think differently about the neighbor. She would start to build a foundation of trust with him, because this scenario served as a way to prove that he is not a bad

This company in recent past was floundering under a leadership and management style that had become bloated and unproductive. The board of directors had swelled to more than 50 members with no clear lines of communication between the board, the CEO, and management. This created a void as directives and tasks became poorly understood and remained unfinished. The goals of

If the board or committee has reasonable cause to believe that a member has failed to disclose actual or possible conflicts of interest, it shall inform the member of the basis for such belief and afford the member an opportunity to explain the alleged failure to disclose.

Any such dispute must be known to all high level officials right from the first person of the organization to the manager level

In order for interpersonal trustworthiness to exist in organizations, a leader-follower relationship must first exist between the parties involved (Caldwell et al., 2010, p. 500). Once that leader-follower relationship is established, leaders have to earn trust. Leaders earn trust by their respective actions, morals and virtues. Trust is can also be based on past history. If something was done in the past which questions a leader’s values, morals or judgment, it would be unlikely that the leader would be trusted in the future. One of the most important parts of being an effective leader is building and maintaining trust. Trust can further be defined as a “multi-dimensional construct comprising different dimensions of the trustee’s attributes that the trustor evaluates” (Ingenhoff and Sommer, 2010, p. 341).

For starters there are no well-drawn management plans within the firm. A leading example is the fact that Chinh and Anh have no well spelt out roles within the firm. It is apparent by the fact that the two have in fact just assumed roles in accordance to what over time become their roles and interests within the organisation. This leads to lapsing of duties and lack of clear guidelines as to the course of action in case of any eventuality as is the case here. Any developments within the business have become unmonitored and where there is failure, there is no one mandated to take up responsibility to detect and act accordingly.