The influence of workplace ethics training on leader decision-making

This study explored the influence of ethics training on leader decision-making and was guided by two research questions: How do leaders perceive that ethics training influenced their decision-making and how can leaders enhance the effectiveness of ethics training to positively influence decision-making?The focus was on leaders' experiences in large publicly traded companies.The study was conducted using a qualitative approach and narrative inquiry design.To gather data, open-ended interview questions were used.Thematic content analysis was used to analyse data by looking for themes in the data that offered insight into the research questions.Three major themes emerged: ethics training increases ethical awareness, ethics training reinforces existing values, and to make ethics training more effective, the training must be more interactive.Findings revealed workplace ethics training did not have a major influence on the ethical behaviour and decision-making of leaders, but it did help to increase their ethical awareness.