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Next Steps – Setting up Interview and Preparing for Interview

Next Steps (READ):

Once Dr. Clark has the name, email address, company, and title/position for your leader, Dr. Clark will send an email to the selected leader and copy you on the email. I will use your MTSU student email address.

Reach out to the leader once you see that the email has been sent, to see if the person is willing and if so, to set up a time for an interview.

The interview should be limited to 45 minutes. I encourage that the interviews be conducted using Zoom but I understand some of you may be working with these leaders, and meeting in person may make the most sense. Please be sensitive to the desire of the leader in how they want to meet.

PREPARE FOR THE INTERVIEW

You are representing yourself, me, and MTSU during the interview. Be sure that you are prepared and that you dress appropriately. Business casual is usually the safest choice. However, if the culture is something less casual, you may do so as long as it still is appropriate.

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

Think about your particular leader and what you already know about the decisions that person has made this past year. I’m including a possible script for the Interview but I want you to modify it to meet your situation. You need to be prepared to have a good, quality interview during the 35-45 minutes of time. You want no more than 10 mins of small talk, introduction, closing and 35 minutes of decision-making focused conversation.

Start the interview at the time you say you will do so. If Zooming, be sure you sign in at least 5-10 minutes early. If meeting in person, arrive at least 10 minutes prior.

Welcome __________ and thank you for meeting with us. As Dr. Clark explained to you in the email she sent, we were asked to identify a local business leader that we thought made ethical decisions.

For me, you came to mind. Share a little about why this person came to mind for you. What you have seen this person do.

So, through this conversation today, we are asked to understand better how you make decisions, how you balance the interests of many different people, how you make the tough calls but still do so in the way that is ethical.

Possible questions:

· As you think about the hard decisions you have had to make this past year, what comes to mind as one of the toughest? Why was it so difficult? How did you decide what to do?

· When making decisions, do you have personal criteria you follow? Do you mind sharing with us what those are?

· Have there been decisions you made this past year that have stayed with you as not the best decisions in hindsight? If so, what could you have done differently when making the decision to get a better result?

· The Jones College of Business provides us with criteria for making ethical decisions. I believe Dr. Clark share those criterial with you but we can share the criteria again. They include:

· EMPATHY – The proposed action or decision reflects an understanding of how the action will impact others.

· TRUTH and INTEGRITY – The decision maker is honest, fair, and truthful when making the decision. The decision or action respects others, builds trust, and shows professionalism.

· HELPS more than it HARMS – The decision or action helps others more than it harms others. The decision addresses the real problem or issue.

· INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS – The decision or action adequately protects the rights of others.

· COMPLIANCE – The decision or action is in compliance with company policies, codes of ethics, societal norms and/or laws.

· STAKEHOLDERS’ VALUE – The decision/action considers the overall value of the action/decision on stakeholders. Stakeholders include employees, customers, suppliers, shareholders and owners, community, and other impacted individuals or entities.

Can you think of a decision you have made this past year that involved considering many of these criteria? Can you tell us about that decision-making process?

Dr. Clark has asked us to focus on the criteria of Empathy. How do you consider the impact of the decision on other people? Is empathy something you have always had or used in decision making or is it a skill that you have developed?

Has Covid-19 changed how you make decisions or communicate decisions? How so?

Do you have any advice for us in learning how or practicing making ethical decisions that will make it more likely we will do so in our work lives?

What are other questions you want to ask? List at least three.

How will you structure your time? You need a game plan. Create an agenda.

YOU MUST INTERVIEW THE PERSON either in person or on Zoom or using another face-to-face digital platform. YOU MAY NOT send them questions for them to answer. That is not an interview. I want you to be able to go back and forth with them to learn more.

Next Steps

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Setting up Interview and Preparing for Interview

Next Steps

(READ)

Once Dr. Clark has the name, email address, company, and title/position for your leader,

Dr. Clark will sen

email to the selected leader and copy

you

on the email.

I will use your MTSU student email address.

Reach out to the leader once you see that t

he email has been sent, to see if the person is willing and if so, to

set up a time for an interview.

The interview should be limited to 4

minutes

. I encourage that the interviews be conducted using Zoom

but I

understand some of you may be working with th

ese leaders, and meeting in person may make the most sense.

Please be sensitive to the desire of the leader in how they want to meet.

PREPARE FOR THE INTERVIEW

You are representing yourself, me, and MTSU during the interview. Be sure that you are prepare

d and that

you dress appropriately. Business casual is usually the safest choice. However, if the culture is something less

casual, you may do so as long as it still is appropriate.

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

Think about your particular leader and what you alre

ady know about the decisions that person has made

this past year. I’m including a possible script for the Interview but I want you to modify it to meet your

situation. You need to be prepared to have a good, quality interview during the 3

minutes of time. You

want no more than 10 mins of small talk, introduction, closing and 3

minutes of decision

making focused

conversation.

Start the interview at the time you say you will do so.

If Zooming, be sure you sign in at least 5

10 minutes

early

. If meeting in person, arrive at least 10 minutes prior

Welcome __________ and thank you for meeting with us. As Dr. Clark explained to you in the email she sent,

we were asked to identify a local business leader that we thought made ethical decisions.

For me, you came to mind. Share a little about why this person came to mind for you.

What you have seen th

person

do.

So, through this conversation

today

, we are asked to understand better how you make decisions, how you

balance the interests of many di

fferent people, how you make the tough calls but still do so in the way that is

ethical.

Possible questions:

As you think about the hard decisions you have had to make this past year, what comes to mind as

one of the toughest? Why was it so difficult? How

did you decide what to do?

When making decisions, do you have personal criteria you follow? Do you mind sharing with us what

those are?

Next Steps – Setting up Interview and Preparing for Interview

Next Steps (READ):

Once Dr. Clark has the name, email address, company, and title/position for your leader, Dr. Clark will send an

email to the selected leader and copy you on the email. I will use your MTSU student email address.

Reach out to the leader once you see that the email has been sent, to see if the person is willing and if so, to

set up a time for an interview.

The interview should be limited to 45 minutes. I encourage that the interviews be conducted using Zoom but I

understand some of you may be working with these leaders, and meeting in person may make the most sense.

Please be sensitive to the desire of the leader in how they want to meet.

PREPARE FOR THE INTERVIEW

You are representing yourself, me, and MTSU during the interview. Be sure that you are prepared and that

you dress appropriately. Business casual is usually the safest choice. However, if the culture is something less

casual, you may do so as long as it still is appropriate.

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

Think about your particular leader and what you already know about the decisions that person has made

this past year. I’m including a possible script for the Interview but I want you to modify it to meet your

situation. You need to be prepared to have a good, quality interview during the 35-45 minutes of time. You

want no more than 10 mins of small talk, introduction, closing and 35 minutes of decision-making focused

conversation.

Start the interview at the time you say you will do so. If Zooming, be sure you sign in at least 5-10 minutes

early. If meeting in person, arrive at least 10 minutes prior.

Welcome __________ and thank you for meeting with us. As Dr. Clark explained to you in the email she sent,

we were asked to identify a local business leader that we thought made ethical decisions.

For me, you came to mind. Share a little about why this person came to mind for you. What you have seen this

person do.

So, through this conversation today, we are asked to understand better how you make decisions, how you

balance the interests of many different people, how you make the tough calls but still do so in the way that is

ethical.

Possible questions:

 As you think about the hard decisions you have had to make this past year, what comes to mind as

one of the toughest? Why was it so difficult? How did you decide what to do?

 When making decisions, do you have personal criteria you follow? Do you mind sharing with us what

those are?