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Hello, this is Nasmun Nahar and I'm here for the video reflection assignment of the MGMT50 course. Here I will be describing the distinct moments that I have experienced throughout my journey of this course.
So the first one is discomfort. Um, so actually in week three, we have learned about the ethical decision making and bounded rationality. Um, I got to know that, um, in many cases, our decisions lack rationality because of our cognitive biases, and that was the moment of my discomfort because I actually realized that, um, in many instances, I was actually driven by, uh, the cognitive biases and couldn't make the right judgment. For example, in my workplace, I'm often get, uh, positive, uh, biases towards my colleagues who are from the same institution when I'll be focusing more on their individual competencies. Uh, so I think it was a blind spot I wasn't aware of, but the good thing is, I now know that I have this scope for improvement. And, um, in the same lecture, we have gone through some, uh, models that can help, for example, the seven-step ethical decision-making model or the Vroom's model. And, um, I hope, uh, with the help of these models in the future, I will be, um, minimizing my, uh, cognitive biases and will be able to make more, uh, ethical judgments.
So the second one, the moment of clarity. Uh, so in, uh, our week one, uh, we learned that our actions are underpinned by our values, and our values are, um, um, derived from our cultures, family, institution, and many other things. Uh, so, uh, I, I was wondering that, uh, what if our values conflict, and how do I know, in between the two alternatives, which one is more ethical? Good versus good or right versus right, which way should we go? So we, uh, got to learn that, um, in week five, that there are certain, um, ethical framework models that can, um, help us when I, when we are in ethical dilemmas. For example, there are utilitarianism model, deontology model, care ethics, and virtue ethics. Uh, then by asking the right questions, that is, which alternative will bring the greater good for the greater, um, amount of people, or which alternative will uphold, uh, the righteousness, then we can make the right kind of ethical choices. And, uh, this was the moment I felt that, uh, things are falling in place. And, um, I was happy that I, uh, I could understand, uh, that what to do to reduce my, uh, ethical dilemmas. And, um, I, um, remembered that one quote our lecturer said from Isaac Asimov that, "Don't let your values coming the way to do the right thing."
So, in third, uh, uh, in, uh, number three, it's a moment of purpose. Uh, so I'll refer to it. When I was in week two and week four, we learned about sustainability and the stakeholder theory. We learned that business has tremendous force to do the greater good or greater bad to the society. And, um, I was asking myself that, uh, what if, uh, do as an individual or the single most entity, do I, uh, have the, uh, implication of my decision, uh, to do, um, to make any changes to the society? Then in week nine, we actually learned that yes, one person can change the world. And, uh, then, uh, we got to learn that, uh, in the, uh, theory described by Bronner, that as individuals, we lie at the center of a very complex and interconnected system structure. And by systems thinking and by our growth mindset, we can actually be the agent of change. And, um, I think I, uh, uh, I have got the, uh, very clear vision that, uh, by applying my, uh, self-efficacy and by enacting my agency, I can bring about the change and I can, uh, fix the imperfections and injustice of the existing structure. And every time I'm making a decision, I'll be asking myself and repeatedly asking myself, "Am I doing the right thing?" And, uh, "Is this the right thing to do?" And I think that this way, I'll be able to be a more responsible citizen, a more responsible individual, um, and a more responsible consumer, and bring something good to the planet. Thank you.