In one of this week's recorded lectures, the importance of taking ethics seriously is framed in terms of: In one of this week's recorded lectures, the importance of taking ethics seriously is framed in terms of: the value created by helping us to see things differently in terms of layers of complexity the importance of helping us to see things more clearly in terms of values, duties, consequences, conflicts of interests, competing trade offs, etc. the long-term competitive advantage of individual leadership success, employee satisfaction and productivity, and overall improved organizational performance all of the above