We'll explore five core moral values that are consistently recognized across cultures, drawing from Moral Foundations Theory to offer leaders a research-based framework for understanding moral conflict. These values—care/harm, fairness/cheating, loyalty/betrayal, authority/subversion, and purity/degradation—help explain why people respond differently to ethical issues in the workplace.

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Grounded in robust psychological research, this session will show how these moral foundations shape our judgments of others, especially in complex or emotionally charged situations. For example, we'll examine how moral values influence reactions to unethical leadership and sexual harassment and discuss emerging insights into how racialized moral conflicts are perceived.

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The goal is to help leaders recognize how moral intuitions can unconsciously bias decision-making—and to better navigate moralized conflicts at work with the ability to see alternative perspectives.