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Values, Motives, and Interventions of Organization Development Practitioners
Allan H. Church, W. Warner Burke, and Donald F. Van Eynde
Group & Organization Management, March 1994; vol. 19, 1: pp. 5-50

For discussion:

What values seemed to be most important to practitioners in 1994? Which types of interventions dominated? How do you think those values might differ today?

Value Dilemmas in Organization Development
Donald D. Bowen
The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, October 1977; vol. 13, 4: pp. 543-556

For discussion:

Identify some examples of value dilemmas that occur in the article and compare them to your own experience. Do you think these dilemmas are as serious today as the author made them seem in 1977?

The ethics of conscious capitalism: Wicked problems in leading change and changing leaders Jeremy P Fyke and Patrice M Buzzanell
Human Relations, 0018726713485306, first published on May 30, 2013

For discussion:

1. What is an OD practitioner’s responsibility with respect to ethical practices of leadership?

2. Which of the values of OD reviewed in chapter 3 do you think are especially germane to leadership today?