Abstract

As organization development (OD) increasingly is being viewed globally as the major approach to organization change, a parallel interest in and need for attention to ethical issues has emerged in the field. In spite of the importance of ethical issues in OD, little attention has been focused on the ethical dilemmas that arise in OD practice, especially specific ethical dilemmas that may appear at each stage of the process. In addition, there is little discussion in the literature about how to deal effectively with ethical dilemmas in OD and how to make an ethical decision by utilizing appropriate tools. Thus, in this paper, potential ethical dilemmas that may occur in each stage of the OD process are identified and presented. Recommendations and implications are discussed.