Ethical Organizational Culture.
What is the relationship between a leader’s responsibility for ethical behavior and the idea of an ethical organizational culture? Research a specific nonfictional leader of your choice and provide examples of the behaviors this leader exhibits that highlight the role of ethics in leadership. Answer the following in your post:
1. Can a leader’s public and private morality be distinguished? Should they be?
2. Can a bad person be a good leader?
3. Why is it important for leaders to demonstrate ethical conduct?
4. Which is more important for improving ethical values in an organization: a code of ethics, leader behavior, or employee training?
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Required Resources
Text
Read the following chapters from Leadership: A high impact approach:
• Chapter 2 Preparing to Lead
• Chapter 8: Organizational Skills
Recommended Resources
Article
Appelbaum, S. H., & Roy-Girard, D. (2007). Toxins in the workplace: Affect on organizations and employees. Corporate Governance, 7(1), 17-28. Retrieved from the ProQuest database.
Svensson, G., & Wood, G. (2007). Sustainable leadership ethics: A continuous and iterative process. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 28(3), 251-268. Retrieved from the ProQuest database
Toor, S., & Ofori, G. (2009). Ethical leadership: Examining the relationships with full range leadership model, employee outcomes, and organizational culture. Journal of Business Ethics, 90(4), 533-547. Retrieved from the ProQuest database
Multimedia
INTELECOM (Producer). (n.d.). Character, trust and leadership (Links to an external site.) [Video file]. Retrieved from http://searchcenter.intelecomonline.net/playClipDirect.aspx?id=4870EEC7664070BB9915C7C9656B6ED52CB70524C8408AA5D1E8A2CCEE4B1C8565566FAD570F44180255CC66E101FD3E514D4AEADA7D0DE2
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Week Two Lecture
Ethical Leadership
As discussed last week, leadership is a process whereby the leader influences others to reach a common goal. The influence dimension of leadership requires the leader to have an impact on the lives of those being led. Effecting change in other people carries with it an enormous ethical burden of responsibility. Because leaders usually have more power and control than followers, they also have a responsibility to be sensitive to how their leadership affects followers’ lives. This week, we will explore the effects of leadership on organizational outcomes and the leader’s responsibility for creating an ethical climate.
Whether in a professional organization or community project, leaders engage and utilize subordinates in their efforts to reach common goals. In each of these situations, leaders have the ethical responsibility to treat followers with dignity and respect. Ethics is central to leadership, and leaders help to establish and reinforce organizational values. Values promoted by the leader have a significant impact on the values exhibited by the organization (Carlson & Perrewe, 1995; Schminke, Ambrose, & Noel, 1997; Trevino, 1986). Again, because of their influence, leaders play a major role in establishing the ethical climate of their organizations.
Effective Leadership
Leaders face ethical dilemmas every day, and they have to make decisions. The decisions leaders make, as well as the ways by which they make those decisions, determine whether or not they are ethical and effective. Ethics can be as difficult to define as leadership. Ethical behavior, in its simplest terms, is knowing and doing what is right. The difficulty is in defining “right.” Ethical leadership is part – although by no means all – of the definition of an effective or “good” leader. An effective leader is someone who manages to get people to do what he or she wants. An effective leader could be defined as one who exerts influence to get others to achieve his or her objectives regardless of the outcome. The outcomes can be good or bad.
Conclusion
Leadership is a process of influencing others; it has a moral dimension that distinguishes it from other types of influence, such as coercion or control. Leadership involves values, shows respect for others, and builds community. It is not a process that we can demonstrate without showing our values. When we influence, we have an effect on others, which means we need to pay attention to our values and ethics.
Forbes School of Business Faculty
References
Carlson, D. S., & Perrewe, P. L. (1995). Institutionalization of organizational ethics through transformational leadership. Journal of Business Ethics, 14(10), 829-838. doi:10.1007/BF00872349
Schminke, M., Ambrose, M. L., & Noel, T. W. (1997). The effect of ethical frameworks on perceptions of organizational justice. Academy of Management Journal, 40(5), 1190-1207. doi:10.2307/256932
Trevino, L. K. (1986). Ethical decision making in organizations: A person-situation interactionist model. Academy of Management Review, 11(3), 601-617. doi:10.5465/AMR.1986.4306235
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