ETHICAL LEADERSHIP

Ethical Leadership

Ethical Leadership and Behaviour and Law Enforcement Officers

Introduction

The term "ethics" is generally defined as “the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group”. A key task for ethical leadership is to establish ethics as a standard organizational practice. This is partly achieved by training and education. It is partly achieved by role modeling and supervision. It is also achieved by establishing and maintaining a comprehensive integrity system. Police leaders need to set the highest possible standards in their own behavior, and in corporate communications, untarnished by hypocrisy. This paper discusses if ethical leadership and behaviour is ...