LEADERSHIP AND ETHICAL ISSUES

Leadership and Ethical Issues

Leadership and Ethical Issues

Executive Summary

Leadership is the ability to influence and motivate individuals to do something, which leads to achieve the defined goals. It is a very broad term and includes many influences as well as challenges particularly the ethical challenges. The unethical leadership by the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak created the basis for the forces that galvanized the people of Egypt to take a stand against Hosni Mubarak, in order to help leaders understand the perils of leading through tyranny and the power of leading one of the most peaceful revolutions in history. The negligence of what is optional of the plans, actions and reforms and decisions left, leading to what is forced, i.e. immediately of such acts and decisions under the pressure of having, a forced heavy embarrassed, and the lack of feasibility, and severe suffering and heavy living costs such as social, political, and security leads the people of Egypt to rise against the President. The second reason for what happened in Egypt is incomplete absorption for the communications revolution and profound implications in the communities and countries. It seems that many political leaders in this world not enough to accommodate essential activities and the repercussions of the communications revolution. This is a fatal political ignorance resulted in what we see today enormous, and we will see in the future, beyond the vision and imagination. The protest started from the social media networking such as Facebook and twitter by the youth of the Egyptian nation.

Problem statement

In the heart of the global crisis that has plagued humanity, there is a lack of ethical leadership prevalent in all sectors of human society today. The lack of ethical leadership that is demonstrated in the continuous disclosure for non-ethical behavior at all levels of society in different parts of the world has not left any area of human endeavor, however, this has been affected by the shortage, starting with family and to the highest degrees of authority. Ethical leadership is often difficult to distinguish because the community offers many contradictory statements about the meaning of leadership. Due to this lack of ethics in leadership, Hosni Mubarak failed to lead the nation effectively and his autocratic leadership style results in disaster after many years of rule in his country. The people of Egypt took a stand against Hosni Mubarak, in order to help leaders understand the perils of leading through tyranny. It is considered as one of the most peaceful revolutions in history. The popular uprising in the land of Egypt is conclusive evidence that the Arab masses are neither asleep nor submissive but are the masses of living despite the injustice and oppression. The problem statement of this research paper is that what are the ethical issues that are faced by the leaders and how these issues can raise the nation against their leaders as happened in Egypt.

Discussion

The first challenge facing us is to define and understand the term "leadership" ...