PERSONAL LEADERSHIP/ETHICS

Personal Leadership/Ethics Statement



Personal Leadership/Ethics Statement

Introduction

Ethical leadership is a popular topic that deals with ethics, morals, ethical standards and social responsibility of organizations to society, government and employees. It is not it a sign of increasing public demand for the development of ethical self-consciousness? The origin of such requirements suggests the emergence of a new leadership - ethical leadership (Brown, Trevino, et al, 2005). Here, a question naturally arises, where is the line that distinguishes the ethical leader from others?

Discussion

Leadership Skills to Accomplish Strategic Goals

First, to understand the ethics of leadership is to use the rule "it is - not unethical as long as you do not get caught”. An example of corrupt leadership can serve as a scandal with the president of the company. President of the company and the entire leadership of Enron accused the management of Enron that sold shares worth millions of dollars before they became aware of the bankruptcy of the company. Thousands of employees lost not only work but also a decent old age, because, under pressure from management to keep their retirement savings in shares of the company, whose price fell from $ 90 to almost zero (Brown, Trevino, et al, 2005).

Second, for the understanding of ethical leadership, you can resort to its negative definition, i.e. to identify those aspects of leadership that recognizes unethical. However, it understood that ethical leadership is a more complex structure than a set of rules prescribing that a leader should not do. At the same time, ethical leadership is something more than conformity to the rule "is not caught - not a thief" (Dirks, Ferrin, 2002).

One of the options to define ethical leadership can be an understanding on what it directed, namely - creation and realization of effective opportunities gentle means. In view of stakeholders and followers, ethical leaders lead by honorable means (Dirks, Ferrin, 2002). In contrast, the leader may choose to conduct a different tactic - a deliberate misinformation of his followers, the creation of false claims to justify his own actions, creating a "double standards" in the organization. A leader can make a choice based on the position convenient for him, believing that "the end justifies the means” (McQueeny, 2006).

What are the mechanisms of the effect of ethical leadership?

We tend to assume that ethical leadership based largely on the authority, not power. As a source of power generally considered coercion and punishment, and its ...