From an ethical perspective identify which of the virtues using “The Elements of Ethics for Processionals” handout you would recommend that Stephen Cox does as a means to help his organization through this crisis. When you identify the virtue, describe what the behavior should be? What are the virtues and practices that will support ethical leadership from this time forward, by Stephen A. Cox, President, and CEO from the Better Business Bureau? After watching this video I think that Stephen Cox should be fired and that there needs to be a major change in company and how procedures should be done. The company is under fire for a big unethical issue that needs to be resolved. Not only are they hurting their own company, but they also ruining
Be Ethically Courageous – Act upon these competencies even when the action may not be accepted with enthusiasm or endorsement.
In the book, If Aristotle Ran General Motors, Tom Morris argues that the teachings of the ancients can and should be applied to today's corporation. His message is that the four virtues - truth, beauty, goodness, and unity - form the foundation of human excellence. Putting them into practice leads not only to self-fulfillment, but ultimately to an open, nurturing, and ethical workplace that is more productive and successful in the long-term. The purpose of this essay is to examine how Morris treats the system of ethics in relation to these four virtues.
In the book, If Aristotle Ran General Motors, Tom Morris argues that the teachings of the ancients can and should be applied to today's corporation. His message is that the four virtues - truth, beauty, goodness, and unity - form the foundation of human excellence. Putting them into practice leads not only to self-fulfillment, but ultimately to an open, nurturing, and ethical workplace that is more productive and successful in the long-term. The purpose of this essay is to examine how Morris treats the system of ethics in relation to these four virtues.
This paper will first discuss briefly what ethics are and provide the definition for an ethical issue. An ethical leadership issue is identified and explained for this author’s practice area. We will then identify and discuss key strategies for leadership that are pertinent to the ethical issue. Next, empirical evidence which supports the strategies discussed will be analyzed. Then, the impact and importance of the strategies will be stated. The final step will be to provide a conclusion to the reader that summarizes the content and strategies.
Collins illustrates a persuasive profile of what it takes to be the leader of not a good but a great organization in the modern day. He also demonstrates the development of successful organizations as a consequence of ethical behavior rather than despite
Calypso, a nymph in Greek Mythology, is first found holding the warrior Odysseus captive from his journey home after the Trojan War. Her love for him is so strong that she cannot let him go. Homer introduces Calypso as a beautiful goddess sitting on a tropical island while playing her lyre. Continuing with the stereotypical goddess nature, Homer also reveals how strong emotions can cause goddesses to act irrationally. Meanwhile, he also shows how their beauty plays and important part in their personality and how people treat them. In the epic poem, The Odyssey, Homer depicts the character Calypso with opposing characteristics to uphold the recurring contradicting goddess personality; he shows her as lustrous yet manipulative.
This is a study about one’s ethical and moral behavior and Christian World View as related to personal and professional growth and development. This study examines my personal views of moral behavior and Christian World View as it relates to my expectation of what a manager in a leadership position should posses and why. Growing up in a African-American Baptist church and ultimately landing in a diverse Christian Church has shaped my life and viewpoint when it comes to values and beliefs. There are 5 characteristics that I believe a Manager should possess: Authenticity, transparency, empowering, trustworthy and competence. These five characteristics help to build rapport and trust in a manager, which are good qualities to possess when leading a team.
Personality disorder, is a serious mental illness. It is now considered to be diverse but nonetheless a single disorder. Borderline personality disorder is a complex and highly prevalent psychiatric diagnosis that was first recognized officially in the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (Crowell, & Kaufman, 2016). PD emerges during adolescence or young adults. Children are often shamed for experiencing negative effects. Children will learn overtime how to contradict in response to emotionality leading to high shame-proneness in adulthood. Object relations theory (Kernberg, 1984) describes shame-proneness as characteristic of BPD due to extremely negative, polarized representations of the self that are disconnected from positive self-representations. Individuals with BPD do report significantly higher levels of shame compared to individuals diagnosed with other affective disorders and exhibit more shame in response to negative affect (Peters, & Geiger, 2016).
Ethical leadership is commonly connected with characteristics like fairness and honesty, that can enable a person within an organization to do the right thing. In responding to the lack of attention to the ethical dimensions of positive leadership Brown and colleagues designed a definition for ethical leadership. They would define it as “the demonstration of normatively appropriate conduct through personal actions and interpersonal relationships, and the promotion of such
The paper focuses on interviewing a business leader who is seen to apply ethical business practices in the organization they lead with an aim of finding the important elements in ethical leadership. The interview is scheduled for 30 minutes where the interviewer will ask the ethical leader various questions pertaining to ethical leadership. Some of the questions that will be asked include, What is your leadership background? What are the traits of an ethical leader? what are the values of an ethical leader? What is the importance of ethical leadership in a competitive environment? Does ethical leadership affect customer relations? Do you observe ethics while interacting
Leaders must make it clear to their representatives that morals is "the way we work" and not a preparation program or instructional pamphlet. Each action, whether it is a preparation program, a customer meeting or an imperative top administration methodology session, ought to incorporate discussions about morals. Try not to permit contrary interpersonal practices to dissolve trust: Make regard a heap bearing shaft in your way of life. Be an ethical pioneer who expects it and practices it. Develop an aware situation in which individuals can talk up about morals and offer the obligation regarding living it. Assemble trust, interest open
is declining, and polarization of society into two classes is a strong tendency within capitalism. Marx's view was that the successful members of the middle class would become members of the bourgeoisie, while the unsuccessful would be forced into the proletariat. In the last few years, many have argued that in North America, and perhaps on a world scale, there is an increasing gap between rich and poor and there is a declining middle.
The topic that we choose is “The relationship between Leadership and Ethics”. The term ethics has been defined as inquiry into the nature and grounds of morality or a branch of philosophy of human conduct and determine right and wrong (Ferrell, Fraedrich & Ferrell, 2010). In the other words, it includes study of general nature of moral, specific moral choices, moral philosophy, and rules or standards of governing the conduct of the member of a profession (Ferrell et al., 2010).
“All that evil requires to triumph is for good men to do nothing,” (Gregg, 2007, p. 13). Lance has an ethical responsibility to himself, the organization and to the shareholders to develop a strategy to address this ethical dilemma. Lance has set a personal goal to further develop his personnel management skills and this presents a great
I will examine the importance of personal ethics in leadership and how ethics produce effective leaders in organizations today. The importance of understanding ethics, motivation to act as a role model and developing a plan of action for an organization are discussed because of their importance regarding development of good leadership. These key points suggest personal ethics positively affect leadership and when made a priority for leaders will produce ethical and effective leadership. With so many definitions of leadership, the question evolved from “what is the definition of leadership?” to “what is good leadership” (Ciulla, 2004, p. 13). To develop a system of values one must compile a list of the most important instrumental values and terminal values. These lists are unique to every individual because they are determined by personal importance. Instrumental values, such as honest, helpful, ambitious, responsible, etc. should reinforce terminal values. Once a leader’s means are consistent with desired goals, their value system is unified and they have climbed the staircase from the lobby to the first level of values. The climb from the first floor to the second floor results in a person incorporating principles into their newly developed values. Although values act as the bedrock of ethics, principles are required because alone, “values are far too vague to have much meaning in ethical analysis” (Cooper, 1998, p. 12). Morals are ideals that help us decipher between right