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Ethical Leadership Assignment

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Assignment: Ethical leadership
Summited by: Bikram Prajapati, King’s college
International American University

Subject: BUS 700 Capstone
Submitted to: Dr. Joe Siegmund and Dr. Raj Kumar Sharma

Date: November 23, 2014 Defining Ethical leadership:

Ethics is about knowing and doing what is right. The definition of ethics may different from individual to individual, and effect by the culture and religious. The right thing in one culture may not right for other culture. What is right in one situation may not right in another situation. Ethics is about doing and performing own responsibility fairly being under the code of conduct. Ethics are based on social norms and logical coherent philosophy. It’s about defining what is wrong and …show more content…

These principal can learn and according to the research who shows faith into their workplace are more often ethical leader (Monahan, 2012). Respect others: ethical leader are one who behave other as they expecting from other. It’s about listening the follower idea, their view and behaving properly to them. Leader listen to their follower, shows empathy and respect other idea. It about leading the follower in right direction by using right tool. Leader shall respect other people’s value, their decision, allow others to be themselves with creative wants and desires. Serves other: it’s about helping other and showing right direction. Ethical leader always link the personal goal with the organizational goal. They clarify the vision, mission and communicate coordinate to get result. The leader need to analyze the follower competences and must arrange various training and development program, other motivational tool to enhance follower skills. They empower the follower, build team, and make decisions that are beneficial to their followers’ welfare …show more content…

The collapse of Enron is an example of unethical behavior practiced by top level executive. Because of unethical behavior they are many example organization got bankrupt. Some of the major challenges are:
• One of the major challenges in ethical leadership is consistency. Once organization is established and functioning, they more becoming more focused on goal, profit rather that ethical standards. Being consistency in the decisions making according to the challenges is so hard.
• The selfishness character of the leader is one of other challenges. It’s very much hard to predict individual perception. The leader may influence by external environment. They need to make decision being under the company ethical standard.
• Organization culture and workplace can be challenges to the ethical leadership. The learning organization always share their knowledge and practice ethically. Leader need to create good environment in the organization. Culture affect the decision making process and its motivate people to be ethical or to be unethical. The thinking of individual that can get away from ethical behavior motivating to practice unethical

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