cret Week 3, Module 3 3 Major Assessment 40 points Instructions 1. Read the article COVID-19: Importance of ethical Leadership During a Crisis 2. In nat more than 500 words, answer the following questions 3.Write your answer on the space provided Questions: 1. Define Ethical Leadership. 2.Is it possible, doable and realistic to achieve being an ethical leader especially in a time of a global crisis? 3. How important is Ethics in leadership? 4. What are the challenges of being a leader in the time at a pandemic? One character of ethical leaders influence others, Management expert Maracterized badership this way leader is one who knows the way. Goes this Covey addresses a principle-centred leadership approach to one's personal and organisation development. He emphasizes the principle-centered Topic: Leadership and Ethics con recor each Thes: Brors Fog con WP It Techlader understand that positive relationships built on respect. Openness, ana stolte creating an ethical organization environment. The underlying principe and empat headership curs when one's Internal values form the basis of external actions. Principe their own brevior first. Covey encourages principle-centered leaders to build greater Besed Waders influence the ethical actions of those in the organization by transforming more trusting and communicative relationships with others in the workplace. the leaders strive to tranor and respect others in the organization and seek to empower other to achieve suces by focusing on night action. An ethical organization is a community of people working together in an environment of mutual respect, where they grow personally, feel uile, contribute to a common good, and share in the internal wards, such as the achievement of a level of excellence common to a practice as well as the rewards of a job well done by emphasizing community and internal rewards, ethical leaders commit to following a virtue oriented approach to decision making based on a foundation of values-based leadership Laaders lead by example. They set an ethical tone at the top. They lead with an attitude of "Do what I say as well as what I do." Ethical leadership can be evaluated through a leader's vision Visions are not simple goals, but rather ways of seeing the future that implicitly or explicitly entail some notion of the good The Ethics and Compliance Initiative (ECT) points out that research has consistently shown that Ethical leadership is a critical factor driving down ethics and compliance nsk; Leaders have a roser' view of the state of workplace integrity, and often have more positive beliefs than employees further down the chain of command; and The quality of the relationship between supervisors and employees goes a long way The ethical leadership scale helps to measure the elusive concept of leadership. It includes several behavioral characteristics of ethical leaders Talk about the importance of workplace integrity and doing the right thing Set a good example Do not blame others when things go wrong Support employees' efforts to do the right thing Hold themselves and others accountable for violating the organization's code of conduct Give positive feedback for acting with integrity Keep their promises and commitments Organizations suffer when leadership does not set an ethical tone at the top. The employees may be ethical but acting ethically requires an ethical leader who supports such behavior, not a leader blinded by ambition or greed as occurred in so many of the financial failures of the early 2000s. Lawton and Paez developed a framework for ethical leadership built on three interlocking questions: First, who are leaders and what are their characteristics? Second, how do ethical leaders do what they do? Third, why do leaders do as they do and what are the necessary form discrete areas of the Forple, buditoote outcomes of ethical leadershi? The uthors suggest that there to ekot the characteristics of honesty Integrity. Sjectivity and professico professional Judgment and ethical decision mangin centrestant They These traits at also noto abons with Data e facilitate the kind of probing budits and targeted of attracte conducted sellessly and in the public interest, not that of the datos What's missing in the U.S. night now is thical leadership. In fact, notes rt John ves the and ciples ility one's red ing or, redar of most of our leader Welve in a time where it's almost impossible to dete models Moshaders are tooling to compromise their values to come It's an end justifies the means culture Leadership Ethics - Traits of an Ethical Leader Ethics refer to the desirable and appropriate values and morais according to an individu or the society at large. Ethics deal with the purty of individuals and the intercons serve as guidelines for analyzing what is good or bad in a specific seans. Correans ethics with leadership, we find that this is about the leader's Identity and the leaders role. Ethical theories on leadership talk about two main things: (a) The actions and be of leaders, and (b) the personality and character of leaders. It is essential to eat "Ethics are an essential to leadership. A leader drives and influences the subordinates followers to achieve a common goal, be it in case of team work, organizational stor any project. It is an ethical Job of the leader to treat his subordinates with respect as each of them has unique personality. The ethical environment in an organization is built and developed by a leader as they have an influential role in the organization and due to the fact that leaders have an influence in developing the organizational values An effective and ethical leader has the following traits/characteristics Dignity and respectfulness He respects others. An ethical leader should not use his followers as a medium to achieve his personal goals. He should respect their feelings, decision and values. Respecting the followers implies listening effectively to them, being compassionate to them, as well being liberal in hearing opposing viewpoints. In short, it implies treating the followers in a manner that authenticate their values and beliels Serving others He serves others. An ethical leader should place his follower's interests ahead of his interests. He should be humane. He must act in a manner that is always fruitut for his followers Justice He is fair and just. An ethical leader must treat all his followers equally. There should be no personal bias. Wherever some followers are treated differently, the ground for differential treatment should be fair, clear, and built on morality Community building: He develops community. An ethical leader considers his own purpose as well as his followers' purpose, while making efforts to achieve the goals suitable to both of them. He is considerate to the community interests. He does not overlook the followers intentions. He works harder for the community goals 49 22 AM va STERE est References Electronic Source der Libguides. (2020) Library resource guides ITCSO research is quide: The fourth theories. Ubrary Resource Guides at Charles Sturt University butas://libouides.csu.edu.au/co7035028993503 Tard, C. (2020, June 14) Utilitarianism defined, Investopedia bittas://www.investopedin.com/tr/wienistan Ethics.org. (2016, February 18). Ethics explainer: What is deontology? - The thes centre. 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