Howard Schultz An Ethical Leader

Ethical leaders are a big part of society that do not get enough recognition. They bring to the table characteristics such as honest, honor, and justice. They are the good people of society that no one ever talks about nor knows the names of. They are the peaceful, positive, and sometimes power people in our society that need to be talked about more to help drown the negativity out of our lives that most people dwell on. Howard Schultz is one of these people, he is someone who stands with anyone even if he is the only one standing. He holds people from all different places and all different backgrounds close to his heart adding many jobs all over the world. Also he has turned a little shop in Seattle into over 20,000 stores worldwide. Mr. Schultz is an ethical leader in many ways and makes our world a better place, one day at a time. Starbucks chain started when Schultz left Starbucks and opened his own coffee shop but a little while later found himself in a position to buy, with help of investor, his former employers coffee shops. From there he continued to grow and even said, “By 2000, we had 2,600 stores in thirteen countries and revenue just shy of $2 billion” (Schultz 2011). That same year Howard Schultz stepped down from CEO to become a chairman for the company he has worked so hard to build up. Though as he traveled from store to store he
25% of those people grab Starbucks which outnumbers McDonald's and Dunkin Donuts. Mr. Schultz has worked hard to get those rating over the years. This man came from two high school dropout parents and having to help support his family at the age of 12 years old. Schultz even goes as far as saying, “The key to my success is education.” His mother apparently drilled it into him that he must go to