Implementation Plan Paper

Celestine O. Pinckney
Grand Canyon University: Ethical Dilemmas and Stewardship
June 5, 2013

How ethical are you? Do you consider cheating on your taxes ethical? Are your ethics situational? Are you demonstrating ethics by deciding to do the right or the thing that will make you acceptable to the group or your subordinates? Unethical behavior is thriving well in our country. There are business executives with their perceptions of ethical leadership and its development researched by Catherine Marsh, in our work place there are leaders who are attempting to eliminate bullying through the examination of The Role of Ethical Leadership and its Effects on the Work Environment. The authors who researched information on bullying in the work environment were, Stouten, J. Baillien, E, Van den Broeck, A, Camps, J. De Witte, H. and Euwema, M. in 2011. Thirdly, we have authors; Michele K. Kacmar, Daniel G. Bachrach, Kenneth J. Harris, and Suzanne Zivnuska through their research tested the relationship between ethical leaders in regards to gender in the article Fostering good citizenship through ethical leadership: Exploring the moderating role of gender and organizational politics. Comparatively, the three articles similarity is the examination of ethics within the roles of leadership. Their examinations are inclusive of ethics in the work environment, business executives and their perception of ethical leadership and fostering good citizenship among the genders and organizational politics. Article one is qualitative researched based, article two is qualitative in regard to the workload and quantitative in regards to poor working conditions and article three, mixed-method of research.
Research Question(s)
The questions posed by the authors were for those that consider themselves ethical leaders what aspects did the value, how does one experiences determine how ethical a leader they are/
Are there significant strategies that ethical leaders could use to eliminate and /discourage bullying? How does the role of gender foster good citizenship through ethical leadership? (Marsh, 2013)
The limitations of the studies were similar in their restrictive sampling of data.
The participant in article was selected based on recommendations. The author stated that business leaders in which was believed to be ethical were contacted.
This study gave the business executives an opportunity to share their personal stories and come to a clear understanding of their ethical leadership skills.
Authors’ findings provided evidence that leaders can be an example to followers and model ethical behavior so that workers will be less inclined to be a target of bullying.
An understanding was gained by the sample used of supervisors and employees working together daily.
In conclusion the three articles examined leadership ethics using different variables. Article one was a qualitative study that examined the perception of how ethical leaders perceived themselves. Each executive shared personal stories from the personal experiences that designed the ethical framework. Article two examined bullying and the impact of ethical leadership and the ability of ethical leaders to curtail or eliminate bullying in the workplace. Article three examined the gender and political organization and how good citizenship could be fostered through ethical leadership.
References
Kacmar, Michele K. Bachrach, Daniel G., Harris, Kenneth J. & Zivnuska, Suzanne. (2011).
Fostering Good Citizenship through Ethical Leadership: Exploring the Moderating
Role of Gender and Organizational Politics. Journal of Applied Psychology. Vol. 96,
No. 3, 633-642
Marsh, Catherine (2013). Business Executives’ Perceptions of Ethical Leadership and Its Development. J Business Ethics, 114:565-582. Doi10.1007/s10551-012-1366-7
Baillien, Elfi, Broeck, Anja Van den, Camps Jeroen, Euwema, Martin & Stouten, Jeroen.(2010). Discouraging Bullying: The Role of Ethical Leadership and its Effects on the Work Environment. Journal of Business Ethics. 95:17-27. DOI.10.1007/s10551-011-0797-x

References: Kacmar, Michele K. Bachrach, Daniel G., Harris, Kenneth J. & Zivnuska, Suzanne. (2011). Fostering Good Citizenship through Ethical Leadership: Exploring the Moderating Role of Gender and Organizational Politics. Journal of Applied Psychology. Vol. 96, No. 3, 633-642 Marsh, Catherine (2013). Business Executives’ Perceptions of Ethical Leadership and Its Development. J Business Ethics, 114:565-582. Doi10.1007/s10551-012-1366-7 Baillien, Elfi, Broeck, Anja Van den, Camps Jeroen, Euwema, Martin & Stouten, Jeroen.(2010). Discouraging Bullying: The Role of Ethical Leadership and its Effects on the Work Environment. Journal of Business Ethics. 95:17-27. DOI.10.1007/s10551-011-0797-x