Several ethical theories are available for study, while there are differences among them there are also many similarities. This paper will discuss the similarities and differences in Virtue Ethics, Utilitarianism, and Deontological ethics.…
Ethical leadership and high moral standards are important parts of creating an ethical culture. Managers must create a culture that not only discourages bribery and corruption but also seeks to uphold the highest moral standards. Managers must create very distinct lines between right and wrong so that no employee is unclear. Furthermore, when someone is found to transgress those ethical boundaries, they must suffer the consequences.…
Several valuable concepts are incorporated into this definition that merit further reflection. First, ethical behavior is required of not only leadership, but the entire staff. Second, ethical thinking and behavior are expected on a daily basis not just for show.…
I will start with explaining the theories. There are several characteristic about ethical leaders. They respect and serve others, not only think highly of justice, but also process the beauty of honesty. As a moral person, they have perfect personalities. As a moral manager, it was their effort to influence the ethical behaviors of others (Trevino, Brown, & Hartman, 2003). Being a moral person is the priority of being a moral manager while moral manager strengthen their leadership through more emotional communications. They will consider their staff in the first place when they are make decisions and award their employees for their moral behavior. Speaking of authentic leadership style, it shared some characteristic with ethical leadership style. For instance, they both have positive core values such as altruism, kindness, fairness, accountability, and optimism. These characteristic motivate leaders to do what is right and fair for fellows and forming relationships filled with trust, communicate, guidance and emphasis (Yukl, 2013). The difference is authentic leaders care more about self consciousness while ethical leaders care more about others’, so authentic leaders are more likely to be true to themselves and equipped with the character of honest .…
The professional educator, in exemplifying ethical relations with colleagues, accords just and equitable treatment to all members of the profession. (AAE, 1994-2012).Interact appropriately, effectively, with students and their families, peers, faculty, administrators, and external audiences. (COE-GCU Conceptual Framework, 2011).…
| The Association of American Educators' (AAE) four principles of ethical teachers and GCU's Teacher Candidate |…
Ethical leadership attributes accountability: thee include duties and obligation roles and work collectively when making ethical decision. Leaders should also be responsive to act immediately to solve dilemmas. Leader should have integrity; leaders should be honest in disclosure of information to staff, stakeholders and auditors. Leaders should be fairness and transparency; they must be open, trustworthy, due diligent, and honest. Leaders must be responsible and communicate with staff, stakeholders and the public. An ethical leader responds positively to an ethical environment and employees in the organization will…
The Alabama Educator Code of Ethics and the University of North Alabama’s Code of Ethics Professional Dispositions both focus on many of the same core values. There are nine standards in the Alabama Educator COE and seven dispositions in UNA’s COE.…
The American Counseling Association and the American Mental Health Counselors Association Codes of Ethics both provide guidance and direction in making ethical decisions for their members (ACA, 2005) (AMHCA, 2010). Both the ACA and the AMHCA Codes of Ethics cover a wide range of moral and ethical situations that could present themselves to mental health professionals. Both of these codes of ethics have significant impacts on the counseling profession. The tools provided by these codes of ethics ensure that mental health professionals are able to conform to the regulations set forth. They address common concerns from varying points of view. Understanding these codes of ethics is essential to all mental health professionals in order to aid in resolving ethical and moral issues that might evolve in practice. These codes of ethics have many similarities and some differences. I will highlight just a sampling of these comparisons.…
Leaders behave ethically by doing and making the right decisions. Observing a leader you want to lead by example indicates the leader is abiding by the ethical leadership others expect. Ethical leaders make ethical decisions visible so others are confident the leader’s decisions are moral and ethical. Ethical leaders not only lead by example, they also encourage and expect others to practice ethical conduct. A leader can implement this by asking others how he or she arrived at a conclusion. How one realizes the conclusion is just as important as arriving at the conclusion. Meetings are held to discuss…
Their idea of right and wrong can often time become blurred or shaded when making decisions. The first thing that I do is to recognize whether it is personal morality or an ethical behavior. You have to make sure that as a leader that morality does not over rid your ethical value. A perfect example of this is married people working together or family members working together in the same company. The second thing I think about that not every code of ethics will ever handle every situation you come across in you role as a leader. You have to evaluate each situation differently than the other. You also have to remember that ethics cannot be codified or dictated with leadership. I think the best leaders use precious, consistent, and deliberate actions when they are dealing with the gray area of ethics. Leaders most communicate their decisions and most importantly the way that they came to this conclusion. “Scholars and leaders from a variety of disciplines have worked for years in sophisticated scientific studies to try to narrow ethical gray areas and provide decision point guidance. Despite this effort, ethical gray areas still needs leaders with exceptional judgment and decision making skills.” (Working with Ethical Gray Areas) I have seen in the recent and in history where scandals and things could have all been avoided if the companies used these five areas of ethics. One of the biggest things I can think of with…
In business, ethics is an essential configuration of leadership. The leader needs to make ethical decision when the business operators make competitive, strategic and tactical decisions that affect both stockholders and stakeholders such as downsizing and outsourcing.…
When becoming a leader or a manager, it does make a different when it comes into play. I have found that it is very important that personal value plays a role in every leader’s success. For any leader or manager, he/she should apply these personal values and share this information within the organizations that they work for and as well as for the employees that are working for them. By taking the Ethic Awareness Inventory Assessment to see how well I do to realize my own ethical standpoint and compare the result with the inventory analysis. To my surprise, I scored high in the obligation and the results profiles. It stated real clearly that ethical decision-making involves three components awareness, articulation, and application (Ethics…
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The way I interpret the four approaches to moral differences are as follows: Soft Universalism is where a person or people have certain morals they loosely base their actions/lifestyle on, but they don’t have any qualms with straying from them depending on the situation. I think this approach is more of a, coward’s way out, if you will. It basically means you don’t really have to stand by any morals whatsoever, because you can say you’re all for or all against something, until the situation arises where the odds are against you if you feel a certain way. Then, by all means, change your views to fit the status quo. Ethical Relativism is sort of a live and let live approach. If you can look at yourself in the mirror every day with the choices you make, more power to you. Whether I think you’re right or wrong, no matter, it’s your life and you live it how you want. No judgments. Or, at least, not an excessive amount. Hard Universalism reminds me of something similar to what Hitler believed, and that’s my way or the highway. All of [set A] is right and all of [set B] is wrong. There are no shades of gray; it’s only black and white. I’m not sure I could follow this morale simply because I believe there are extenuating circumstances where it’s ok for your morals to contradict each other. For example; I believe that murder of innocent people is wrong. By innocent I mean children, abused spouses, random shoot outs at schools, etc. However, I also believe that people who commit these heinous crimes should be killed, and in the same way they killed those innocent people. “An eye for an eye.” The last one is Moral Nihilism, which I am slightly convinced was the result of the first Woodstock. The idea is that there is no one way to view anything; there are essentially no morals because there is no wrong or right. Let us keep in mind, the idea of Woodstock started with an ad in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal by two of the four men responsible for the whole…