Ethical investments are similar to traditional investments with only one difference. Both traditional and ethical investors pursue the same goal of capital gains‚ higher income and/or preservation of capital for future needs. "The major difference between traditional investors and ethical investors is that ethical investors do not want their investments going for things that cause harm to the social or physical environments. Instead they want their investments to support needed and life supportive
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Dictionary (2000) defines leadership in the following manor: “1. The position or office of a leader; 2. Capacity or ability to lead; 3. A group of leaders; [and‚] 4. Guidance‚ direction.” At best‚ the descriptors are convoluted and do not provide any meaningful insight into the nature of leadership. Definitions for lead‚ although a bit more descriptive‚ still do not facilitate an understanding of leadership as a theory. Many have offered constructs and models to define leadership. Primarily these
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Leadership Leadership The process‚ by which a person exerts influence over others and inspires‚ motivates and directs their activities to achieve group or organizational goals. When leaders are ineffective‚ their influence does not contribute to‚ and often detracts from‚ goal attainment. Effective leadership increases an organization’s ability to meet all challenges‚ including the need to obtain a competitive advantage‚ the need to foster ethical behavior‚ and the need to manage a diverse workforce
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A. Leadership Theories 1. Contingency Theory It is first suggested by Mary Parker Follet and viewed and organization as a system of contingencies. Fielder’s contingency approach reinforced these findings‚ suggesting that no one leadership style is ideal for every situation. Fielder felt that the interrelationships between the group’s leader and its members were most influenced by the manager’s ability to be a good leader. Research has shown that the leader-manager must assume a variety of leadership
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role of founders is key. It is the initial source of organizational culture. They are transfer their values and their overall vision for the company. For that reason‚ they hire who thinks and feels with them‚ indoctrinate and socialize employees according to their thinking‚ and their behavior acts as a model of identification for employees. When the company is successful‚ the personality of the founders‚ or their CEO’s‚ becomes part of the organizational culture. (eg. Ben and Jerry). In a strong
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most people characterize a wise individual in psychology and what people can gain from being or becoming wise. According to Staudinger‚ historically some people would consider a wise individual to be someone who possessed natural born intelligence/common sense or an older person who gained wisdom through years of experience. Common sense means practical or wise judgments. According to Staudinger‚ a proper definition of a wise person is an individual who is empathetic‚ compassionate‚ intuitive
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Leaders and Leadership What is leadership? Leadership is a special form of power‚ one that involves the ability‚ based on the personal qualities of the leader‚ to elicit the followers’ voluntary compliance in a broad range of matters. Leadership is distinguished from the concept of power in that it entails influence‚ that is‚ change of preferences‚ while power implies only that subjects’ preferences are held in abeyance (Etzioni‚ 1965). There are two approaches that we are going to discuss in this
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In reading the article “Stewardship: Being Co-Managers with God” by Harvey Nowland (2009)‚ the first sentence really stands out to me. How true it is that many Christians can most likely define stewardship‚ but many don’t practice it. And‚ most would not associate stewardship with managing a business. However‚ as Nowland (2009) states‚ “a business manager oversees the use of a company’s resources including money‚ machinery and personnel in order to profitably provide a product or service in harmony
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Donald Trump and his leadership success: Personality Profile 1. Discussion of the Personality Profile based on Big Five model of personality (surgency‚ agreeableness‚ adjustment‚ conscientiousness‚ and openness to experience) The Big Five Model: Surgency-is the ability to persuade or influence individuals to understand your point of view‚ vision‚ mission‚ and/or objective and is willing to follow your lead as a result. One of the character traits of surgency is competitiveness. Donald Trump is
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of different leadership skills and theory’s I have learned and practiced to become a more effective leader. This paper will include sections such as‚ my own definition of Leadership‚ details from a self-evaluation/assessment‚ and areas of the course that I believe are interesting. Personal Definition of Leadership Defining leadership is one of the most difficult things. Leadership is different for every person and therefore can never be fully understood or defined. Good leadership takes the pandemonium
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