ethical leadership first day

8/13/2019 Ethical Leadership First Day

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Leadership, Ethics and Power

Dynamics


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Goals of the Class

(i) To present a basic guide to ethical decision

making formulated in leadership literature.

(ii) To discuss several ethical perspectives that

help you gain insight into the complexity of

real decision making.

(iii)The class is not a moral science class.


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What is ethics?


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Movies


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How does one judge whether a behavior is

ethical or not?

Who are the ethical people here? Why?

Who are the unethical people here? Why?


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Ethics in Management studiesLeaders as Ethical agents


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Leaders spend most of their time learning

how to do their work and helping other

people learn how to do theirs, yet in the end,

it is the quality and character of the leader

that determines the performance and results.

Frances Hesselbein(2012)


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Moral Capital

the belief that the Leader (CEO) justly

balances the disparate interests of individuals

and group stakeholders to achieve positive

returns that benefit the firm, its stakeholders

and the leader.

Phillips (2006)


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Theories on Ethics

Related to leaders

behavior

Related to leaders

character

Teleological

theories

Deontological

theories

Ethical

EgoismUtilitarianism Altruism


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END justifies the MEANS

Teleological theories

Teleos means PURPOSE or ENDS.

Three major types: Ethical egoism,Utilitarianism, Altruism


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The RIGHT means to the END

The Deontological Approach

An action is inherently good or bad; moral or

immoral

End is important but most important is the

means to attain it.

Culture free ethics-telling the truth, keeping

promises, being fair and respecting others

(Northouse, 2013)


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Leaders CHARACTER

What is Character?

Character can be learned and practiced.

Most studiedvirtues

are: perseverance,courage, self control, honesty, fairness,

modesty/humility, integrity and sense of

justice.(Velasquez, 1992; Northouse, 2013)

In social conditions 90% of people make some

conclusion about your Character as a leader.


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Your ideas on The Prince.


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Who is Machiavelli?

Why The Prince?

Knowing the Person Machaivelli was

Any thoughts.????

Clip of Salmaan Rushdie (You tube)


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Why Machiavelli?Is Machiavelli relevant?


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What is Machiavellis take on human nature?


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What is the Ultimate goal of The Prince?


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Group Work

Make a group of 7- 8 individuals. Make a group

presentation (not exceeding 8-10 minutes) on

what your group thinks are the major learning

of The Prince.

Illustrate how does it bears relevance to the

skill and craft of a leader and how does it fit

management theory and practice.


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For example:

Observation 1: What is the basic nature of

human beings?

1. Similarity to theory X and theory Y

2. Page no 72 last paragraph.

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