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    ###### Leadership and Ethics Exercise – Group

    This exercise[footnoteRef:1] is intended to encourage you to reflect carefully on your current views on leadership and to stimulate their interest in learning more about ethical leadership. This exercise is also to encourage you to evaluate and make decisions involving ethical dimensions as a member of a group. [1: Adapted from Richard Daft's The Leadership Experience ]

    Group Number ____________

    | | | |
    | — | — | — |
    | **Ethics-Related Statement** | **Consensus** | **Other perspectives (different than consensus) and related comments** |
    | It is wrong for leaders to accept gifts from followers. | | |
    | Leaders must consider the consequences of their actions and the effects they will have. | | |
    | Leaders must always be role models for all followers. | | |
    | Under all conditions, leaders must ensure that all followers participate in the decision making. | | |
    | It is enough for leaders to become an expert, as human relationships do not matter. | | |
    | Leaders must act in accordance with the principle of equality. | | |
    | **Answer Key:** 1<br>**)** Never; 2) In Some Cases; 3) In Most Cases; 4): In All Cases |

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    **## LeadershipandEthicsSummary401.pdf**

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    Leadership and Ethics Summary1

    Background on Leadership

    Leadership has been defined in various ways (Fleishman and others, 1991). One common

    definition regards leadership as a process whereby an individual influences a group of

    individuals to achieve a common goal (Northouse, 2016, p. 16). The following components are

    central to this definition: (a) leadership is a process, (b) leadership involves influence, (c)

    leadership occurs in groups, and (d) leadership involves common goals.

    For present purposes, leadership refers to the individuals exerting influence as 'leaders', and to

    those being influenced as 'followers'. While the distinction between leaders and followers is

    helpful for illustrative purposes, it should be noted that one can simultaneously be a leader in one

    context and a follower in another context. It should also be noted that leadership can be formal,

    such as in the case of an elected prime minister or a company's CEO. But there are also cases of

    informal leadership, when the influence does not derive from a formal authority conferred

    through rules and procedures. Finally, it is useful to highlight that leaders can be associated with

    the world of business, politics, popular culture, and other areas of life.

    Therefore three questions to examine are:

    1. What is ethical leadership?

    2. Why is ethical leadership important?

    3. How can ethical leadership be promoted?

    1. Ethical Leadership

    Eisenbeiss (2012) argues that this concept involves setting and pursuing ethical goals and

    influencing others in an ethical manner. Similarly, De Hoogh and Den Hartog (2009) define

    ethical leadership as the process of influencing the activities of a group toward goal achievement

    in a socially responsible way. They focus both on the means through which leaders attempt to

    achieve goals as well as on the ends themselves.

    The study of ethics generally consists of examining questions about right and wrong, virtue,

    duty, justice, fairness, and responsibility towards others. From an ethical perspective, according

    to Ciulla (2014, p. 16), the ultimate point of studying leadership is to answer the question: What

    is good leadership? The word "good" has two meanings in this context: technically good (or

    1 Adapted from: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

    [https://www.unodc.org/e4j/tertiary/integrity-ethics.html](https://www.unodc.org/e4j/tertiary/integrity-ethics.html)

    Page | 2

    effective) and morally good. This focus on the concept of 'morally good' demonstrates that ethics

    lies at the heart of leadership studies.

    2. Importance of Ethical Leadership

    Ethical leadership is important for two main reasons. First, leaders have ethical responsibilities

    because they have a special position in which they have a greater opportunity to influence others

    and, therefore, outcomes in significant ways. Most people would agree that all of us have a

    responsibility to behave ethically, but it is clear that leaders are held to higher ethical standards

    than followers.

    The values of leaders influence the culture of an organization or society, and whether it behaves

    ethically or not. Leaders set the tone, develop the vision, and their values and behaviours shape

    the behaviour those involved in the organization or society. Therefore, leaders have a significant

    impact on people and societies. Examples of formal and informal leaders from around the world

    include Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Malala Yousafzai, Peng Liyuan (First Lady of

    China), Sheikh Hasina Wajed (Prime Minister of Bangladesh), Yvon Chouinard (the founder of

    Patagonia), Melinda Gates and Angelina Jolie. However, the impact of a leader is not always

    positive, as illustrated by Hitler's leadership of Nazi Germany. The impact of his leadership was

    disastrous for millions of individuals and the world in general.

    On a smaller scale, even team leaders can have profound effects on their team members and the

    organization. All leaders, no matter how many followers they have, exert power. To exert power

    over other people carries an ethical responsibility. Power is the ability of one person (or

    department) in an organization to influence other people to bring about desired outcomes. The

    greater the power, the more responsibility a leader has. Therefore, leaders at all levels carry a

    responsibility for setting the ethical tone and for acting as role models for others.

    Contemporary practice and literature is shifting the focus away from traditional leadership styles,

    such as charismatic and transactional leadership, and is increasingly focusing on leadership

    styles that emphasize an ethical dimension, such as transformative, servant, value-based or

    authentic leadership. In other words, what is regarded today as a 'good leader' is someone who

    effectively leads towards ethical results and not someone who is simply good at leading (as many

    ill meaning demagogues can be). It has been argued that this development emphasizes the strong

    links between ethics and effective leadership (Ng and Feldman, 2015).

    Two models can be used to explain the relationship between ethical leadership and effective

    leadership – the 'interpersonal trust' model and the 'social power' model. The former is attributed

    to Schindler and Thomas (1993), who argue that interpersonal trust is based on five components:

    integrity, competence, consistency, loyalty, and openness. Integrity refers to honesty and

    truthfulness; competence is associated with technical and interpersonal knowledge and skills;

    Page | 3

    consistency is defined as reliability, predictability, and good judgment; loyalty refers to

    willingness to protect and save face for a person; and openness is the willingness to share ideas

    and information freely. This model reflects the idea that followers who trust a leader are willing

    to be vulnerable to the leader's actions because they are confident that their rights and interests

    will not be abused.

    The 'social power' model was developed by French and Raven (1959), who identified five

    common and important bases of power: legitimate, coercive, reward, expert, and referent.

    Legitimate power refers to a person's right to influence another person coupled with the latter's

    obligation to accept this influence; coercive power derives from having the capacity to penalize

    or punish others; reward power is about having the capacity to provide rewards to others; expert

    power is based on the followers' perceptions of the leader's competence; and referent power

    derives from the followers' identification with and liking of the leader. Each of these bases of

    power increases a leader's capacity to influence the attitudes, values, or behaviours of others.

    There are three ways in which a follower may react to these forms of power, according to French

    and Raven (1959). First, when leaders successfully use legitimate or coercive or reward power

    (collectively referred to as position power) they will generate compliance. Compliance means

    that people follow the directions of the person with power, whether or not they agree with those

    directions. The second way in which followers may react to the use of power, especially the use

    of coercion that exceeds a level people consider legitimate, is to resist the leader's attempt to

    influence.

    Resistance means that employees will deliberately try to avoid carrying out instructions or they

    will attempt to disobey orders. The third type of reaction to power is commitment, which is the

    response most often generated by expert or referent power (collectively referred to as personal

    power). Commitment means that followers adopt the leader's viewpoint and enthusiastically

    carry out instructions. Although compliance alone may be enough for routine matters,

    commitment is particularly important when the leader is promoting change (Daft, 2008, p. 365).

    In general, people tend to identify with an ethical leader. Ethical leadership is not the sole source

    of referent power, but it is an important one, particularly in an increasingly changing,

    globalizing, and transparent world.

    3. Ethical dimensions of leadership

    The evaluation of leadership from an ethical point of view is influenced by ethical theories and

    principles of ethical leadership, as well as by practical questions. Ethical theories provide a

    system of rules or principles that guide us in making decisions about what is right or wrong and

    good or bad in a particular situation (Northouse, 2016). There are various theoretical approaches

    to ethical decision-making. Three of the major Western theories were discussed in Module 1:

    [https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/integrity-ethics/module-1/index.html](https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/integrity-ethics/module-1/index.html)

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    utilitarianism (morality depends on whether the action maximizes the overall social 'utility' or

    happiness), deontology (morality depends on conformity to moral principles or duties

    irrespective of the consequences) and virtue ethics (morality depends on perfecting one's

    character). Practical guidelines for exercising ethical leadership have been created by various

    scholars. For example, Eisenbeiss (2012) highlights four principles of ethical leadership: humane

    orientation, justice orientation, responsibility and sustainability orientation, and moderation

    orientation. Another approach is that of Northouse (2016), who suggests five principles of ethical

    leadership: respect, service, justice, honesty, and community.

    While theories and principles of ethical leadership are pertinent, practical questions are also

    important for ethical dilemmas, especially since it is not always feasible to apply a detailed

    theoretical analysis before making a decision. In this regard, it is helpful to use a checklist to

    guide decision-making. This is sometimes referred to as "ethics quick tests" or ethical decision-

    making models, both of which have made their appearance in various guises such as codes of

    conduct of large corporations.

    The following example of an ethical decision-making model:

    Another example is the ethics quick test that is provided by The Ethics Center, an Australian-

    based non-profit organization. The Ethics Center suggests that we ask the following six questions

    before we make a decision:

    1. Would I be happy for this decision to be headlining the news tomorrow?

    2. Is there a universal rule that applies here?

    3. Will the proposed course of action bring about a good result?

    4. What would happen if everybody did this?

    [http://www.ethics.org.au/about/what-is-ethics](http://www.ethics.org.au/about/what-is-ethics)

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    5. What will this proposed action do to my character or the character of my organization?

    6. Is the proposed course of action consistent with my values and principles?

    Effective leaders are often confronted with impossible dilemmas, where no ideal resolution

    exists. In such situation leaders need to make difficult decisions that involve sacrificing some

    goods for the sake of promoting others. A classic example is the decision to go to war, knowing

    that many people, including civilians, will die. Sometimes this dilemma is known as the dirty

    hands problem.

    Becoming an ethical leader

    The issue of ethical leadership is an ancient one. For example, Aristotle argued that the ethical

    person in a position of leadership embodies the virtues of courage, temperance, generosity, self-

    control, honesty, sociability, modesty, fairness, and justice. To Confucius, wisdom, benevolence

    and courage are the core virtues. Applying ethics to leadership and management, Velasquez

    (1992) has suggested that managers develop virtues such as perseverance, public-spiritedness,

    integrity, truthfulness, fidelity, benevolence, and humility. Ethical leadership is also associated

    with the African concept of the sage. Henry Odera Oruka (1944-1995), from Kenya, researched

    sage traditions of Sub-Saharan Africa and provided an account of wisdom that is distinctly

    African. The contemporary South African author Reul Khoza provided accounts of ethical

    leadership from the perspective of Ubuntu which, among other things, feature a communitarian

    account of virtue originating in Africa.

    The philosopher Al-Farabi (872-950) provides us insights into ethical leadership from an Islamic

    perspective. He was born somewhere in modern day Central Asia, and moved throughout the

    great cities of the Islamic world, such as Baghdad and Damascus. His philosophy was wide

    ranging, but his insights on leadership can be found in his writings on ethics and politics. In

    those works, including his famous book The Virtuous City, Al-Farabi argued that leaders should

    also be philosophers, an idea he drew from the Ancient Greek philosopher Plato. For Al-Farabi,

    this meant that a leader must not just be a person of action and power, but one who reflects upon

    what is best for the community which he or she governs. Unlike Plato, he argued that the best

    city was not a monocultural one, but one which embraced diversity, and the wisest leaders found

    ways in which peoples of different races and beliefs could live together. Other thinkers have

    emphasized other sets of virtues, but the differences are not as big as one might think. In fact,

    people from various cultures may have quite similar views on essential virtues.

    Regarding the development of virtues, according to the Aristotelian way, when virtues are

    practiced over time, from youth to adulthood, good values become habitual, and part of the

    people themselves. By telling the truth, people become truthful; by giving to the poor, people

    [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dirty-hands/](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dirty-hands/)

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    become benevolent; by being fair to others, people become just. The Confucian way of

    cultivating oneself begins with obtaining a deep knowledge of how the world works, moves

    through taking certain actions and ends with one's most ambitious goal – to illustrate virtue

    throughout the world. This is strongly connected to the idea that 'knowing', 'doing' and 'being' are

    three interrelated components of an ethical person. In The Great Learning, written around 500

    B.C., and the first of four books selected by Zhu Xi during the Song Dynasty as a foundational

    introduction to Confucianism, Confucius described the process as follows:

    The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious virtue throughout the kingdom first ordered well

    their own states. Wishing to order well their states, they first regulated their families. Wishing to

    regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons. Wishing to cultivate their persons, they

    first rectified their hearts. Wishing to rectify their hearts, they first sought to be sincere in their

    thoughts. Wishing to be sincere in their thoughts, they first extended to the utmost their

    knowledge. Such extension of knowledge lay in the investigation of things.

    Treviño, Hartman and Brown (2000) argue that ethical leadership comprises two aspects: the

    "ethical person" and the "ethical manager". One must first be an ethical person in order to

    become an ethical manager. The managerial aspect refers to a leader's intentional efforts to

    influence others and guide the ethical behaviour of followers – such as communicating ethical

    standards and disciplining employees who behave unethically.

    Ethical leadership relies on a leader's ability to focus the organization's attention on ethics and

    values and to infuse the organization with principles that will guide the actions of all employees.

    Treviño and others also identify three measures that effective ethical managers usually take.

    First, they serve as a role model for ethical conduct in a way that is visible to employees. Second,

    they communicate regularly and persuasively with employees about ethical standards, principles

    and values. Third, they use the reward system consistently to hold all employees accountable to

    ethical standards.

    The context in which leaders operate should not be ignored. Even an ethical person with ethical

    intentions can behave unethically due to behavioural dimensions and or systemic pressures.

    These issues are explored in depth in Modules 6, 7 and 8. Moreover, ethical leadership may vary

    in different cultures, including in terms of style and values as well as the manners in which the

    leader influences followers.

    [http://classics.mit.edu/Confucius/learning.html](http://classics.mit.edu/Confucius/learning.html)

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    References

    Ciulla, Joanne B. (2014). Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. 3 rd ed. Santa Barbara, California:

    Praeger.

    Daft, Richard L. (2008). The Leadership Experience. 4 th ed. Stamford, CT: Cengage.

    de Hoogh, Annebel H.D., and Deanne N. den Hartog (2009). Ethical leadership: the positive and

    responsible use of power. In Power and Interdependence in Organizations, Dean Tjosvold

    and Barbara Wisse, eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    Eisenbeiss, Silke Astrid (2012). Re-thinking ethical leadership: an interdisciplinary integrative

    approach. The Leadership Quarterly, vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 791-808.

    Fleishman, Edwin A. and others (1991). Taxonomic efforts in the description of leader behavior:

    a synthesis and functional interpretation. The Leadership Quarterly, vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 245-

    287.

    French, John R. P., Jr. and Bertram Raven (1959). The bases of social power. In Studies in social

    power, ed. Dorwin Cartwright. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research.

    Hodges, Christopher and Ruth Steinholtz (2018). Ethical Business Practice and Regulation: A

    Behavioural and Values-Based Approach to Compliance and Enforcement. Oxford: Hart

    Publishing.

    Ng, Thomas W. H., and Daniel C. Feldman (2015). Ethical leadership: meta-analytic evidence of

    criterion-related and incremental validity. Journal of Applied Psychology, vol. 100, No. 3,

    pp. 948-965.

    Northouse, Peter G. (2016). Leadership: Theory and practice. 7th ed. Los Angeles: SAGE.

    Schindler, Paul L., and Cher C. Thomas (1993). The structure of interpersonal trust in the

    workplace. Psychological Reports, vol. 73, No. 2, pp. 563-573.

    Treviño, Linda Klebe, Laura Pincus Hartman and Michael E. Brown (2000). Moral person and

    moral manager: how executives develop a reputation for ethical leadership. California

    Management Review, vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 128-142.

    Velasquez, Manuel G. (1992). Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases. 3 rd ed. Englewood Cliffs,

    NJ: Prentice Hall.

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    ###### Leadership and Ethics Exercise – Group

    This exercise[footnoteRef:1] is intended to encourage you to reflect carefully on your current views on leadership and to stimulate their interest in learning more about ethical leadership. This exercise is also to encourage you to evaluate and make decisions involving ethical dimensions as a member of a group. [1: Adapted from Richard Daft's The Leadership Experience ]

    Group Number ____________

    | | | |
    | — | — | — |
    | **Ethics-Related Statement** | **Consensus** | **Other perspectives (different than consensus) and related comments** |
    | It is wrong for leaders to accept gifts from followers. | | |
    | Leaders must consider the consequences of their actions and the effects they will have. | | |
    | Leaders must always be role models for all followers. | | |
    | Under all conditions, leaders must ensure that all followers participate in the decision making. | | |
    | It is enough for leaders to become an expert, as human relationships do not matter. | | |
    | Leaders must act in accordance with the principle of equality. | | |
    | **Answer Key:** 1<br>**)** Never; 2) In Some Cases; 3) In Most Cases; 4): In All Cases |

    Page | 1

    **## LeadershipandEthicsSummary401.pdf**

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    Leadership and Ethics Summary1

    Background on Leadership

    Leadership has been defined in various ways (Fleishman and others, 1991). One common

    definition regards leadership as a process whereby an individual influences a group of

    individuals to achieve a common goal (Northouse, 2016, p. 16). The following components are

    central to this definition: (a) leadership is a process, (b) leadership involves influence, (c)

    leadership occurs in groups, and (d) leadership involves common goals.

    For present purposes, leadership refers to the individuals exerting influence as 'leaders', and to

    those being influenced as 'followers'. While the distinction between leaders and followers is

    helpful for illustrative purposes, it should be noted that one can simultaneously be a leader in one

    context and a follower in another context. It should also be noted that leadership can be formal,

    such as in the case of an elected prime minister or a company's CEO. But there are also cases of

    informal leadership, when the influence does not derive from a formal authority conferred

    through rules and procedures. Finally, it is useful to highlight that leaders can be associated with

    the world of business, politics, popular culture, and other areas of life.

    Therefore three questions to examine are:

    1. What is ethical leadership?

    2. Why is ethical leadership important?

    3. How can ethical leadership be promoted?

    1. Ethical Leadership

    Eisenbeiss (2012) argues that this concept involves setting and pursuing ethical goals and

    influencing others in an ethical manner. Similarly, De Hoogh and Den Hartog (2009) define

    ethical leadership as the process of influencing the activities of a group toward goal achievement

    in a socially responsible way. They focus both on the means through which leaders attempt to

    achieve goals as well as on the ends themselves.

    The study of ethics generally consists of examining questions about right and wrong, virtue,

    duty, justice, fairness, and responsibility towards others. From an ethical perspective, according

    to Ciulla (2014, p. 16), the ultimate point of studying leadership is to answer the question: What

    is good leadership? The word "good" has two meanings in this context: technically good (or

    1 Adapted from: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

    [https://www.unodc.org/e4j/tertiary/integrity-ethics.html](https://www.unodc.org/e4j/tertiary/integrity-ethics.html)

    Page | 2

    effective) and morally good. This focus on the concept of 'morally good' demonstrates that ethics

    lies at the heart of leadership studies.

    2. Importance of Ethical Leadership

    Ethical leadership is important for two main reasons. First, leaders have ethical responsibilities

    because they have a special position in which they have a greater opportunity to influence others

    and, therefore, outcomes in significant ways. Most people would agree that all of us have a

    responsibility to behave ethically, but it is clear that leaders are held to higher ethical standards

    than followers.

    The values of leaders influence the culture of an organization or society, and whether it behaves

    ethically or not. Leaders set the tone, develop the vision, and their values and behaviours shape

    the behaviour those involved in the organization or society. Therefore, leaders have a significant

    impact on people and societies. Examples of formal and informal leaders from around the world

    include Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Malala Yousafzai, Peng Liyuan (First Lady of

    China), Sheikh Hasina Wajed (Prime Minister of Bangladesh), Yvon Chouinard (the founder of

    Patagonia), Melinda Gates and Angelina Jolie. However, the impact of a leader is not always

    positive, as illustrated by Hitler's leadership of Nazi Germany. The impact of his leadership was

    disastrous for millions of individuals and the world in general.

    On a smaller scale, even team leaders can have profound effects on their team members and the

    organization. All leaders, no matter how many followers they have, exert power. To exert power

    over other people carries an ethical responsibility. Power is the ability of one person (or

    department) in an organization to influence other people to bring about desired outcomes. The

    greater the power, the more responsibility a leader has. Therefore, leaders at all levels carry a

    responsibility for setting the ethical tone and for acting as role models for others.

    Contemporary practice and literature is shifting the focus away from traditional leadership styles,

    such as charismatic and transactional leadership, and is increasingly focusing on leadership

    styles that emphasize an ethical dimension, such as transformative, servant, value-based or

    authentic leadership. In other words, what is regarded today as a 'good leader' is someone who

    effectively leads towards ethical results and not someone who is simply good at leading (as many

    ill meaning demagogues can be). It has been argued that this development emphasizes the strong

    links between ethics and effective leadership (Ng and Feldman, 2015).

    Two models can be used to explain the relationship between ethical leadership and effective

    leadership – the 'interpersonal trust' model and the 'social power' model. The former is attributed

    to Schindler and Thomas (1993), who argue that interpersonal trust is based on five components:

    integrity, competence, consistency, loyalty, and openness. Integrity refers to honesty and

    truthfulness; competence is associated with technical and interpersonal knowledge and skills;

    Page | 3

    consistency is defined as reliability, predictability, and good judgment; loyalty refers to

    willingness to protect and save face for a person; and openness is the willingness to share ideas

    and information freely. This model reflects the idea that followers who trust a leader are willing

    to be vulnerable to the leader's actions because they are confident that their rights and interests

    will not be abused.

    The 'social power' model was developed by French and Raven (1959), who identified five

    common and important bases of power: legitimate, coercive, reward, expert, and referent.

    Legitimate power refers to a person's right to influence another person coupled with the latter's

    obligation to accept this influence; coercive power derives from having the capacity to penalize

    or punish others; reward power is about having the capacity to provide rewards to others; expert

    power is based on the followers' perceptions of the leader's competence; and referent power

    derives from the followers' identification with and liking of the leader. Each of these bases of

    power increases a leader's capacity to influence the attitudes, values, or behaviours of others.

    There are three ways in which a follower may react to these forms of power, according to French

    and Raven (1959). First, when leaders successfully use legitimate or coercive or reward power

    (collectively referred to as position power) they will generate compliance. Compliance means

    that people follow the directions of the person with power, whether or not they agree with those

    directions. The second way in which followers may react to the use of power, especially the use

    of coercion that exceeds a level people consider legitimate, is to resist the leader's attempt to

    influence.

    Resistance means that employees will deliberately try to avoid carrying out instructions or they

    will attempt to disobey orders. The third type of reaction to power is commitment, which is the

    response most often generated by expert or referent power (collectively referred to as personal

    power). Commitment means that followers adopt the leader's viewpoint and enthusiastically

    carry out instructions. Although compliance alone may be enough for routine matters,

    commitment is particularly important when the leader is promoting change (Daft, 2008, p. 365).

    In general, people tend to identify with an ethical leader. Ethical leadership is not the sole source

    of referent power, but it is an important one, particularly in an increasingly changing,

    globalizing, and transparent world.

    3. Ethical dimensions of leadership

    The evaluation of leadership from an ethical point of view is influenced by ethical theories and

    principles of ethical leadership, as well as by practical questions. Ethical theories provide a

    system of rules or principles that guide us in making decisions about what is right or wrong and

    good or bad in a particular situation (Northouse, 2016). There are various theoretical approaches

    to ethical decision-making. Three of the major Western theories were discussed in Module 1:

    [https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/integrity-ethics/module-1/index.html](https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/integrity-ethics/module-1/index.html)

    Page | 4

    utilitarianism (morality depends on whether the action maximizes the overall social 'utility' or

    happiness), deontology (morality depends on conformity to moral principles or duties

    irrespective of the consequences) and virtue ethics (morality depends on perfecting one's

    character). Practical guidelines for exercising ethical leadership have been created by various

    scholars. For example, Eisenbeiss (2012) highlights four principles of ethical leadership: humane

    orientation, justice orientation, responsibility and sustainability orientation, and moderation

    orientation. Another approach is that of Northouse (2016), who suggests five principles of ethical

    leadership: respect, service, justice, honesty, and community.

    While theories and principles of ethical leadership are pertinent, practical questions are also

    important for ethical dilemmas, especially since it is not always feasible to apply a detailed

    theoretical analysis before making a decision. In this regard, it is helpful to use a checklist to

    guide decision-making. This is sometimes referred to as "ethics quick tests" or ethical decision-

    making models, both of which have made their appearance in various guises such as codes of

    conduct of large corporations.

    The following example of an ethical decision-making model:

    Another example is the ethics quick test that is provided by The Ethics Center, an Australian-

    based non-profit organization. The Ethics Center suggests that we ask the following six questions

    before we make a decision:

    1. Would I be happy for this decision to be headlining the news tomorrow?

    2. Is there a universal rule that applies here?

    3. Will the proposed course of action bring about a good result?

    4. What would happen if everybody did this?

    [http://www.ethics.org.au/about/what-is-ethics](http://www.ethics.org.au/about/what-is-ethics)

    Page | 5

    5. What will this proposed action do to my character or the character of my organization?

    6. Is the proposed course of action consistent with my values and principles?

    Effective leaders are often confronted with impossible dilemmas, where no ideal resolution

    exists. In such situation leaders need to make difficult decisions that involve sacrificing some

    goods for the sake of promoting others. A classic example is the decision to go to war, knowing

    that many people, including civilians, will die. Sometimes this dilemma is known as the dirty

    hands problem.

    Becoming an ethical leader

    The issue of ethical leadership is an ancient one. For example, Aristotle argued that the ethical

    person in a position of leadership embodies the virtues of courage, temperance, generosity, self-

    control, honesty, sociability, modesty, fairness, and justice. To Confucius, wisdom, benevolence

    and courage are the core virtues. Applying ethics to leadership and management, Velasquez

    (1992) has suggested that managers develop virtues such as perseverance, public-spiritedness,

    integrity, truthfulness, fidelity, benevolence, and humility. Ethical leadership is also associated

    with the African concept of the sage. Henry Odera Oruka (1944-1995), from Kenya, researched

    sage traditions of Sub-Saharan Africa and provided an account of wisdom that is distinctly

    African. The contemporary South African author Reul Khoza provided accounts of ethical

    leadership from the perspective of Ubuntu which, among other things, feature a communitarian

    account of virtue originating in Africa.

    The philosopher Al-Farabi (872-950) provides us insights into ethical leadership from an Islamic

    perspective. He was born somewhere in modern day Central Asia, and moved throughout the

    great cities of the Islamic world, such as Baghdad and Damascus. His philosophy was wide

    ranging, but his insights on leadership can be found in his writings on ethics and politics. In

    those works, including his famous book The Virtuous City, Al-Farabi argued that leaders should

    also be philosophers, an idea he drew from the Ancient Greek philosopher Plato. For Al-Farabi,

    this meant that a leader must not just be a person of action and power, but one who reflects upon

    what is best for the community which he or she governs. Unlike Plato, he argued that the best

    city was not a monocultural one, but one which embraced diversity, and the wisest leaders found

    ways in which peoples of different races and beliefs could live together. Other thinkers have

    emphasized other sets of virtues, but the differences are not as big as one might think. In fact,

    people from various cultures may have quite similar views on essential virtues.

    Regarding the development of virtues, according to the Aristotelian way, when virtues are

    practiced over time, from youth to adulthood, good values become habitual, and part of the

    people themselves. By telling the truth, people become truthful; by giving to the poor, people

    [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dirty-hands/](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dirty-hands/)

    [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dirty-hands/](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dirty-hands/)

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    become benevolent; by being fair to others, people become just. The Confucian way of

    cultivating oneself begins with obtaining a deep knowledge of how the world works, moves

    through taking certain actions and ends with one's most ambitious goal – to illustrate virtue

    throughout the world. This is strongly connected to the idea that 'knowing', 'doing' and 'being' are

    three interrelated components of an ethical person. In The Great Learning, written around 500

    B.C., and the first of four books selected by Zhu Xi during the Song Dynasty as a foundational

    introduction to Confucianism, Confucius described the process as follows:

    The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious virtue throughout the kingdom first ordered well

    their own states. Wishing to order well their states, they first regulated their families. Wishing to

    regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons. Wishing to cultivate their persons, they

    first rectified their hearts. Wishing to rectify their hearts, they first sought to be sincere in their

    thoughts. Wishing to be sincere in their thoughts, they first extended to the utmost their

    knowledge. Such extension of knowledge lay in the investigation of things.

    Treviño, Hartman and Brown (2000) argue that ethical leadership comprises two aspects: the

    "ethical person" and the "ethical manager". One must first be an ethical person in order to

    become an ethical manager. The managerial aspect refers to a leader's intentional efforts to

    influence others and guide the ethical behaviour of followers – such as communicating ethical

    standards and disciplining employees who behave unethically.

    Ethical leadership relies on a leader's ability to focus the organization's attention on ethics and

    values and to infuse the organization with principles that will guide the actions of all employees.

    Treviño and others also identify three measures that effective ethical managers usually take.

    First, they serve as a role model for ethical conduct in a way that is visible to employees. Second,

    they communicate regularly and persuasively with employees about ethical standards, principles

    and values. Third, they use the reward system consistently to hold all employees accountable to

    ethical standards.

    The context in which leaders operate should not be ignored. Even an ethical person with ethical

    intentions can behave unethically due to behavioural dimensions and or systemic pressures.

    These issues are explored in depth in Modules 6, 7 and 8. Moreover, ethical leadership may vary

    in different cultures, including in terms of style and values as well as the manners in which the

    leader influences followers.

    [http://classics.mit.edu/Confucius/learning.html](http://classics.mit.edu/Confucius/learning.html)

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    References

    Ciulla, Joanne B. (2014). Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. 3 rd ed. Santa Barbara, California:

    Praeger.

    Daft, Richard L. (2008). The Leadership Experience. 4 th ed. Stamford, CT: Cengage.

    de Hoogh, Annebel H.D., and Deanne N. den Hartog (2009). Ethical leadership: the positive and

    responsible use of power. In Power and Interdependence in Organizations, Dean Tjosvold

    and Barbara Wisse, eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    Eisenbeiss, Silke Astrid (2012). Re-thinking ethical leadership: an interdisciplinary integrative

    approach. The Leadership Quarterly, vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 791-808.

    Fleishman, Edwin A. and others (1991). Taxonomic efforts in the description of leader behavior:

    a synthesis and functional interpretation. The Leadership Quarterly, vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 245-

    287.

    French, John R. P., Jr. and Bertram Raven (1959). The bases of social power. In Studies in social

    power, ed. Dorwin Cartwright. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research.

    Hodges, Christopher and Ruth Steinholtz (2018). Ethical Business Practice and Regulation: A

    Behavioural and Values-Based Approach to Compliance and Enforcement. Oxford: Hart

    Publishing.

    Ng, Thomas W. H., and Daniel C. Feldman (2015). Ethical leadership: meta-analytic evidence of

    criterion-related and incremental validity. Journal of Applied Psychology, vol. 100, No. 3,

    pp. 948-965.

    Northouse, Peter G. (2016). Leadership: Theory and practice. 7th ed. Los Angeles: SAGE.

    Schindler, Paul L., and Cher C. Thomas (1993). The structure of interpersonal trust in the

    workplace. Psychological Reports, vol. 73, No. 2, pp. 563-573.

    Treviño, Linda Klebe, Laura Pincus Hartman and Michael E. Brown (2000). Moral person and

    moral manager: how executives develop a reputation for ethical leadership. California

    Management Review, vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 128-142.

    Velasquez, Manuel G. (1992). Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases. 3 rd ed. Englewood Cliffs,

    NJ: Prentice Hall.

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    ###### Leadership and Ethics Exercise – Group

    This exercise[footnoteRef:1] is intended to encourage you to reflect carefully on your current views on leadership and to stimulate their interest in learning more about ethical leadership. This exercise is also to encourage you to evaluate and make decisions involving ethical dimensions as a member of a group. [1: Adapted from Richard Daft's The Leadership Experience ]

    Group Number ____________

    | | | |
    | — | — | — |
    | **Ethics-Related Statement** | **Consensus** | **Other perspectives (different than consensus) and related comments** |
    | It is wrong for leaders to accept gifts from followers. | | |
    | Leaders must consider the consequences of their actions and the effects they will have. | | |
    | Leaders must always be role models for all followers. | | |
    | Under all conditions, leaders must ensure that all followers participate in the decision making. | | |
    | It is enough for leaders to become an expert, as human relationships do not matter. | | |
    | Leaders must act in accordance with the principle of equality. | | |
    | **Answer Key:** 1<br>**)** Never; 2) In Some Cases; 3) In Most Cases; 4): In All Cases |

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    **## LeadershipandEthicsSummary401.pdf**

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    Leadership and Ethics Summary1

    Background on Leadership

    Leadership has been defined in various ways (Fleishman and others, 1991). One common

    definition regards leadership as a process whereby an individual influences a group of

    individuals to achieve a common goal (Northouse, 2016, p. 16). The following components are

    central to this definition: (a) leadership is a process, (b) leadership involves influence, (c)

    leadership occurs in groups, and (d) leadership involves common goals.

    For present purposes, leadership refers to the individuals exerting influence as 'leaders', and to

    those being influenced as 'followers'. While the distinction between leaders and followers is

    helpful for illustrative purposes, it should be noted that one can simultaneously be a leader in one

    context and a follower in another context. It should also be noted that leadership can be formal,

    such as in the case of an elected prime minister or a company's CEO. But there are also cases of

    informal leadership, when the influence does not derive from a formal authority conferred

    through rules and procedures. Finally, it is useful to highlight that leaders can be associated with

    the world of business, politics, popular culture, and other areas of life.

    Therefore three questions to examine are:

    1. What is ethical leadership?

    2. Why is ethical leadership important?

    3. How can ethical leadership be promoted?

    1. Ethical Leadership

    Eisenbeiss (2012) argues that this concept involves setting and pursuing ethical goals and

    influencing others in an ethical manner. Similarly, De Hoogh and Den Hartog (2009) define

    ethical leadership as the process of influencing the activities of a group toward goal achievement

    in a socially responsible way. They focus both on the means through which leaders attempt to

    achieve goals as well as on the ends themselves.

    The study of ethics generally consists of examining questions about right and wrong, virtue,

    duty, justice, fairness, and responsibility towards others. From an ethical perspective, according

    to Ciulla (2014, p. 16), the ultimate point of studying leadership is to answer the question: What

    is good leadership? The word "good" has two meanings in this context: technically good (or

    1 Adapted from: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

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    effective) and morally good. This focus on the concept of 'morally good' demonstrates that ethics

    lies at the heart of leadership studies.

    2. Importance of Ethical Leadership

    Ethical leadership is important for two main reasons. First, leaders have ethical responsibilities

    because they have a special position in which they have a greater opportunity to influence others

    and, therefore, outcomes in significant ways. Most people would agree that all of us have a

    responsibility to behave ethically, but it is clear that leaders are held to higher ethical standards

    than followers.

    The values of leaders influence the culture of an organization or society, and whether it behaves

    ethically or not. Leaders set the tone, develop the vision, and their values and behaviours shape

    the behaviour those involved in the organization or society. Therefore, leaders have a significant

    impact on people and societies. Examples of formal and informal leaders from around the world

    include Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Malala Yousafzai, Peng Liyuan (First Lady of

    China), Sheikh Hasina Wajed (Prime Minister of Bangladesh), Yvon Chouinard (the founder of

    Patagonia), Melinda Gates and Angelina Jolie. However, the impact of a leader is not always

    positive, as illustrated by Hitler's leadership of Nazi Germany. The impact of his leadership was

    disastrous for millions of individuals and the world in general.

    On a smaller scale, even team leaders can have profound effects on their team members and the

    organization. All leaders, no matter how many followers they have, exert power. To exert power

    over other people carries an ethical responsibility. Power is the ability of one person (or

    department) in an organization to influence other people to bring about desired outcomes. The

    greater the power, the more responsibility a leader has. Therefore, leaders at all levels carry a

    responsibility for setting the ethical tone and for acting as role models for others.

    Contemporary practice and literature is shifting the focus away from traditional leadership styles,

    such as charismatic and transactional leadership, and is increasingly focusing on leadership

    styles that emphasize an ethical dimension, such as transformative, servant, value-based or

    authentic leadership. In other words, what is regarded today as a 'good leader' is someone who

    effectively leads towards ethical results and not someone who is simply good at leading (as many

    ill meaning demagogues can be). It has been argued that this development emphasizes the strong

    links between ethics and effective leadership (Ng and Feldman, 2015).

    Two models can be used to explain the relationship between ethical leadership and effective

    leadership – the 'interpersonal trust' model and the 'social power' model. The former is attributed

    to Schindler and Thomas (1993), who argue that interpersonal trust is based on five components:

    integrity, competence, consistency, loyalty, and openness. Integrity refers to honesty and

    truthfulness; competence is associated with technical and interpersonal knowledge and skills;

    Page | 3

    consistency is defined as reliability, predictability, and good judgment; loyalty refers to

    willingness to protect and save face for a person; and openness is the willingness to share ideas

    and information freely. This model reflects the idea that followers who trust a leader are willing

    to be vulnerable to the leader's actions because they are confident that their rights and interests

    will not be abused.

    The 'social power' model was developed by French and Raven (1959), who identified five

    common and important bases of power: legitimate, coercive, reward, expert, and referent.

    Legitimate power refers to a person's right to influence another person coupled with the latter's

    obligation to accept this influence; coercive power derives from having the capacity to penalize

    or punish others; reward power is about having the capacity to provide rewards to others; expert

    power is based on the followers' perceptions of the leader's competence; and referent power

    derives from the followers' identification with and liking of the leader. Each of these bases of

    power increases a leader's capacity to influence the attitudes, values, or behaviours of others.

    There are three ways in which a follower may react to these forms of power, according to French

    and Raven (1959). First, when leaders successfully use legitimate or coercive or reward power

    (collectively referred to as position power) they will generate compliance. Compliance means

    that people follow the directions of the person with power, whether or not they agree with those

    directions. The second way in which followers may react to the use of power, especially the use

    of coercion that exceeds a level people consider legitimate, is to resist the leader's attempt to

    influence.

    Resistance means that employees will deliberately try to avoid carrying out instructions or they

    will attempt to disobey orders. The third type of reaction to power is commitment, which is the

    response most often generated by expert or referent power (collectively referred to as personal

    power). Commitment means that followers adopt the leader's viewpoint and enthusiastically

    carry out instructions. Although compliance alone may be enough for routine matters,

    commitment is particularly important when the leader is promoting change (Daft, 2008, p. 365).

    In general, people tend to identify with an ethical leader. Ethical leadership is not the sole source

    of referent power, but it is an important one, particularly in an increasingly changing,

    globalizing, and transparent world.

    3. Ethical dimensions of leadership

    The evaluation of leadership from an ethical point of view is influenced by ethical theories and

    principles of ethical leadership, as well as by practical questions. Ethical theories provide a

    system of rules or principles that guide us in making decisions about what is right or wrong and

    good or bad in a particular situation (Northouse, 2016). There are various theoretical approaches

    to ethical decision-making. Three of the major Western theories were discussed in Module 1:

    [https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/integrity-ethics/module-1/index.html](https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/integrity-ethics/module-1/index.html)

    Page | 4

    utilitarianism (morality depends on whether the action maximizes the overall social 'utility' or

    happiness), deontology (morality depends on conformity to moral principles or duties

    irrespective of the consequences) and virtue ethics (morality depends on perfecting one's

    character). Practical guidelines for exercising ethical leadership have been created by various

    scholars. For example, Eisenbeiss (2012) highlights four principles of ethical leadership: humane

    orientation, justice orientation, responsibility and sustainability orientation, and moderation

    orientation. Another approach is that of Northouse (2016), who suggests five principles of ethical

    leadership: respect, service, justice, honesty, and community.

    While theories and principles of ethical leadership are pertinent, practical questions are also

    important for ethical dilemmas, especially since it is not always feasible to apply a detailed

    theoretical analysis before making a decision. In this regard, it is helpful to use a checklist to

    guide decision-making. This is sometimes referred to as "ethics quick tests" or ethical decision-

    making models, both of which have made their appearance in various guises such as codes of

    conduct of large corporations.

    The following example of an ethical decision-making model:

    Another example is the ethics quick test that is provided by The Ethics Center, an Australian-

    based non-profit organization. The Ethics Center suggests that we ask the following six questions

    before we make a decision:

    1. Would I be happy for this decision to be headlining the news tomorrow?

    2. Is there a universal rule that applies here?

    3. Will the proposed course of action bring about a good result?

    4. What would happen if everybody did this?

    [http://www.ethics.org.au/about/what-is-ethics](http://www.ethics.org.au/about/what-is-ethics)

    Page | 5

    5. What will this proposed action do to my character or the character of my organization?

    6. Is the proposed course of action consistent with my values and principles?

    Effective leaders are often confronted with impossible dilemmas, where no ideal resolution

    exists. In such situation leaders need to make difficult decisions that involve sacrificing some

    goods for the sake of promoting others. A classic example is the decision to go to war, knowing

    that many people, including civilians, will die. Sometimes this dilemma is known as the dirty

    hands problem.

    Becoming an ethical leader

    The issue of ethical leadership is an ancient one. For example, Aristotle argued that the ethical

    person in a position of leadership embodies the virtues of courage, temperance, generosity, self-

    control, honesty, sociability, modesty, fairness, and justice. To Confucius, wisdom, benevolence

    and courage are the core virtues. Applying ethics to leadership and management, Velasquez

    (1992) has suggested that managers develop virtues such as perseverance, public-spiritedness,

    integrity, truthfulness, fidelity, benevolence, and humility. Ethical leadership is also associated

    with the African concept of the sage. Henry Odera Oruka (1944-1995), from Kenya, researched

    sage traditions of Sub-Saharan Africa and provided an account of wisdom that is distinctly

    African. The contemporary South African author Reul Khoza provided accounts of ethical

    leadership from the perspective of Ubuntu which, among other things, feature a communitarian

    account of virtue originating in Africa.

    The philosopher Al-Farabi (872-950) provides us insights into ethical leadership from an Islamic

    perspective. He was born somewhere in modern day Central Asia, and moved throughout the

    great cities of the Islamic world, such as Baghdad and Damascus. His philosophy was wide

    ranging, but his insights on leadership can be found in his writings on ethics and politics. In

    those works, including his famous book The Virtuous City, Al-Farabi argued that leaders should

    also be philosophers, an idea he drew from the Ancient Greek philosopher Plato. For Al-Farabi,

    this meant that a leader must not just be a person of action and power, but one who reflects upon

    what is best for the community which he or she governs. Unlike Plato, he argued that the best

    city was not a monocultural one, but one which embraced diversity, and the wisest leaders found

    ways in which peoples of different races and beliefs could live together. Other thinkers have

    emphasized other sets of virtues, but the differences are not as big as one might think. In fact,

    people from various cultures may have quite similar views on essential virtues.

    Regarding the development of virtues, according to the Aristotelian way, when virtues are

    practiced over time, from youth to adulthood, good values become habitual, and part of the

    people themselves. By telling the truth, people become truthful; by giving to the poor, people

    [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dirty-hands/](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dirty-hands/)

    [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dirty-hands/](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dirty-hands/)

    Page | 6

    become benevolent; by being fair to others, people become just. The Confucian way of

    cultivating oneself begins with obtaining a deep knowledge of how the world works, moves

    through taking certain actions and ends with one's most ambitious goal – to illustrate virtue

    throughout the world. This is strongly connected to the idea that 'knowing', 'doing' and 'being' are

    three interrelated components of an ethical person. In The Great Learning, written around 500

    B.C., and the first of four books selected by Zhu Xi during the Song Dynasty as a foundational

    introduction to Confucianism, Confucius described the process as follows:

    The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious virtue throughout the kingdom first ordered well

    their own states. Wishing to order well their states, they first regulated their families. Wishing to

    regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons. Wishing to cultivate their persons, they

    first rectified their hearts. Wishing to rectify their hearts, they first sought to be sincere in their

    thoughts. Wishing to be sincere in their thoughts, they first extended to the utmost their

    knowledge. Such extension of knowledge lay in the investigation of things.

    Treviño, Hartman and Brown (2000) argue that ethical leadership comprises two aspects: the

    "ethical person" and the "ethical manager". One must first be an ethical person in order to

    become an ethical manager. The managerial aspect refers to a leader's intentional efforts to

    influence others and guide the ethical behaviour of followers – such as communicating ethical

    standards and disciplining employees who behave unethically.

    Ethical leadership relies on a leader's ability to focus the organization's attention on ethics and

    values and to infuse the organization with principles that will guide the actions of all employees.

    Treviño and others also identify three measures that effective ethical managers usually take.

    First, they serve as a role model for ethical conduct in a way that is visible to employees. Second,

    they communicate regularly and persuasively with employees about ethical standards, principles

    and values. Third, they use the reward system consistently to hold all employees accountable to

    ethical standards.

    The context in which leaders operate should not be ignored. Even an ethical person with ethical

    intentions can behave unethically due to behavioural dimensions and or systemic pressures.

    These issues are explored in depth in Modules 6, 7 and 8. Moreover, ethical leadership may vary

    in different cultures, including in terms of style and values as well as the manners in which the

    leader influences followers.

    [http://classics.mit.edu/Confucius/learning.html](http://classics.mit.edu/Confucius/learning.html)

    [https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/integrity-ethics/module-6/index.html](https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/integrity-ethics/module-6/index.html)

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    References

    Ciulla, Joanne B. (2014). Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. 3 rd ed. Santa Barbara, California:

    Praeger.

    Daft, Richard L. (2008). The Leadership Experience. 4 th ed. Stamford, CT: Cengage.

    de Hoogh, Annebel H.D., and Deanne N. den Hartog (2009). Ethical leadership: the positive and

    responsible use of power. In Power and Interdependence in Organizations, Dean Tjosvold

    and Barbara Wisse, eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    Eisenbeiss, Silke Astrid (2012). Re-thinking ethical leadership: an interdisciplinary integrative

    approach. The Leadership Quarterly, vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 791-808.

    Fleishman, Edwin A. and others (1991). Taxonomic efforts in the description of leader behavior:

    a synthesis and functional interpretation. The Leadership Quarterly, vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 245-

    287.

    French, John R. P., Jr. and Bertram Raven (1959). The bases of social power. In Studies in social

    power, ed. Dorwin Cartwright. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research.

    Hodges, Christopher and Ruth Steinholtz (2018). Ethical Business Practice and Regulation: A

    Behavioural and Values-Based Approach to Compliance and Enforcement. Oxford: Hart

    Publishing.

    Ng, Thomas W. H., and Daniel C. Feldman (2015). Ethical leadership: meta-analytic evidence of

    criterion-related and incremental validity. Journal of Applied Psychology, vol. 100, No. 3,

    pp. 948-965.

    Northouse, Peter G. (2016). Leadership: Theory and practice. 7th ed. Los Angeles: SAGE.

    Schindler, Paul L., and Cher C. Thomas (1993). The structure of interpersonal trust in the

    workplace. Psychological Reports, vol. 73, No. 2, pp. 563-573.

    Treviño, Linda Klebe, Laura Pincus Hartman and Michael E. Brown (2000). Moral person and

    moral manager: how executives develop a reputation for ethical leadership. California

    Management Review, vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 128-142.

    Velasquez, Manuel G. (1992). Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases. 3 rd ed. Englewood Cliffs,

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