Response to Classmate Response -Ethical Leadership

BUS499-Week 8 Response to classmate Discussion -Single space -no more than 10 sentences. Spiritual Leadership The construct of spiritual leadership emphasizes a sense of ‘calling’ and vision for the organization. These motives may potentially mean a spiritual leader is also ethical (Fry, 2003). However, in contrast, the characteristic relating to ethical leadership that defines the difference is the transactional nature of how an ethical leader influence the ethical conduct of followers (Brown & Trevino, 2006b). Ethical leaders, like spiritual and transformational leaders demonstrate integrity and care for others (altruism). Authentic Leadership Authentic leaders’ self-awareness and authenticity are not recognized as being part of the ethical leadership construct (Gardner et al., 2005). Authenticity has been identified as inherent in individuals who have strong personal insight and self-regulation (Luthans & Avolio, 2003). Being ‘true to oneself’ was not identified by respondents in interviews conducted by Trevino et al. (2000). Luthans and Avolio (2003) identified authentic leadership as a ‘root construct’ since it potentially shares the characteristics of other leadership constructs such as transformational and ethical leadership. Brown and Trevino (2006b) acknowledged the ethical component of both the authentic and ethical leadership constructs. However, they emphasized that self-awareness (authenticity) is not part of the ethical leadership construct. Having said this, the literature did attribute, for example, moral identity and self-awarenessas important factors in influencing a leader’s ethical conduct (Ashkanasy, Windsor, & Trevino, 2006; Caldwell, 2009; Peterson, 2004; Reynolds, 2006; Shao, Aquino, & Freeman, 2008; Werhane, 2008). Crews, J. (2015). What is an Ethical Leader? The Characteristics of Ethical Leadership from the Perceptions Held by Australian Senior Executives. Journal of Business & Management, 21(1).