Ethical Leadership in an Organization
Read the article by Yukl, Mahsud, Hassan, & Prussia. (2013), as well as Chapter 7 of Gonzalez-Padron (2015). Complete the Checklist: Ethical Leadership Questionnaire, then answer these following questions from the text:
Describe the behaviors that are most important for you to feel trust in the ethical leadership of a supervisor, manager, or company executive?
Describe any descriptors in the list that are difficult to observe?
Analyze how ethical leadership can be measured in an organization?
Evaluate how personal experience with a leader (e.g., work assignments, disciplinary actions) skew your assessment of his or her ethical leadership? Cite an example based on personal experience.
Your response must be a minimum of 300 words.
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Gonzalez-Padron, T. (2015). Business ethics and social responsibility for managers. Zovio.
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The behaviors that create trust in the ethical leadership of a supervisor, manager, or company executive include openness, communication, and empathy. These three essential elements help push an employee away or closer to the organization. A leader needs to exercise what he stands for and lead by example (Gonzalez-Padron, 2015). Winning the trust of junior staff calls for a great understanding of their experiences and relating to them personally. It also calls for fairness, where promotions and recognition are based on merit and nothing else. The descriptors in the ELQ list are okay and manageable to observe.
Ethical leadership in an organization can be measured from both within and outside. From within, it can be measured by how the staff, clients, and management relate to each other. The organization has high ethical values if they relate to integrity and transparency. Hassan et al. (2...