Monday, April 27, 2009

Chapter 13 Insights

Ethics is defined as "of or pertaining to morality" and "the science of morals, the moral principles by which a person is guided".  

Chapter 13 talks about the grey line between ethics and effectiveness, and not always being able. Sometimes being ethical is being effective and sometimes being effective is being ethical. Unethical situations are sometimes a result of leaders' incompetencies. The chapter talks about the dimensions of ethical leadership: ethics of leader/follower relationship, ethics of a leader as person, ethics of the leadership process, and the ethical decisions of leader. 

This chapter also mentioned altruism and how it is a motive for acting.

Do you think our morals and ethics should be the basis for how we act as leaders? Or do we make decisions as leaders and use our ethics as a soundboard for previous choices?

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