A summary of ethical leadership,as part of the "Real Value Leadership" series.
Leading in an ethical manner can deliver increased value to a business as well as attracting and keeping the high performers that every business would like to have.
5. Types of Leader
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Intellectual
Traditional
Individual
Elected
Role model - leads by example
The real Ethical leader
6. Leadership - the 3 elements
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Relationship building
Emotional involvement
Offering a choice
7. Leadership concepts
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Trust
Values
The firm's Code of Conduct
Teaching
Living and speaking Values
8. Leadership Traits
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Creating an open environment
Letting others have credit ... free of ego
Making informed decisions
Speaking his mind
Having high integrity
Letting others know him
Not being threatened by others
9. Ethical Failure
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Ethical muteness
Not talking about being ethical
FIX - Communication about ethical issues
Ethical Blindness
Not being able to see an ethical issue
FIX - Develop ethical awareness
Ethical Paralysis
Values not put into practice
FIX - effectiveness and Action
Ethical Hypocrisy
Saying X, but doing Y.
FIX - develop integrity
10. Ethical Failure (2)
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Ethical Duplicity
Having different values at home compared to work.
FIX - Consistency at all times
Ethical Complacency
Thinking: I can do no wrong
FIX - Humility and attention to ethics at all times
Ethical Incoherence
Missing the inconsistencies
FIX - Recognize & resolve inconsistencies
11. The Ethical Leadership pyramid
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1 Awareness - being aware of the ethical issues
2 Reasoning - Thinking through ethical issues
3 Action - Putting ethical decisions into Action
through behavior
4 Leadership - Consistently acting in a ethical and
responsible way