Components of Ethical Leadership and Their Importance in Sustaining Organizations Over the Long Term

Abstract

This article identifies components of ethical leadership and then aligns them with the style of leadership that includes them. The importance of such an article comes at a time when ethical practices or lack thereof seems to be increasingly prevalent in many organizations' execution of their business practices. These organizations quite often have an ethics statement outlining required behavior of employees and tout their commitment to employees, society, and the customer, yet we continue to see major infractions of these codes of ethics. All this comes at a high financial cost to organizations. In order to avoid such fines, and damage to brand equity, we propose ethical components which must permeate the organization to ensure appropriate behavior which neither breaks legal requirements, disengages the employee, or alienates the customer.

Moral Leadership, Shared Values, Employee Engagement, and Staff Job Performance in the University Value Chain

“…Further result has substantiated exerting influence of institutional environment in shaping leadership behavior and personality. Result has strengthened the findings of Hegarty and Moccia (2018).…”

“…The above scenario may have triggered renewed curiosities among academia and researchers in the field of moral leadership in the recent times (Casimir et al 2014;Shakeel, Kruyen, & Thiel 2019). The vulnerability of the university to forces within and outside its cottage, the swelling pressures to compromise on moral issues and the renewed societal demands on the university system to be transparent and earn reputation for deepened integrity and quality service has given credence to potency of the study (De Cremer & Vandekerckhove, 2017;Gino, 2015;Hegarty & Moccia, 2018).…”

“…A climate of impunity and anarchy will reign supreme in an institutional platform where every participant considers the obligation to be ethical as burden (Carucci, 2016;Lemoine, Hartnell, & Leroy, 2018;Mackey, Frieder, Brees, & Martinko, 2017). As plausible as the arguments for moral leadership might seem, the concept of moral leadership is not easily definable (Hegarty & Moccia, 2018).…”

Compliance with the ethical competence framework by head nurses

“…Also caring, as an aspect of mercy, represents the deep understanding a leader has of the subordinates’ stress and hard work and it could be demonstrated by showing kindness, taking care, and helping subordinates at work and in personal life. 33,34 Head nurses also view that emotional intelligence which includes positive thinking and forgiveness is a basic trait that every ethical leader should possess. From our study, the head nurses’ practice demonstrated their compliance with the ethical competence framework regarding possession of administrator morals and ethics.…”

Birth order revelations about managers

“…Problem solvers are oriented toward an agreement that satisfies all parties’ aspirations (De Dreu et al , 2001). This approach is evidenced across situations in which firstborns act as “the bigger person.” They express characteristics of magnanimity in leadership by building trust and recognizing the needs, requirements, and efforts of subordinates, showing concern for their views and building the consensus with a realistic vision (Hegarty and Moccial, 2018). These findings are in line with Leman’s (2009) argument that firstborns are good problem solvers and good team players.…”