HSM Personal Leadership Plan

By: LaShundra Harris

In the 21’st century it appears that leadership skills in the area of morality have become quite important. That is because current civilization is characterized by turmoil and dishonesty. It seems that organizations thrive if they make a profit for a select few. Other organizations not profit focused, but based on helping people, are difficult to maintain. This state of affairs must come to an end if society wants to move forward into the 21’st century with success. In order for this to happen, moral leaders must come to the forefront.

Moral leadership of human service organizations is very challenging. That is because of the complex relationships between employees and clients. In addition, human service organizations are essentially altruistic and not for profit. This runs against the grain of modern day society. Despite all of this, my most passionate goal is to lead one of these organizations and as a result to do good things for society.

As a leader, the most important thing to understand is the statement of work (SOW) for individual social workers who make up the backbone of any human service organization. The National Association of Social workers (NASW) has created a set of morality guidelines that help social workers make everyday decisions while on the job. These guidelines are especially helpful when ethical difficulties happen on the job. These guidelines, however, can’t possibly address every ethical difficulty that a social worker will deal with. In these cases the social worker must rely on their own system of values to navigate these difficult situations (NASW, 2008).
The ethical code described above and leaders of human service organizations such as NASW are in place to help social workers perform their jobs to the best of their abilities. Work areas may involve patient