...Courage and Moral Leadership 5/16/14 Dr. Alvin Lee Strayer University Analyze the qualities that mirror courage and moral leadership in the leader, and document those qualities (moral traits) as discussed by Daft (2010) (Chapter 6: Courage and Moral Leadership). Martin Luther King, Jr. was the mirror image of a moral and courageous leader. Dr. King upheld his morality principles as well as set examples for his followers. Dr. King had special virtues in which he lived and they was love, courage, hope amongst others. " Love, courage, hope, non conformity, and impatience were embodied in the sit-ins, boycotts, and marches, in which King himself was often a participant" (Rice 2004). Dr. King wanted his followers to be just and kind and to not use oppression as a crutch. Despite being spit on, sprayed with a hose and verbally assaulted he was able to manage frustration and anger and continue his peaceful rally. Dr. King was not one to hold his tongue especially about issues concerning his people. In one instance researchers say " King lamented Negroes' lack of "initiative," lambasted blacks for spending above their means, and expressed no patience with blacks who had "used their oppression as an excuse for mediocrity" (Rice 2004). King was well disciplined and courageous in his efforts. He spoke courage through to his followers to keep them encourage and give them strength. He believed “courage does not entail indifference to danger any more than it...
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...In this paper, I will briefly describe the transformational leadership style and the moral leadership style. Next, I will compare and contrast how a city manager embodying each style might respond to the management dilemma in the scenario, "A Matter of Style." Lastly, I will explain at least one insight you have or conclusion you can draw about leadership styles and/or approaches as a result of this comparison. A transformational leader is one that has the ability to change the culture of an organization by forming new visions for the organization and obtain support to bring the visions to life. In other words, the leader uses its positive visions and applies them and hopes it inspires others to follow their lead. It is very similar to the trait theories because suggests that leaders are not...
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...How did ideas of moral leadership and ideal leadership change over the course of history, and how did these ideas affect leadership practices, as treated in the Wills text, during specific historical periods and within specific historical contexts? Moral leadership, simply stated, is the fundamental principles of a good society that influence the decisions it’s leaders make. Philosophers have written about their best ideas for their time of history, and as the times changed, ideas changed. Plato, one of the first to capture this idea, believed that a ruler should live in a way where everything he says and does is in agreement with the goal he claims to want to reach. This goal should be for the good of the people. Aristotle went further to state that virtue and justice should describe a community. If there is found a man so great in wisdom and virtue to surpass all, then he should rule, thus assisting the community in the good life. Rousseau tried to find the way to defend the public and protect the civil liberties of the people. Kant offered his thoughts in saying that leaders should protect and support their people by giving them freedom to reason. And finally, Madison claimed that a state should be dedicated to the betterment of society by having leaders who always push the most important interests of a society. The components of ideal leadership are equally as important. Some elements of ideal leaders, according to scholars, include love, courage, temperance, humility...
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...Personally I think moral leadership is trait that everyone has. But not everybody chooses to use that trait. I like to think that I have some moral leadership but as a human I know I’m not perfect an I don’t always do the right thing but someone that I think defines moral leadership almost perfectly is my high school football coach. He hasn’t changed how he’s done things on the and off the field. It amazes me that he has the mental fortitude to do what he says he’s going to every time well most of the time. My sophomore year I was a true child on the football field and in school. I would talk back to coaches and would not listen and be coachable if I could go back and try things his way at first instead of all the arguing I would. A then coach came into my life. He always talked about doing the little things right then everything else would fall in place. I didn’t believe a word of it then I start having trouble in the classroom and in the home coach hears about it and comes to me sits me down and we have a little talk. He is a very honest man and doesn’t sugar coat it. Tells me what I’m doing is wrong and I need to change my ways. I tell him I don’t know how he tells me the same thing about doing things right and being a little more accountable. Ask me to just try things his way and the worst thing that could happen is I end up right back where I was at that point which was not good. So I listen I start doing things the right way and...
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...Courage and Moral Leadership 1 Courage and Moral Leadership Name Class Name Professor Name November 6, 2011 Courage and Moral Leadership Michael R. Bloomberg who is The City of New York 108th Mayor has been in office for eight years. Bloomberg is the first Mayor to amend to New York City’s term limit law, in order to allow him to run for a third term in 2009. Since 2002, he has been the Mayor of New York City and, with a net worth of $18.1 billion in 2011, he is also the 13th-richest person in the United States. As Mayor of New York, Bloomberg declines to receive a city salary, accepting remuneration of $1.00 annually. He is the founder and eighty-eight percent owner of Bloomberg L.P., a financial news and information services media company. Once a lifelong Democratic before seeking office he later switched to the Republican Party and now he is an Independent. Bloomberg despite his followers and outpour for his continued leadership abilities he represents the Independent Party. As the Mayor, he has taken on some of the toughest issues facing millions of New Yorkers. Budget cuts, smoke free zone and gay marriage just to name a few has brought him less support. However, with the courage of a lion and the moral leadership of a beast Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has prevailed in his leadership role. (Purnick 2009) While The City of New York projected budget for fiscal year 2012 may reach $9.3 billion Bloomberg finds ways to cut some of his expenditures. Unfortunately...
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...MORAL LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS By: Mary Catherine Miller Why Ethical Leadership is Important: Ethical leadership is the backbone of any successful corporation. When an organization exercises an ethical value frequently, it becomes ingrained in the culture of the business. As a leader of this company you are expected to display the stated core values of the company and uphold the vision of the company overall. The first step in abiding by a code of ethics is understanding the expectations of the company. This section of the handbook, we will discuss the vision of the company as well as the mission statement. We will identify the four core values and define them in regards to the behaviors we expect our employees’ to exhibit. This section of the handbook is not an exhaustive code of conduct; rather it is a guide for the moral and ethical behavior that is expected of our employees at all levels of the company. What it Means to Our Company: The leadership of this company actively engages employees’ in activities in which they can use the stated values. By committing resources that encourage the behaviors of the value and reward the behavior when it is exhibited we believe that all employees will be more engaged and readily exhibit the moral leadership desired by the company (Gomez-Mejia, Balkin, & Cardy, 2010) A strong code of ethics should address the four most common elements that lead to unethical decision-making. They are; the absence of transparency, unwarranted...
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...Moral Leadership and Ethics The current business environment has a major dilemma; moral and ethical leaders are becoming more difficult to find and identify. According to a research study conducted by the Watson Wyatt group, 44 percent of the employees surveyed said that the top management within their company was not honest (CNNMoney, 2004). In order to fully appreciate the conclusion for the above survey one must understand what ethics and morals mean in today’s business communities. Ethics are defined in today’s business communities as acceptable guidelines for behaviors within a group or company, and morals are defined as a particular individual’s values of right and wrong (DuBrin, 2010). So how can our company ensure that our leaders are being moral and ethical leaders? Well according to The quest for moral leaders: Essays on leadership ethics, we can start by ensuring that our leadership always abides by the principles of ethical and moral leaders (Ciulla, Price, & Murphy, 2005). There are five principles that an ethical leader should always abide by and they are: 1) always be honest and trustworthy; 2) be attentive to all of their stakeholders; 3) work to build community; 4) always respect each and every person; and 5) they should accomplish silent victories. Each of these principles provides a key element to having ethical and moral leadership as well as having a successful company since one must have the other. Principle one says leaders should always be honest...
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...We all know when we have a good supervisor, but it can be quite difficult to actually state what makes a good supervisor good. Does it have to do with their personality, their insight, intelligence, or their personal beliefs, morals and values? Is it a mix of all these things, and do certain characteristics apply more than others? The first thing we should appreciate is that there are a huge amount of traits that need to be considered. Over the duration of the paper I will be focusing on a few select traits which I believe to be the most important in regards to being a good supervisor. Firstly, a good supervisor must be a good coach. For a supervisor to be successful, it is imperative that they have the qualities that we attribute to any normal coach. This is because a coach knows how important it is to coach their team, or in this case, employees. Successful coaching means working together with your employees to create and modify action plans and objectives. Supervisors must know how to delegate tasks between individuals, and give all the support and guidance that may be needed. On the topic of individuals, a good supervisor must understand that everybody is different, and to be mindful of this fact when dealing with his or her team members. Secondly, a good supervisor must have a positive outlook and be a positive thinker. He or she will think how problems can be solved, while maintaining an air of friendliness, so that they remain approachable, and their employees aren’t...
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...Module 1 – Case Study ETH501 – Business Ethics Introduction Making moral decisions in today’s workplace is sometimes a very difficult task. In the business world of today, society expects that large corporations will make moral decisions that will positively affect its business and its patrons. Recently, Wikileaks (not affiliated with Wikipedia) has been in the national and world spotlight as a corporate bad guy because it made the decision to release what is considered vital information on several large businesses that could adversely affect those said businesses. Reportedly, the information on Wikileaks is not just assumed authentic but is actually authentic and has been vetted so that the innocent are protected. With this being said, Wikileaks reportedly has in its possession a hard drive possibly belonging to an executive with Bank of America and plans to release the information contained on the hard drive to “take down” the bank and expose an “ecosystem of corruption” (Schwartz, 2011). In today’s world, freedom of press and freedom of speech is something that is held in the highest regard and is supported fully. The question is when does this freedom go too far and cross the line of moral acceptance. In addition, does the information in question violate the privacy of those involved and is it something that is just being used to draw attention to a particular person or organization. It is possible that by releasing confidential information about a large corporation...
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...needing the help and protection of a man to avoid the dangers of the waterfront. Kazan gives such a detailed account of the waterfront to use its corrupt and unique atmosphere as the backdrop to develop the theme of morality. The waterfront represents everything immoral in the world; it is the place which breeds the corruption of capitalism and the mob, the place where competition and the hunger for power run rampant. Kazan uses the space of the waterfront to develop the film’s narrative while simultaneously discussing these issues happening in real life. The film brings people’s attention to the corruption that exists in the unions and the capitalist business practices in the 1950s. Scenes reveal the hierarchy that exists within union leadership, the fact that money is used to buy people off, threats and murder are used to maintain control, and the daily struggles that accompany the working class. The film focuses on working class men and the repression they faced at the hands of unions. Jobs on the waterfront were laborious and half the men were unable to secure work every day. All of these issues are things Kazan sees happening in America in the real world, and by displaying them in the film he is bringing attention to them in real life. “On the Waterfront” also uses its narrative to emphasize morality as a weapon against corruption. The film tells the classic American story of an underdog triumphing over a powerful nemesis. In this case, Terry brings down Johnny Friendly...
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...MARKETING & PUBLICIDAD El Liderazgo para Generar Capacidades Lida Beraún Quiñones Huánuco, Perú © LIDERAZGO PARA GENERAR CAPACIDADES Lida Beraun Quiñonez Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas de la Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizan Av. Universitaria 601 - Cayhuayna Pilcomarca Hecho el depósito legal en la Biblioteca Nacional del Perú Mercurio Publicaciones Jr. Aguilar 367 - Huánuco cercado Tiraje: 1000 ejemplares Primera Edicion mayo 2011 El autor se reserva todos los derechos de esta publicación respecto a modificaciones y posibles alteraciones al mismo. Toda copia de este libro debe realizarse citando esta fuente. Printing of Perú Liderazgo INTRODUCCION El Liderazgo para generar capacidades integra teorías, experiencias, y aplicaciones recientes de acuerdo a las investigaciones realizadas por expertos en el área. Los estudios de los temas de liderazgo contienen gran valor, que nos permite conocer el ejercicio del mismo en los diferentes ámbitos gerenciales. De allí la importancia de encontrar personas con cualidades y características adecuadas en el campo empresarial e institucional; a quienes, les toca el papel de ser formadores de líderes. Esta publicación es una invitación a generar conocimientos de modo que permita al mismo tiempo la generación de capacidades para dirigir a los miembros responsables especialmente de la alta Dirección y otros quienes que conducen grupos de personas, que permita a impulsar el desarrollo de su propio potencial de liderazgo...
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...adquirir tintes de responsabilidad con el medio ambiente: como reciclar el agua, separación de la basura, ahorro de energía, entre otros, y con la sociedad, para ser consideradas empresas socialmente responsables, con el fin de convertirse en una estructura integra ante sus clientes, sus competidores y empresas que podrían ser posibles aliadas. El ser una empresa ética implica trabajar en equipo arduamente estableciendo en todos los departamentos de la organización una serie de principios como la integridad, el reconocimiento de lo que es un valor y la lealtad a la organización. Las empresas deben de establecer un código de conducta por el cuál todos los trabajadores deben de regir su comportamiento y desplazar el oportunismo, la doble moral, revelar secretos de la empresa, recibir regalos a cambio de favores, etc. En el código de valores se debe de tener en cuenta el trabajo en equipo para lograr objetivos comunes y personales, cumplir con la filosofía de la empresa, tener la actitud para trabajar, cumplir las tareas, desarrollar capacidad de liderazgo, participar en las capacitaciones que la empresa disponga, cuidar los bienes, maquinaria y equipo de la empresa, el respeto a los demás y así mismo, aceptar evaluaciones relacionadas con el dominio y conocimiento de su...
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...official. It is what is expected of these officials to perform the highest level of integrity in their everyday work. Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. In the Code of Conduct: Article 2: it's states, " In the performance of their duty, law enforcement officials shall respect and protect human dignity and maintain and uphold the human rights of all persons." With that being said; I can't fathom why so many law enforcement officials get away with so much brutality daily. Everyone has morals and ethics, no matter if they are good or bad, you still have them. Law enforcement officials bit only are trained to do the right things, step by step in the line of duty, but whether theory choose to follow their training is entirely up to then. Ramarley Graham, an 18 year old from the Bronx, NY, was shot and killed by a police officer in 2012. Graham was in his grandmothers bathroom at her home, reportedly flushing marijuana down the toilet. Officer Richard Haste, chased Graham into the house even though the officer didn't have a warrant. Graham was unarmed when Haste shot and killed him. A grand jury charged the officer with manslaughter. However, a judge later the indictment out, which allowed Haste to get away with murder. Yes, murder! This officers ethics, morals and integrity were all wrong on every level of his actions in this case. Haste didn't think before he acted. Instead of protecting and "respecting" human dignity and maintain and...
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...amiento OrganizacionalDISYUNTIVA ÉTICA: Manejo de las emociones en el trabajo En la última década han aumentado rápidamente nuestros conocimientos de las emociones de los empleados. Por ejemplo las compañías qu3 quieren crear lugares abiertos y cordiales para trabajar recurren a procesos de selección para descartar a los solicitantes que no son sociables ni entusiastas y capacitan a los empleados para que aprendan a sonreír y a mostrarse animados. Algunas organizaciones tratan incluso de producir entornos de trabajo “emocionalmente humanistas” mediante la conformación de las emociones que sienten los empleados en su trato diario con los clientes, la selección de los solicitantes con mucha inteligencia emocional, el control de la atmósfera emocional de equipos y grupos y otras prácticas de manejo de emociones. Una vez se mofaba Groucho Marx diciendo que “el secreto del éxito en el negocio del espectáculo es la honestidad y la sinceridad. Cuando uno aprende a fingirlas, ya la hizo”. En muchas organizaciones actuales de servicios se aplica el comentario de Groucho. Por ejemplo, en diversas compañías aseguradoras se capacita al personal de ventas por teléfono para despertar sentimientos positivos en los clientes, para que sea más fácil que contesten “si”. Se enseña a los empleados a evitar palabras con connotaciones negativas y a cambiarlas por otras que levanten el ánimo y fomenten la confianza, como “sin duda”, “tenga la seguridad”, “de inmediato” y “excelente”. Además, se enseña...
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...Moral codes are reviewed from occasionally; however, they are of top priority for a number of causes in companies. Companies have to ensure they go after the top tier of moral principles in all of their actions. Moral principles are also significant with respect to business investigation. Throughout this paper, the discourse shall be lodged with regard to a case in which corrupt business analysis methods were executed by the company. My intent is to talk about this case and a range of main clauses concerning this particular case. Presently, in this peculiar case, some moral subjects are to be taken into reflection. In terms of immoral investigation performance, this particular company was certainly engrossed in immoral research performance. The company was a pharmaceutical corporation that worked together with a professor who beforehand supplied the required research linked to the medication of flu (Dominick & Wimmer, 2010). Throughout the course of their accord, he was inquired to remain the research information secret and not to unveil the same to any other party. The corporation which was working on his investigation work was planning to hold back the study work. Consequently, it was judged to be immoral on the side of the pharmaceutical corporation. The pharmaceutical corporation desired to make sure that it collected a high bulk of earnings, in spite of whether the investigation work was complete at the price of collective interests. The upset shareholding groups...
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