Ethics Caught or Taught?

how are ethical leaders different from charismatic or transformational leaders

first, I think it's important to go over the definition

of each of them of the core leadership is leadership

demonstrating and promoting appropriate conduct through personal actions between others

on a day to day basis.

Transformational leadership is leaders who inspired people and lead by

example, charismatic leadership is the qualities of the leaders um

are what inspire others towards a greater purpose.

The differences between them are that ethical leaders are different

because their leaderships, leadership encourages their followers on how to

interact with each other on a day to day basis.

This leadership style goes beyond the end goal or the

purpose, but the overall ethics and morals of the company,

whereas the other two leadership styles do inspire employees and

followers to get to a greater purpose, but the way

that they inspire their followers could be in an unethical

way or in a way that isn't right.

Um ethical leadership ensures that everything is done the right

way, even if it takes longer, it could be more

complicated, wrote our ethics caught or taught, I personally believe

that ethics are taught um from when we're all super

young, we're always taught what is right or wrong.

Um for example, you're taught when you're younger not to

hit your sibling because that's not right.

Um and then as you grow up, you start to

understand the laws and rules that are put in place

to enforce that good as always being done.

Um we're also always adapting to new ways of society

and learning what is right and wrong in various situations

that were, in that way, we're always learning new ethics

and learning how to be right.

Um However, I do feel like there are companies or

institutions or organizations um that are not always being ethical

or not always doing the right thing and it isn't

until they're caught when they then decide to do what

is right.

Um they let morals or ethics slip because of reasons

such as fame, the status of their company, the publicity

money, whatever it may be.

Um, but it isn't until it's brought to the public's

attention or until they're caught in the act that they

then go back and actually do what is right.

Yeah. What is the best way to teach ethics?

I think that the best way to teach ethics is

to have more of a discussion base.

So rather than having an instructor stand up front of

the room and teach their group what's right, what's wrong,

but instead they should um give personal or real examples

that allow the group to discuss and decide what they

would do in the situation.

This allows for people to open their minds and put

themselves into the real world situation with that scenario that

they were given and to kind of go about how

they would establish what is right and what is wrong.

Um, I think it's important to then also established the

values of each individual person, Not everybody comes from the

same background or same culture.

So there are different values that each person holds, that

can determine what they find is right and what is

wrong. Um, when going through situations or scenarios rather than

saying this is ethical or this is not ethical.

The instructor or person giving the answer should give a

reason as to why they believe that.

So that way people can get a better understanding of

the why and where they're coming from.

So then that way they can understand it when they

go into situations like that too.

Some of the challenges that come with teaching ethics, um,

just like I mentioned a little bit ago that everybody

comes from different cultures and societies, so we don't all

have the same standards or morals that the way we

go about things is very situational base and it can

make it hard to have a specific set way for

each situation of ethics.

Um, there's also so many different ways you can go

about one situation that it again, can make it hard

to have a set way of going about everything.

So I think it's important to teach just the foundation

or the basics of ethics in, in a way that

allows for individuals then to take that and apply it

to each situation that they're into then no, what is

ethically right and what is not.

And then I'll actually, what would you include in the

curriculum? Um, again, just like the basics, I think the

curriculum should first cover morals.

So like honestly diversity, compassion, good citizenship, because it's important

to establish those before you jump into just saying this

is right and this is wrong.

Um, I think it's also important to include again, the

ethics of each person and then to establish the ethics

of the company.

So just like the leader would establish the vision statement,

I think in that time they should also establish the

ethics of the company and the way that the company

sees is the right way to go about it.

So there isn't room for people to decide what they

feel is right, but then is seen as wrong to

the company because our personal values are not always the

same as the company's, so they're different and so it's

important to establish the professional versus personal ethics, right?

Yeah.

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