Week 2

  
Week 2 – Assignment: Examine Notions of Ethical Leadership
Instructions
Assume you are an instructor of a graduate-level leadership and ethics course.  In this course, your students are not convinced that the actions of leaders can truly impact individuals, the organization, and society.  Therefore, you need to convey how ethical behaviors do in fact impact many individuals and further reiterate the need for ethical leadership.
· Explain how the authors in your readings and additional research define leadership.  Specifically, focus your explanation on what it means to be an ethical leader.
· Interpret the manner in which leaders serve as role models (better or worse) for ethical behavior.
· Determine the impact the concept of trustworthiness has on the level of trust in organizational leadership.
· Based on your research, describe the impact that leadership behavior can have on individuals, organizations, and society. Then, explain which of the articles above convinced you of the benefits of ethical leadership, as well as the role of leaders. 
· Identify any correlations that exist between leadership, trustworthiness, and ethics.
Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as speaker notes for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists.
 
Support your presentation with a minimum of five scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.
 
Length: 12-15 slides (with a separate reference slide)
 Notes Length: 150-250 words for each slide
 
Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style where appropriate. Save the file as PPT with the correct course code information. Upload your assignment using the Upload Assignment button below.
Leadership: Trustworthiness and Ethical Stewardship
Leaders know what they value. Most leaders also recognize the importance of ethical behavior. The best leaders exhibit both their values and their ethics in their leadership style and resulting actions. The foundational tenet of personal leadership ethics and values should be visible and lived through one’s daily life.  Yet, not all leaders behave in an ethical/moral manner. Leaders have a responsibility to set a tone for what is acceptable/unacceptable in their organization.  But, what happens when a leader is not setting an ethical tone?  
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