Ethical and Unethical Leadership: Exploring New Avenues for Future Research

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Our definition must be sufficiently broad and sufficiently concrete to define ethical behavior that society thinks. Brown and Mitchell explore new ways of future research in the quarterly journal on ethical and unethical leadership in business ethics in 2010 and unethical leadership as "illegal by action and organization leaders and / Define as an ethical standard "The decision imposes ethical standards and promotes followers to the process and structure of ethical behavior. In this definition, we immediately realize that the ethical standards that moral leaders should obey are trying to determine what to obey. According to Wikianswers.com, "Ethical leaders are individuals who manage or determine decisions based on fair and ethical principles rather than personal, political or financial considerations." (Wiki.answers .com, What is an ethical leader?

Enhance ethical behavior (ie, moral leaders lead, unethical leaders will not lead). In such circumstances it is prudent for a leader to "know" moral leadership and there are more opportunities to mimic the model of moral leadership. Therefore, they may develop or maintain strong moral leaders (if they are developed). By contrast, in organizations that lack a strong ethical background or support unethical behavior, leaders who choose to stay in an organization must match their style to fit their environment Hmm. style). Those with strong ethical leadership are not compatible with the climate and culture of the organization, so the possibility of leaving the organization is increased.

One of the most popular courses in our leadership class is ethics. Moral leadership is important in all societies and organizations, especially where the boundaries between morality and immorality are dispersed. Ethical leadership requires that leaders' internal beliefs and values ​​are consistent with their external behavior and behavior in order to promote the common interests of the organization. This is the way to deal with the challenge that we do the right thing, even if it involves high payment costs.