For this assignment, you will review the latest evidence-based guidelines as they pertain to the case below. Please make sure you are using scholarly references, and they should not be older than 5 years. Cite the sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format. Use at least 3 references.
Ethical Leadership
How we perform in leadership roles is influenced by our personal history or experiences with others. This assignment will assist you to explore your sense of ethical leadership and reflect on an experience that might have affected your beliefs.
Leadership must be more than just effective; it should also be ethical. Provide a real-life example of a leadership moment that you witnessed and feel embodies the essence of ethical leadership. What for you is the most salient factor of this experience that manifests ethical leadership? Reflecting on this moment, discuss how you did or can apply this lesson to your own future performance in leadership.
Click here to download a worksheet that may provide you with some ideas of verbs to describe the salient factors related to ethical leadership and help you to list your own principles as a guideline. (Worksheet attached)
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Course Worksheet 1: Discovering the Universal Principles of Leadership Think of the four most important principles you hold, and list them here:
a. ____________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________
d. ____________________________________________________
Below are some universal principles among leaders.
Generosity
Truth
Compassion
Justice
Humility
Protecting the environment
Responsibility
Integrity
Forgiveness
Courage
Wisdom
Love
Obedience
Care for others
Commitment to a transcendent power
Temperance/Self-discipline
There are many more, and perhaps you aspire to hold or express principles not on this list. Add them, and feel free to include them among your top four. After you have decided on the four principles which you feel are most important, discuss them with a classmate or another person. Consider how you can incorporate these principles in your life now or how you aspire to incorporate these principles into your life in the future.
