Ethical Leadership

Summer 2012

WHAT ARE ETHICS?

How Does Ethical Leadership Look?

Are there personal characteristics?Are there specific actions?Who leads ethically?How can you tell?Are there ethical companies?Are there ethical people?Do ethics change depending on the situation?Can a person’s ethics change?

What Do These Have in Common

AlcoaAmerican ExpressBest Buy Co., CH2M HillColgate-PalmoliveCostcoElectroluxFord Motor CompanyGap, IncKellogg Company

L’ORÉALMicrosoftNational Australia BankNorthumbrian Water GroupPanama Canal AuthorityPatagoniaPepsiCoPortugal TelecomStarbucksUPS

2012 World’s Most Ethical Companies*

Companies must apply to be rated

Questionnaire is onlineVerification of materials submittedDetermines a corporate Ethics QuotientProcess was vetted and refined by expertsEthisphere has a network of advisors

Five core categories:Ethics & Compliance Program (25%)Reputation, Leadership, & Innovation (20%)Governance (10%)Corporate Citizenship & Responsibility (25%)Culture of Ethics (20%)

*According to Ethispere: www.ethisphere.com/wme

Are There Types of Ethics?

Meta-ethics: Understanding of right and wrongVirtue ethics: Driving force behind ethical behavior (think of Socrates & Aristotle)

Epicurean ethics: Pleasure coincides with virtueNormative (moral) ethics: What makes things right and wrongStoicism: Contentment & peace are the greatest goodUtilitarianism: Most good for the most people

Are There Types of Ethics?

Consequentialism: The results form the basis for action

State consequentialism: Moral worth and contributions to the state form the basis

Deontological ethics: Goodness of the acts or intentions as they relate to rules (opposite above)Pragmatic ethics: Moral correctness & scientific knowledgeRelational ethics: With studies, respect for thos that are being studies

Are There Types of Ethics?

Evolutionary ethics: Considers the role of evolutionDescriptive ethics: Sociological perspective looking at top-down perspective using ethical codes of behaviorMilitary ethics: To guide those in the servicePublic service ethics: For making decisions when dealing with the publicSituational ethics: Change depending on the situation

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

LET’S IMAGINE

How do you get out?

How do you make sense of anything?

What do you do?

LET’S IMAGINE THE CARS ARE ETHICAL DECISIONS

You Need An Ethical Model

Let’s use Walter Earl Fluker’s Model

The Ethical Leadership Model

Self - Character

IntegrityA healthy sense of selfKnowing what you value and believeBehaving in accordance with those values

EmpathyEmotional intelligenceBeing able to understand and connect

HopeConfidence in the futureBelief that life is reliable

Social - Civility

RecognitionOf self and othersInvolves reflection and observationNot mirroring or masking

RespectAccepted standards of associationSocial dignity

ReverenceLoyalty

Spirit - Community

CourageKnowing what to fear or not fearBalancing between them

JusticeSense of fairnessInclusive and dynamic

CompassionThe willingness to understand othersWillingness to suffer with others

The Ethical Leadership Model