Week 4 Discussion 1 Ethical Leadership

Read the article by Yukl, Mahsud, Hassan, & Prussia (2013), as well as Chapter 7 of Gonzalez-Padron (2015). Complete the Checklist: Ethical Leadership Questionnaire, then answer these following questions from the text:

• Which behaviors are the most important for you to trust the ethical leadership of a supervisor, manager, or company executive?

• Are there any descriptors in the list that are difficult to observe? How can a company measure the ethical leadership within the organization?

• How does personal experience with a leader (e.g., work assignments, disciplinary actions) skew your assessment of his or her ethical leadership? Cite an example based on personal experience.

  Gonzalez-Padron, T. (2015). Business ethics and social responsibility for managers Chapter 7: Ethical Leadership

  Yukl, G., Mahsud, R., Hassan, S., & Prussia, G. E. (2013). An improved measure of ethical leadership. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, (1)20. doi: 10.1177/1548051811429352