Chapter 12: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership Flashcards
Exam 4 (Final)
Organizational Culture and the Ethical Climate
Organizational culture
Shared beliefs, values, attitudes, ideologies, practices, customs, and language
Organizational Culture and the Ethical Climate
Organizational ethics
Broad concept that encompasses culture, processes, outcomes, and character
Organizational Culture and the Ethical Climate
Ethic of an organization
Organization’s attempt to define mission and values
Organizational Culture and the Ethical Climate
Complex adaptive system: What does it include?
System of integrated parts or groups to accomplish a shared goal
Organizational Culture and the Ethical Climate
Complex adaptive system: What do external relationships do?
External relationships place the organization within a larger content/environment
Organizational Culture and the Ethical Climate
Organizational citizenship
What societies expect from open systems
Organizational Integrity and Trust (1 of 3)
Organizational integrity
What is there consistency in?
Consistency in words and deeds
Organizational Integrity and Trust (1 of 3)
Organizational integrity
How are relationships?
Mindfulness of relationships
Organizational Integrity and Trust (1 of 3)
Organizational integrity
What is included? What is the purpose of organizational integrity?
Inclusion of all voices
Collective, worthwhile purpose
Organizational Integrity and Trust (1 of 3)
Organizational trust:
Trusting organizations to uphold words and promises
Organizational Integrity and Trust (1 of 3)
Fiduciary relationships
Formal duty imposed by organizational structure based on loyalty
Leadership:
Leader: what do they do?
Furthers shared goals of organization
Leadership:
Successful leader: what do they do?
An ethical leader who aligns values of enterprise with those of individuals in it
Normative Leadership Theories
Ethics as praxis: What is it?
A person clarifies, reflects on, makes sense of, practices, and embodies a leadership theory
Normative Leadership Theories
Ethics as praxis: What is it composed of?
Servant leaders-
Transformational leaders-
Authentic leaders-
Normative Leadership Theories
Servant leaders:
consistently make decisions to further the good of the group over self-serving decisions
Normative Leadership Theories
Transformational leaders-
Focus on raising moral benchmarks on human behaviors, internalizing a sense of commitment, and importance on shared goals and relationships
Normative Leadership Theories
Authentic leaders-
people focused, serve as moral compass, facilitator, and supporter to followers