Chapter 2 - The Importance Of Ethical Leadership Flashcards
Progress is teh ability to predict and control. Assumptions are based upon theory. Thus…
Theory and practice are inseparable
Control involves selective adaptation to human nature rather than
Attempting to control human nature itself
Name some moral crimes
Murder, burglary, and robbery because they deal with public safety as their foundation.
Name some laws that are strictly moral (not so much public safety)
Prostitution, liquor sales, gambling.
What branch of government are the police?
The executive branch
What protects individuals from erroneous government depreciation of life liberty or property and the equal protection provisions protect against their arbitrary and discriminatory use of authority
Due process
T of F: Values led ethical leadership in policing maximaizes effort by integrating prized community values into an agency’s mission, vision, strategy, operating plans, and services
True
Where is quality police work linked to
The front line officer
Describe an ethical leader
An ethical leader is one who possesses a philosophical moral foundation upon which decisions and behavior are based.
Unethical and ineffective leaders are
Egotistical and arrogant
What are the traits most often associated with ethical leaders
Honesty, trustworthiness, and integrity
Good character, values, and ethics form the foundation for competence as a leader. What does this influence?
Attitude, thought processes, decision making, and behavior.
Leadership is not so much the exercise of power as it is the
Empowerment of others. Leadership is service to others that requires tremendous commitment, energy,m patience, humility, and selflessness
Police service to the community could be directly linked to
The ethical leadership
What contributes to the rise or decline of community support for the police?
Fear of crime, police responses to social unrest, and citizen perceptions
A task oriented leader is likely to be
Both relations-oriented and task-oriented, manage conflict successfully, and mobilize and direct individuals toward higher objectives.
How are leadership qualities different than competencies
Qualities are understanding, courage, compassion, respectfulness, and genuineness. Competencies are the abilities to do things rather than feel things.
What are the four competencies to leadership
Attention, meaning, trust, self
What are the 8 major competency groups?
Critical thinking, change management, communication, relationship building, service orientation, sharing power and creating opportunity, action management, and inspiration and motivation
Define competency
A highly specialized knowledge or skill that relates directly to the mastery of specific capabilities of a police officer that can be measured objectively
Define leadership
The ability to influence or mobilize individual citizens, groups, businesses, and pubic and private agencies to act together and participate in activities designed to discover and implement solutions to community problems.
Define leadership competency
The skill, or set of skills, necessary to promote community engagement, participation, and problem solving.
What is the benefit to qualitative research.
probably its greatest strength is that it not only provides information to make decisions but also uncovers additional questions that needs to be answered.
Essential police leadership competencies are grouped into what five categories
Community and related interpersonal competencies, motivational competencies, problem-solving competences, planning and organizing competences, and actual implantation competencies. Refer to these on page 34!
