Moral Leadership Flashcards
What are Hosmer’s Moral Questions?
- What is duty?
Awareness of moral issues
E.g., fair wages for employees - What is right?
Facility with moral reasoning
E.g., upfront investment as driver of future gains - What is integrity?
Fortitude in acting on moral principles
E.g., Starbucks offering college funding for P/T workers
According to a Hosmer, a leader must:
Leader must
- Hold needs and opinions of stakeholders paramount
- Be well versed in issues of morality
- Display rectitude toward employees and stakeholders
Will receive fidelity, dedication, etc., in return
What are Barnard: Ethical Values?
Values will
- Reinforce stakeholders’ dedication
- Ensure consistency throughout company policy
- Enhance company’s competitiveness
Effective leaders impart company’s ethics to workers
- Value system filters all decisions
- Goals (profit, expansion, sustainability) remain in sync with
Describe Trevino, Hartman, and Brown:
Moral People structure
Ethics are born out of morals
"Two pillars of ethical leadership"
Moral person
Moral manager
"Matrix of leadership" results from pillarsWhat are the “Two pillars of ethical leadership”
- Moral person
- Moral manager
What are the 3 components of a moral person
- Traits
- Behaviors
- Decision-making process
What are does the trait component of a moral person entail?
- Integrity
Willingness to confront truth
- Honesty
Willingness to acknowledge truth
- Trustworthiness
Established ethicality inspiring reciprocal consideration
Continuity of traits
What are does the Behaviors component of a moral person entail?
- Ethical action
Displaying values through behavior - Attention to people
Being mindful of individuality - Personal accountability
Holding yourself to rigorous standard
What are does the Decisions component of a moral person entail?
- Choices filtered through value system
Addressing inconsistencies with diligence - Fairness
Referencing four types of fairness and their individual measures - Larger impact on stakeholders
Prioritizing company mission
What are the 3 components of a moral manager?
- Role modeling
- Rewarding and disciplining
- Communicating ethics and values
What are does the role modeling component of a moral manager entail?
- Being honest about being wrong
Acknowledging errors in an upfront manner - Being open to other ideas, including critiques
Actively encouraging others to speak up - Following through
Acting steadfastly on one’s promises
What are does the Rewarding and Disciplining component of a moral manager entail?
- Setting strict guidelines for behavior defined by morals
E.g., complete honesty in reporting, no tolerance
for bigotry - Considering ethics in regard to advancement
Elevation above financial performance for emphasis - Incorporating ethics into incentive structure
E.g., defense contractor tying ethical leadership to - 50% of executive incentive
- Acknowledging and addressing ethical matters
What are does the Ethics and Values component of a moral manager entail?
- Seizing every chance to emphasize ethics
Small matters can resonate significantly - Including people at every level
- Incorporating ethical considerations into routine
E.g., hospital administrator who wrote about ethics in column for hospital newsletter
What are the 4 components of the The Moral Leadership Matrix
- Unethical Leader (weak moral person / weak moral manager)
- Hypocritical Leader (weak moral person / Strong moral manager)
- Inconsistent Leader (Strong moral person / weak moral manager)
- ethical leader (strong moral person / strong moral manager)
What are the characteristics of an unethical leader?
- Lacks integrity completely
- Inflicts significant damage to organization
- Impedes organization’s ability to prosper
- Tarnishes extended community
