Leadership and Business Ethics: Importance and Styles

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Introduction
The report is focused towards the effective application of Leadership across
organizations. The reports analyzes leadership in the context of business ethics. The various
styles of leadership are identified and their importance in regards to the mission, vision and goals
of organizations are put forward. Leadership is important in terms of developing support,
competence and influencing people towards performing effectively. The study would be
beneficial in effectively evaluating all these significant aspects that are connected with leadership
and leadership development in any organization.
Summative Assessment 1
Leadership value is very closely associated with business ethics. Business ethics is the
study of the business policies that are most appropriate. Business ethics are concerned with the
development of ethical factors that can improve the ethical factors that are associated with
business and leadership. The encompass policy guidelines that are associated with issues such as
bribery, trading by insiders, governance, discrimination, corporate social responsibility and
responsibilities that are fiduciary. Business ethics is a very important part of leadership as the
way in which leadership is implemented depends on the values that are intrinsically associated
with business ethical consideration. In regards to the same leadership can be well managed and
effectively implemented. It is important to note that ethical dimensions give leadership an
entirely new perspective. This way leaders can serve to be better examples to be followed by
their subordinates. This also greatly contributes towards the development of organizational
culture. Business leadership is important in the context of business ethics. Organizational
operation can create problematic situations for various companies. Concerning the same, there
can be the development of unethical practices within a given organization. These need to be
checked as there can be serious implications of the same on the long term reputation and survival
of the organization. Hence, it is important to consider that business ethics can help to deliver the
right results for any business over longer periods of time. Leadership can be improved hence and
the development of better and more effective organization of work can take place.
In the context of the organizational mission and vision, democratic leadership is much important.
The decisions in this case are made from inputs that are provided by the involved workers. This
makes decision making easier as inputs can be taken form a large number of sources. This

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contributes effectively towards the better involvement of the leader and subordinate towards the
achievement of common missions.
Servant leadership is important as this makes the leaders serve the subordinates. The
mission and the vision statements are important to be achieved thus. It is important that the
leader provides all forms of facilities to the subordinates that actually help to make the process of
the achievement of goals easier.
Transformational leadership helps to align the skills of the people involved with the
greater goals of the organization. This means that the leadership helps to improve the
performance level of the subordinates to optimal levels that are required as per the mission and
vision of the given organization. This helps to create a strong growth path for both the leadership
and the followers
Transactional leadership is about the rewarding of the successful employees on the
completion of their successful goals. The leader actually makes the reward functions to help
them achieve beyond the target and contribute greatly towards the performances that are required
as per the mission and visions of the organization.
In addition to the leadership methods discussed above, the leaders running an
organization must adhere to the legislation, codes or bylaws that controls and manages the
working of the same. In this regard, legislations like Work Health and Safety Act 2001 can be
referred. It enumerates the provisions to ensure the safety, health as well as welfare of the
workers in an organization. Moreover it also gives protection to the health and safety of every
person who can also be affected by the work of the organization. Hence this Act provides safety
and protection to the general public.
In this regard, Code of Practice on first aid in the workplace can be referred which
denotes a code of practice as per section 274 of the said Act. Any person conducting a business
is required to follow the Code. One of the most important duties of an organization is to provide
effective first aid immediately to the workers or any other person who gets injured or falls sick in
the workplace so that the severity of the illness or the injury can be reduced.
Similarly, section 274 also enumerates Code of Practice regarding managing electrical
risks in the workplaces. Electrical risks involve shock, injury or even death caused as a result of

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electricity. However this Code does not include work on electrical equipment which is operated
by extra high voltage of electricity. Not only the employers but also the workers have the duty to
take reasonable care while working with electrical equipment.
Another legislation that governs the employment is the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth). It
enumerates the terms, conditions and provisions of employment and also states the rights and
liabilities of the employers, employees and even the organizations related to the employment.
The employers together with the employees are required to follow the provisions else will be
liable for breaching it and pecuniary penalty will be imposed.
Further, Safe Work Australia Act 2008 also states provisions regarding employment. A
body known as the Safe Work Australia is created under the Act for improving occupational
health for ensuring safety and security together with providing compensation.
Another important Act that must be followed and applied in any workplace is the
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) that gives protection to the people in
employment from discrimination due to their political opinion, religion, nationality, criminal
record and other factors. In Australia, discrimination on the basis of above mentioned various
factors is unlawful and various legislation have been enacted like Age Discrimination Act 2004,
Disability Discrimination Act 1992, Racial Discrimination Act 1975 and Sex Discrimination Act
1984.
If in any workplace, any person is subjected to discrimination regarding age he can seek
relief by referring to the Age Discrimination Act 2004. This Act provides strict penalties to be
imposed on those committing discrimination on the basis of age. Thus, employers as well as
others involved in the workplace committed discrimination on disability, race or sex will said to
commit breach of provisions enumerated in the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, Racial
Discrimination Act 1975 and Sex Discrimination Act 1984.
The mission statement is the statement of the path of development that the organization
wants to take towards the future. The mission statements are mostly long term as they aim to
achieve long term development for the organization. Each business needs to adhere to certain
important business values. These are the specific factors that need to be considered essentially
for the development of the organization.