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Title: Leadership
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Critique............................................................................................................................................3
Overview of Articles....................................................................................................................3
Comparison of the Arguments of the Authors.............................................................................8
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................10
References......................................................................................................................................11

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Introduction
The term Leadership can be defined as the art which is subjected to encourage individuals or
a group of individuals in order to meet specific organizational goals and objectives. In business
organizations, leadership is related to the development of a direction that guides the employees
to meet the target of the company with the help of different strategies. There are different kinds
of leadership searches the democratic leadership, transactional leadership, transformational
leadership, cross-cultural leadership, autocratic leadership, facilitative leadership, and strategic
leadership styles. The idea of ethical leadership is a kind of leadership where the value and
morals of business organization are exhibited in the management. An ethical leader is greatly
valued by the organization and most of the members appreciate the views of the ethical leaders.
The basis of ethical leadership is the values, rights, dignity, and ethical beliefs and in this way,
ethical leadership is associated with the concepts of fairness, honesty, trust, and consideration.
The present study critically analyses the views of different researchers regarding ethical
leadership. For this purpose, the different theories, assumptions, and values regarding the
leadership are discussed in this study.
Critique
Overview of Articles
For conducting a critical analysis of the ethical leadership, two articles are chosen in this
assignment. The overview of the articles is presented below:
1st Article: “Transformative leadership: Achieving unparalleled excellence”

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In this study, the author has given information about the development of a new leadership
model that is transforming leadership. According to the author, this paper explores
transformative leadership as a new standard for businesses. The perspectives of six other
leadership models have been embedded in developing the principle of ethical leadership or
transformative leadership. In this paper, the author argues that the transformative leadership
respects the commitments of governance of the leaders by exhibiting a commitment to the
welfare of all stakeholders. The authors have identified different key perspectives of the six
leadership styles that are the basis of the transformative leadership. In this paper, a model of
leadership is proposed that has been developed by recognizing key features of the six leadership
styles that are namely the level 5 leadership, transformational leadership, servant leadership,
principle-centered leadership, covenantal leadership and charismatic leadership(Caldwell et al.,
2012).
The ethical base of the transformational leadership style involves a range of embedded
commitments to the companies, society and the people involved in the company (Caldwell and
Anderson, 2017). The transformative leadership style utilizes the commitment of
transformational leadership style toward the wellbeing of the society, workers and the company
as its fundamental principle. In charismatic leadership, a pattern of relationship that is the
relationship of leader-follower is followed in which an effective bonding is developed between
the leaders and their followers (Madimbo, 2016). The connection between the leader and its
follower is mainly reflected in the beliefs of the follower in the extraordinary traits of the leader
that encourages them to meet specified goals. As per the author, the transformative leadership
integrates the power of charismatic leadership for developing a personal relationship with the
followers, which is based on morale and encourages the followers in such a way that assist them