Leadership and Ethical Considerations in Organizations: A Study

This assignment explores the critical aspects of ethical leadership and its implications within organizations. The content delves into the importance of ethical considerations in areas such as communication, teamwork, and overall organizational culture. It examines how ethical dilemmas can be addressed, emphasizing the need for a structured approach involving the assessment of personal, team, and organizational values. The assignment also discusses the application of various ethical frameworks, such as consequential and non-consequential theories, to resolve ethical issues. Furthermore, it underscores the role of leaders in navigating ethical challenges and making decisions that align with organizational values and cultural contexts. The analysis also includes insights from relevant academic research, offering a comprehensive understanding of ethical leadership and its practical applications.

Topic: Managing Change
Forum 1
The ethical consideration in an organization is related to the workforce, communication,
teamwork and disruption. Most innovations are disruptive in nature and thus, the organization
must frame their policies regarding ethical behaviour during the time of such chaos. A stable
and open communication channel should be set up so that employees are able to come
forward 1. The communication channel should be use responsibly so that the organization’s
ethical aspects are not disrupted. Teamwork too requires ethical responsibility. People
working together in the same team must cooperate with each other and respect the
organizational ethical code.
Forum 2
The best way to solve any dilemma is to look at the problem objectively. The leader’s role in
solving ethical dilemma has two considerations especially in case of innovative organization.
They will have to consider the organizational aspects and values as well as the benefits and
interests of the people that they work with. The leaders can approach an ethical dilemma with
a three step process. The first step is to consider the values of their own self, the people that
he works with along with the organizational values and principles2. After this, they must
select a model or framework that best suits the problem. They can choose either a
consequential theory or a non-consequential theory depending on the problem at hand. The
final step is to apply the model from a problem solving perspective and observe the result that
it produces. The leaders might change their approach and model depending on the
organizational values and the cultural aspects of the workforce.
1 ČMELÍKOVÁ, Zuzana, "Managing Ethics In Organization – Focusing Innovation In Creating Ethical
Organizational Culture" (2017) 2017(110) Scientific Papers of Silesian University of Technology. Organization
and Management Series
2 Dzuranin, Ann C., Rebecca Toppe Shortridge and Pamela A. Smith, "Building Ethical Leaders: A Way To
Integrate And Assess Ethics Education" (2013) 115(1) Journal of Business Ethics

References
ČMELÍKOVÁ, Zuzana, "Managing Ethics In Organization – Focusing Innovation In
Creating Ethical Organizational Culture" (2017) 2017(110) Scientific Papers of Silesian
University of Technology. Organization and Management Series
2 Dzuranin, Ann C., Rebecca Toppe Shortridge and Pamela A. Smith, "Building Ethical
Leaders: A Way To Integrate And Assess Ethics Education" (2013) 115(1) Journal of
Business Ethics