Examining Ethical Leadership: A Study of Good and Bad Leaders

This essay provides a comparative analysis of ethical leadership by examining the contrasting styles of Bill Gates and Donald Trump. Gates is presented as an ethically 'good' leader due to his philanthropic contributions, commitment to product standards, and focus on creating a code of ethics, while Trump is portrayed as an ethically 'bad' leader based on controversies, perceived conflicts of interest, and alleged disregard for ethical norms. The essay references various sources to support its claims, highlighting the characteristics and actions that define each leader's ethical standing. It concludes by emphasizing the demand for ethical governance and the rejection of corruption.

GOOD AND BAD LEADER- ETHICS 0
Human resource management
Good and bad leader- Ethics
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3/9/2019

GOOD AND BAD LEADER 1
GOOD LEADER – BILL GATES
(Source: Axton, 2013)
Bill Gates is the richest person in the world and most influential leader in the field of
business. He is a humble leader who contributes philanthropically to the less fortunate in the
world.
 After achieving success, Bill Gates worked long nights or days to understand the marked
audience and creates the products or service that would communicate to their business,
consumer needs and education.
 Bill Gates has created corporate leadership with respect to Microsoft. His company
became an undisputed business leader in the field where the company is a bigger world
player.
 Bill Gates was responsible for reviewing each code line shipped by the Microsoft
Company. This shows that he worked according to the company’s product standards
(Newsdesk, 2008).
 While retaining his position of leader at Microsoft, he began to move away from his role
as chief executive officer to the role of a Carnegie style ethical leader. As he started,
focus on forming code pf ethics.
 He donated a substantial portion of his net wealth to charitable causes and along with
that; he pushes his fellow leaders to do the same.
 He has a good record of working with skilled and talented people to bring them into the
industry and in making the right decisions (Domanska, 2018).
All these activities and characteristics made Bill Gate an ethical leader in the world.

GOOD AND BAD LEADER 2
Bad leader - Donald trump
(Source: Robinson, 2018).
 Donald trump is the president of US. He has led the most unethical presidency in the
history of United States according to the scathing report.
 The trump management is confronted by ab unexpected scale and possibility of legal and
ethics scandals.
 The conducts of this management threaten their old century’s civilizations of a
government, which functions to assist the interest of the citizens of America instead of
assist the interest of that management in powers.
 The consequence is a vast array of morals or ethics problems and inappropriate influence
among staff of white house, senior agency and cabinet officials.
 The decision made regarding taxes and environmental regulations to overseas policies are
to advantage his bottom line not in the interest of public.
 The executive branches under the trump are categorized by contempt for moral or ethics
and conflicts of interest rules and for the law rules (Robinson, 2018).
 The people of America demand an end to the culture of corruption that is gripping in the
nation.
Above points cleared that Donald trump is not a good leader according to the controversies
and American people’s point of views and his unethical activities.

GOOD AND BAD LEADER 3
References
Adair, J. (2011). Effective leadership: how to be a successful leader. London: Pan Macmillan.
Axton, F. (2013). Bill Gates: A great leader. Retrieved from:
http://billgatesagreatleader.blogspot.com/2013/11/introduction.html
Domanska, A. (2018). Important lessons leaders can learn from bill gates. Retrieved from:
https://www.industryleadersmagazine.com/5-important-lessons-leaders-can-learn-bill-
gates/
Newsdesk, E. (2008). Ethical leaders. Retrieved from: http://www.ethicalcorp.com/business-
strategy/ethical-leaders-2008
Robinson, (2018). Donald trump presidency’ most unethical in modern history. Retrieved from:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-white-
house-unethical-us-president-ethics-crew-report-washington-dc-a8163401.html