Explain the meaning and importance of ethical leadership for business organizations.
Explain the meaning and importance of ethical leadership for business organizations.
January 22, 2020 Comments Off on Explain the meaning and importance of ethical leadership for business organizations. Assignment Assignment helpDrawing on the four dimensions of the ethical leadership model (purpose, moral person, moral manager, and meaningful relationships) introduced in Reading 1.2 (Lasthuizen, 2018, pp. 22-38), discuss the ethical leadership practices and approach adopted by either one of the following two business leaders: Ms Samantha Jones, Founder, Little Yellow Bird • Little Yellow Bird: From the military to making ethically-produced clothes. (2019, May 18). The Spinoff. Retrieved from https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/18-05- 2019/little-yellow-bird-from-the-military-to-making-ethically-produced-clothes/ • Little Yellow Bird is NZ’s first local, ethical fashion brand. (2019, May 29). Scoop. Retrieved from https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1905/S00848/little-yellow-bird-is- nzs-first-local-ethical-fashion-brand.htm • Winter, C. (2017, May 1). Clothing can be ethical or it can be cheap, but not both: Little Yellow Bird. Stuff. Retrieved from https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/91803501/little-yellow-bird-allows-customers-to- track-garments-right-back-to-cotton-fields Mr Mike Bennetts, CEO, Z Energy • Bennetts, M. (2019, February 7). How to start a climate change movement – tips from a fossil fuel CEO. Stuff. Retrieved from https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion- analysis/110402311/how-to-start-a-climate-change-movement • Bennetts, M. (2018, November 22). The petrol company that says it wants to change the world. The Spinoff. Retrieved from https://thespinoff.co.nz/partner/nzi-sbn- awards/22-11-2018/the-petrol-company-that-says-it-wants-to-save-the-world/ • Grieve, D. (2017, August 17). An interview with the climate change-obsessed CEO of NZ’s biggest petrol company. The Spinoff. Retrieved from https://thespinoff.co.nz/science/climate-change-week/17-08-2017/an-interview-with- the-climate-change-obsessed-ceo-of-nzs-biggest-petrol-company/ 1. Explain the meaning and importance of ethical leadership for business organisations. 2. Apply ethical theories to the practices of organisational leadership. 3. Recognise and evaluate the role of ethics in organisational decision-making. 4. Analyse and evaluate the actions of leaders within organisations, from an ethical point of view.