Topic – Accountability and ethical governance; strengthening of ethical and moral values in governance;
3) Ethical leadership is influencing people through ethics. Do you agree. Comment.(250 words)
Directive word
Comment- here we have to express our knowledge and understanding of the issue and form an overall opinion thereupon.
Key demand of the question.
The question wants us to express our opinion as to whether ethical leadership is influencing people through ethics. We have to elaborate the statement and form our opinion based on a proper discussion and back it up with valid and sufficient arguments.
Structure of the answer
Introduction- write a few introductory lines about the leadership and ethics.
Body- elaborate the statement and discuss your opinion on the issue. E.g Ethical leadership is essentially a leadership theory, which uses ethical concepts as a guide to managing subordinates; Since ethics deals with the principles of ‘right’ behavior and leadership with influencing other people to achieve goals, ethical leadership is influencing people through ethic; The idea of ‘doing the right thing’ can depend on your approach and whether you focus on the means or the end goals, for example. Therefore, ethical leadership requires a solid framework to work. There are three core components of the ethical leadership framework:
Internal uniformity – Different elements within the organization must be ethically consistent and not have contradictions.
Proactivity – The framework should tell people what to do, instead of outlining the things you shouldn’t do. Ethical leadership framework looks forward and acts preemptively.
Vigour –The framework is regularly re-examined and updated according to the needs of the organization and the subordinates. In short, the framework is dynamic instead of a static system etc.
Conclusion– based on your discussion, form a fair and a balanced conclusion on the given issue.
