How can you lead others to behave more ethically? Ethical Leadership How can you lead others to behave more ethically?

Ethics Defined Ethics Ethics in Business Moral principles that govern a person’s or group’s behavior Ethics in Business Implemented in order to ensure that a certain required level of trust exists between consumers and businesses.

What matters most to followers? HONESTY Competence Forward looking vision Inspiration These four taken together equal CREDIBILITY

Ethical Examples Aaron Feuerstein, President/Owner Malden Mills Industries “Glory:” Payday

What do those examples have in common? Integrity Recognition of an ethical issue Something at risk Courage to act

Ethical Leadership failures The Sorry Side of Sears 152 West Point Cadets Dismissed in Cheating Scandal US Soldiers Abuse Detainees in Iraq Hitler

Unethical Behavior in Sports? Does it exist? Recruiting violations Performance enhancing drugs Illegal benefits Violence Hazing Behavior of coaches, athletic administrators, parents and fans AT ALL LEVELS…professional, collegiate, interscholastic and youth!

Athletes with unethical behavior US Figure Skating Championship, 1994 Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan rivals on ice Right before competition, Kerrigan is hit in the knee with a metal pipe by an unknown man Amid suspicion, Harding admits she, her now ex-husband, and body guard hired the man to break Kerrigan’s leg Harding banned from skating Threatens to sue and is re-instated At the following Winter Olympics, Harding places 8th while Kerrigan wins Silver

The “Cheating Culture” On most college campuses, 70% of students admit to some cheating 50% of high school students plagiarize using the Internet Tax evasion by the rich is rampant and the average taxpayer has to come up with an extra $3000 a year to cover the shortfall Nearly half of resumes contain lies Employee theft totals $600 billion or 6 percent of GDP. Half of all major leaguers are using steroids. Reporters have fabricated stories, and major writers have been caught plagiarizing.

One answer to The Cheating Culture

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest! Mark Twain

The choices about how to honor your values as you go through life aren’t easy, and you don’t just figure this out when you’re twenty one. It’s an ongoing thing. The Roman philosopher Seneca once said that ʺNature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.ʺ

REFLECTION #9 Thinking about the material covered today, define ETHICS as it plays a role in your life today and the implications ethical decisions may have in your future.