1. Integrity: Foundation for Leadership
Tulasi Sharan Sigdel
Ishwari Prasad Ghimire
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2. Session objectives
Understanding and analyzing concept and approaches of integrity
Analyze integrity as foundation of leadership
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3. Contents Defining leadership Integrity and leadership
Dimensions of integrity
Integrity problem
Factors affecting ethics and integrity
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4. Some basic questions What do people expect from us?
How is trust to public services at now?
Why do people express their low level of trusts to public service?
It may be due to integrity question
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5. Think of a leader, you respect most
Work in group:
Explain why that leader is your leader?
What are the characteristics of leader that you respect most
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6. Philosophical approaches
Utilitarian approach
Rights approach
Fairness or justice approach
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7. What is integrity?
Integrity: a state of being whole, complete, unbroken, unimpaired, sound and in perfect condition [Werner H. Erhard and Michael C. Jensen]
Integrity is knowing right things to do and doing the right things
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8. Cont...
Integrity is not an absolute notion that you either have or totally lack. Such a black or white approach would, yet again, render the notion meaningless since no institution is without some blemish or occasional rule that requires bending.
It is an ability to create problem solving alternatives with respect to legal provisions and not compromising with integrity values.
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9. I = a (A+C+E ) – C Cont... I-integrity A- accountability C- competence
E- ethics
C- corruption
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10. What is integrity problem?
A significant discrepancy between…
A contract and actual execution
Policy and implementation
Entitlements and access
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11. Integrity and leadership
a top attribute of leadership
foundational character of leadership and other important traits of leadership are built upon integrity
If leaders do not have high integrity, if they’re not trustworthy and honorable, they will ultimately fail as a leader.
Consistency of values, principles and actions
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12. Cont…
High integrity entails more than respecting rules and regulations; it implies “doing the right things” for the organization
Building trust and trustworthiness
Eg: why should I pay tax?
How does my government make the best use of money I paid?
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13. Cont. “Breakdowns” of Integrity
Fear
Need?/Greed
How do these two things shape employee’s behaviour in organization?
How does it paralyzes organization’s culture?
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14. Cont… “Breakdowns” of Integrity
Fear
Need?/Greed
How do these two things shape employee’s behaviour in organization?
How does it paralyzes organization’s culture?
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18. स्रोत: महालेखा परीक्षकको प्रतिवेदन २०७३
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24. Integrity matters in leadership
For both legal and social approval of actions
Building trust and trustworthiness
Maintaining equality, justice and fairness
Gain social/public respect
Satisfying the ‘self’
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25. Thank You !
Have a good day !
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