Ethical Leadership in Business Essay

Abstract

Throughout history, every one that is in a leadership position has had to make a decision. Decision making comes with many responsibilities. As with today you can be a leader and not make decisions by having others assume accountability. This is being a leader. By making a decision it can come with many consequences. This is why most leaders do not want to be a decision maker. They employ others to make decisions on their behalf and that is then the person accountable. To others being a good leader is actually being the one making the decision. Will we disregard our ethics to make that decision?
To best support we must define each segment separately with two definitions. Webster’s dictionary defines ethical as conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior.   A broad definition of the word ethical is 'fair'. And 'fair' to fair-minded people, especially those affected by the situation.   A few definitions of decision making:   Decision making is the ability to choose the right path among competing alternatives, remains a quality of effective leadership.   Webster’s Dictionary defines decision making as is the cognitive process of reaching a decision.   A few definitions of leadership; the art of motivating people to act toward a common goal. Webster’s dictionary defines leadership as the quality of character and personality giving a person ability to gain confidence of others.              
To be a decision maker in leadership we must face psychological fears and recognize them. This makes is one of the characters of a great leader. When we become a great leader we are respected in many ways.
As a human we find decisions are hard to make and possibly scary. We have an ingrain fear of sorts that prevent us from being decision makers. The questions we ask ourselves, what if we make the wrong decision and are then made fun of? I.e. looking stupid. Another question we may ask, are we doing more then we have to? I.e. increasing the...