Ethical Leadership: Leader’s Influence on Their Followers

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Term Paper: Ethical Leadership: Leader’s Influence on their Followers Mary Mgmt1281: Introduction to Business Management 18th November, 2013 Ethical Leadership: Leader’s Influence on their Followers ‘The Smartest Guy in the Room’ recounts the ruthlessness of an energy corporation in America. It forces you to think of the sorts of people who commit such acts, as being normal and inconsequential. An article by Chris Seabury suggests“Enron shows us how the company and its leadership are capable of, when they are obsessed with making profits at any cost” (2011). Further, we see a questionable leadership style, which suggest that the leaders lack the full understanding of ethics. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to focus on ethical leadership and how it could have played a role in the organization’s culture. To help in the full understanding of this topic, I will be giving a brief review of three scholarly articles on ethical leadership. The first article by Brown et al. (2005) helps us to build an understanding of the characteristics of ethical leadership, which suggests that, by giving an operational definition, we can better understand ethical leadership. Walumbwa et al. (2011), helps to understand how an ethical leader can influence desirable work outcomes, they suggest that an ethical leadership is related to job performance. Lastly, Avolio et al., (2012), states that followers will respond to whatever their leaders do. In other words, leaders can have a considerable influence on their followers, which can shape followers behaviour. Leadership is embodied by varying or different explanations, styles and theories. There are several theories and research that tries to define what makes a good leader, and their features. These makes it a continuous topic of discussion in recent times, because it has become important to understand the numerous

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