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1435462858_413510.pptxChapter 6
Courage and Moral Leadership
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Learning Objectives
Combine a rational approach to leadership with a concern for people and ethics
Understand how leaders set the ethical tone in organizations and recognize the distinction between ethical and unethical leadership
Recognize your own stage of moral development and ways to accelerate your moral maturation
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Learning Objectives
Know and use mechanisms that enhance an ethical organizational culture
Apply the principles of stewardship and servant leadership
Recognize courage in others and unlock your own potential to live and act courageously
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Exhibit 6.2 - How to Act Like a Moral Leader
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Sources: Based on Linda Klebe Treviño, Laura Pincus Hartman, and Michael Brown, “Moral Person and Moral Manager: How Executives Develop a Reputation for Ethical Leadership,” California Management Review 42, no. 4 (Summer 2000), pp. 128–142; Christopher Hoenig, “Brave Hearts,” CIO (November 1, 2000), pp. 72–74; and Patricia Wallington, “Honestly?!” CIO (March 15, 2003), pp. 41–42
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Becoming a Moral Leader
Moral leadership: Distinguishing right from wrong and doing right
Seeking the just, honest, and good in the practice of leadership
Internal characteristic that influences a leader’s capacity to make moral choices is the individual’s level of moral development
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Exhibit 6.4 - Three Levels of Personal Moral Development
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Sources: Based on Lawrence Kohlberg, “Moral Stages and Moralization: The Cognitive-Developmental Approach,” in Moral Development and Behavior Theory, Research, and Social Issues, ed. Thomas Likona (Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976), 31–53; and Jill W. Graham, “Leadership, Moral Development, and Citizenship Behavior,” Business Ethics Quarterly 5, no. 1 (January 1995), 43–54
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Servant Leadership
Leader transcends self-interest to:
Serve the needs of others
Help others grow
Provide opportunities for others to gain materially and emotionally
Types
Authoritarian management
Participative management
Stewardship
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Exhibit 6.5 - Changing Leader Focus from Self to Others
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Principles for Stewardship
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Adopt a partnership mindset
Give decision-making power and the authority to act to those closest to the work and the customer
Tie rewards to contributions rather than formal positions
Expect core work teams to build the organization
Courage
Mental and moral strength to engage in, persevere through, and withstand danger, difficulty, or fear
Accepting responsibility
Nonconformity
Pushing beyond the comfort zone
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Courage
Asking for what you want and saying what you think
Abilene paradox: Tendency to resist voicing their true thoughts or feelings in order to please others and avoid conflict
Fighting for what you believe
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How Does Courage Apply to Moral Leadership
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Applying courage to:
Be unconventional and do what is right
Step up and take responsibility
Balance:
Profit with people and self-interest with service
Control with stewardship
Act like a moral leader
Whistleblowing: Employee disclosure of illegal, immoral, or unethical practices in the organization
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Finding Personal Courage
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Believe in a higher purpose
Draw strength from others
Harness frustration and anger
Take small steps
