Leadership

MGT 360 – Leadership Development Portfolio

CHAPTER 15 – PERCEIVED LEADER INTEGRITY SCALE (PLIS)

The Perceived Leader Integrity Scale (PLIS) is based on utilitarian ethical theory. The PLIS attempts to evaluate leaders’ ethics by measuring the degree to which coworkers see them as acting in accordance with rules that would produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people. By taking the PLIS, you can try to assess the ethical integrity of a manger you know, such as one of your supervisors. By focusing on observers’ impressions, the PLIS represents one way to assess the principle of ethical leadership. Instructions: The listed items in the PLIS measure your perceptions of another person’s integrity in an organizational setting. Your responses on the PLIS indicate the degree to which you see that person’s behavior as ethical. Circle responses to indicate how well each item describes the person you are rating. A low score on the questionnaire indicates that you perceive the person you evaluated to be highly ethical. A high score indicates that you perceive that person to be very unethical. Upon completion of the Perceived Leader Integrity Scale (PLIS) please address the following points in your 1 page support summary document:

- What do your scores suggest about your supervisor’s leadership style? o That is, according to your score, do you perceive your supervisor to be highly

ethical, moderately ethical, or unethical? - Based on the various behaviors measured within the questionnaire, what do you

perceive to be your supervisor’s strengths/weaknesses? - How do your supervisor’s strengths/weaknesses help/hurt both your working

relationship and their leadership effectiveness? - Finally, what is your take-away from this exercise? How does this help your

development as a leader?