Leadership and Ethics

Catalog description

This course is designed to prepare students for leadership and to meet the ethical challenges facing modern business entities and nonprofit organizations. Introduction of the basic principles and frameworks of management, leadership as well as processes to address moral issues at every organizational level - personal, interpersonal, group, and system-wide. Topics include organizational management principles, identifying personal mission and values; developing character; ethical perspectives; moral reasoning and decision-making formats; ethical organizational communication and influence; ethical group behavior and leadership; the creation of ethical organizational climates; and corporate social responsibility. Several aspects of personal style that are thought to be essential or helpful to effective performance will be addressed