Ethical Leadership

Running Head : General Ethical Perspectives

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Ethical Standards and Strategies : General Ethical Perspectives

Leadership is usually effective when leaders are motivated . Self drive is important to attain good leadership . Motivation for leaders is usually cultivated by the getting concerned with others . Leadership is further built by the development of ethical prospects such that there is a clear guideline on what leaders are required to do and what they can omit . Leadership personalities differ from person to person and high moral standards are required for effective

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Nevertheless whatever is moral in some communities may be immoral in another culture . For a leaders to fit in different cultures they must be culturally diversified in their leadership techniques . Ethical leadership is developed depending on an organizational culture Different cultures are developed differently for different organizations . There are institutions that promote then culture of morality while others may develop a culture of corruption . There are no definite universal codes of ethics designed for particular organizations or associations

However , there are well developed general ethical leadership theories used for the purpose of encouraging unique leadership techniques and moral stability for leaders . This essay discuses general ethical theories or approaches used on the selection of moral choices . A variety of general ethical perspectives such utilitarianism , Kant 's Categorical Imperative , Justice as Fairness , Communitarianism , Altruism , Ethical Pluralism are discussed

Utilitarian ethical perspective is a theory based on motive of promoting the well being of the majority of people within a community . According to...