BUSI/600 Literature Review: Ethics Within The Form Of Leadership
Literature Review: Leadership Ethics
BUSI 600
Dr. Robert Erickson
Liberty University
March 7, 2014
Abstract
This literature review is written to investigate and discover the insights of a collection of research and articles pertaining to ethics within the form of leadership. The articles are a collection of research centered around what defines an ethical leader, what integrity within a leader looks like, the type of followers a leader of ethics obtains, what type of influence an ethical leader has on followers, notable leaders who displayed ethical leadership throughout history, and finally the challenges and solutions that are found within the ideas and concepts of ethical leadership. Although throughout these articles it is found that leadership is a very multifaceted process and can be found to be complex at times; the entire process of ethical leadership is a fresh idea in most research. As many of the articles will find, there has been a new need for ethical …show more content…
Much research has been conducted on behavioral integrity and how there is a connection between how a leader acts and how the individuals throughout the workplace perceive this form of action by the leader. The study of behavioral integrity is essentially highlighting and researching the level of how individuals from an organization recognize how the leaders of that organization characterize themselves and their standards or principles. Essentially, despite the fact that a leader may display every aspect of integrity, the leader’s followers may not perceive this accurately enough. This then shows the crucial aspect that perception is equally as important as the actual act behaving with integrity. Despite it being important for a leader to act with true ethics or integrity, the follower’s perception of the leader’s integrity is what creates trust or susceptibility within the organization (Kannan-Narasimhan & Lawrence,
BUSI 600
Dr. Robert Erickson
Liberty University
March 7, 2014
Abstract
This literature review is written to investigate and discover the insights of a collection of research and articles pertaining to ethics within the form of leadership. The articles are a collection of research centered around what defines an ethical leader, what integrity within a leader looks like, the type of followers a leader of ethics obtains, what type of influence an ethical leader has on followers, notable leaders who displayed ethical leadership throughout history, and finally the challenges and solutions that are found within the ideas and concepts of ethical leadership. Although throughout these articles it is found that leadership is a very multifaceted process and can be found to be complex at times; the entire process of ethical leadership is a fresh idea in most research. As many of the articles will find, there has been a new need for ethical …show more content…
Much research has been conducted on behavioral integrity and how there is a connection between how a leader acts and how the individuals throughout the workplace perceive this form of action by the leader. The study of behavioral integrity is essentially highlighting and researching the level of how individuals from an organization recognize how the leaders of that organization characterize themselves and their standards or principles. Essentially, despite the fact that a leader may display every aspect of integrity, the leader’s followers may not perceive this accurately enough. This then shows the crucial aspect that perception is equally as important as the actual act behaving with integrity. Despite it being important for a leader to act with true ethics or integrity, the follower’s perception of the leader’s integrity is what creates trust or susceptibility within the organization (Kannan-Narasimhan & Lawrence,