Leaders are considered people who “generally implement ethical programs in order to influence the climate of an organization” (Yukl, 2010). For any organization, leadership plays an important role to enable other people to follow them. Therefore, ethical leadership can be defined as the process of impacting people through rules, principles, beliefs and values. I recognized that every leader tends to have a highly ethical approach in their business practices. Ethical leadership will help leaders lead their employees in a legitimate manner. Because when employees trust the leader, “they will follow the organization's managers, do what the managers say, and consider the managers' leadership legitimate” (Velasquez, 2006). Therefore, ethics has become the key component of effective management. Ethical leadership is primarily constructed by society. Society directs the moral standards that constitute the discipline of ethics (Velasquez, 2006). But deciding what is ethical and what is not depends on the leader. Most scholars consider morality to be an important aspect of ethical leadership (Yukl, 2010, p409) because ethics is all about behavior and in leadership, leaders must rely on their own integrity to take the “right” path and “good” when they come to ethical decisions. To become an effective leader, morals and ethics must be combined together. When a leader maintains their integrity and is right in their decision that in turn creates a more relaxed and cohesive work environment. Additionally, they must stay the course and lead with their integrity. Becoming ethical and professional values will help people make an impact on their careers. From deciding where to work or what to do to how to make decisions within the organization, all leaders have… half the paper… What is most important is education for every organization. With a foundation of understanding and attention to both increasing profits and being a good corporate citizen, organizations will have the best attitude in doing CSR as a spontaneous job. Works CitedYukl, Gary (2010), Leadership in Organizations. (7th edition) Prentice Hall/ Upper Saddle River, New Jersey Velasquez, M. G. (2006). Business ethics: concepts and cases. Princeton, NJ: Registration for the Blind and Dyslexic. The importance of ethical leadership | The workplace coach. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.theworkplacecoach.com/the-importance-of-ethical-leadership/Holme, R., Watts, P., & World Business Council for Sustainable Development (2000). Corporate social responsibility: making good business sense. Conches-Geneva, Switzerland: World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
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