This document provides instructions and background information for an assignment on ethics and values in leadership. It discusses how leaders face ethical dilemmas that require balancing competing priorities and values. Students are asked to read about ethical reasoning and creating an ethical organizational culture from their textbook. They are also instructed to read two articles on virtuous leadership and business. The assignment requires students to describe a personal ethical dilemma, discuss how an ethical culture can influence such dilemmas, and cite the provided sources in a 400-500 word paper.

1. 2.2 Discussion: What Is Leadership
Getting Started
Recognizing good organizational leader characteristics is
important, not only to ensure that your leadership style is
benefiting the organization but also to identify these
characteristics in others so they can provide the greatest service
to the organization.
This assignment is a continuation of material from Chapter 1
and your 1.2 Discussion. This material will help you understand
organizational leader characteristics as you consider and defend
your perspectives and consider those of your peers.
Upon successful completion of this discussion, you will be able
to:
Evaluate leadership styles.
Resources
Textbook:
Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience

2. Background Information
In this discussion, you will consider the various definitions of
leadership as provided in the textbook from the authors' review
of literature in the field of leadership. You will also explore the
concept of leadership as both rational and emotional as well as
the differences between the roles of a manager versus the roles
of a leader.
The concept of followership is also introduced in this
assignment's reading from the textbook, as well as the growing
role of women in leadership positions and responsibilities.
Instructions
Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for
earning your grade.
Review Chapter 1, "What Do We Mean by Leadership?", in our
textbook. As you review, reflect upon the definitions of
leadership and how these definitions and other aspects of
leadership add to your prior understanding of a leader's role in
an organization.
Conduct a critical analysis of the postings by two of your
classmates from the posts submitted in 1.2 by the end of the
workshop and should be written as if you were reviewing their
posting in an academic journal. Your discussion response
should, therefore, answer the following questions as applicable:
Were three leadership definitions clearly
defined with examples and clear, insightful critical thinking?

3. Comment on two of the three definitions of leadership presented
in the post of your classmates. Do you agree or disagree
with their interpretation of the definition of leadership? Provide
rationale from personal examples or subject matter expert
opinions.
Did the discussion of leadership as an art or a science include
a detailed explanation that demonstrates clear, insightful critical
thinking? Review your classmates' posts. Does their explanation
support defining leadership as either an “art” or a
“science”? Explain.
Was the concept of spiritual gifts effectively discussed, relating
the concept to that of leadership styles?
In addition to commenting on the critical thinking displayed in
the post, offer your comments on the original post
and provide your overall agreement or disagreement with the
poster’s concept of leadership. Your response to each question
above should be one paragraph in length and cite one academic
source.
Interactions are expected to:
Clearly and thoroughly address the prompt(s) with meaningful
information that shows critical thinking.
Introduce your own ideas and questions to add greater depth to
the discussion, rather than restating what your classmates have
shared. (Include much more than “Great post,” or “I agree.”)
Refer to relevant course concepts as you discuss your learning
together.

4. Develop insightful conversation by directly addressing your
classmates' ideas.
Demonstrate professionalism.
Your response posts are due by the end of the workshop.
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2.3 Assignment: Power and Influence
Getting Started
In this assignment, you will write an essay on the concepts of
power and influence, contrasting what you learned in Chapter 4
of our textbook with principles of servant leadership from the
supplemental resources noted below. This assignment should
cause you to reflect on how the proper use of power and
influence can enhance the leader’s ability to effectively lead.
Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will be able
to:
Discuss similarities and differences between servant leadership
and other leadership styles.

5. Resources
Textbook:
Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience
Video:
Ken Blanchard - Servant Leadership
Video:
Why good leaders make you feel safe - Simon Sinek
Article: "Servant Leadership: How to Put Your People Before
Yourself"
Background Information
It has been said that leadership, simply stated, is influence, the
ability to use a position of leadership to influence behavior and
positive change within an organization. Many leaders, of
course, have different perceptions of how to influence others,
utilizing power in negative ways rather than positive ways. The
concept of servant leadership emphasizes the positive ways in
which a leader can influence followers and initiate positive
change within an organization.
Instructions
Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for

6. earning your grade.
Read Chapter 4, "Power and Influence", in our textbook.
Watch the video
Ken Blanchard - Servant Leadership.
Watch the video
Why good leaders make you feel safe - Simon Sinek
.
Review the article "
Servant Leadership: How to Put Your People Before Yourself".
Reflect upon the concepts of a leader’s power and influence, in
particular how the ideas from servant leadership enhance this
aspect of a leader’s abilities and success.
Write a paper incorporating information from our textbook and
the supplemental material on servant leadership:
Compare and contrast the concepts of power and influence as
discussed in the textbook with what you discover about servant
leadership from the supplemental readings above. Provide a
detailed explanation for your evaluation that demonstrates clear,
insightful critical thinking.
Give an example from your personal experience where you did
not agree with the exercise of power and influence. Would the
application of servant leadership principles have affected the
outcome? Why or why not? Provide a detailed explanation for
your evaluation that demonstrates clear, insightful critical
thinking.

7. Your paper should be 400–500 words in length. Use proper
spelling, grammar, and APA style in your paper and for any
sources cited. For questions on APA style, go to
OCLS APA Writing Styles Guides.
When you have completed your assignment, save a copy for
yourself and submit a copy to your instructor by the end of the
workshop.
https://youtu.be/ctZHSa4Qhd4
https://youtu.be/lmyZMtPVodo
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2017/07/19/
servant-leadership-how-to-put-your-people-before-
yourself/#1c67de1c66bc
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2.4 Assignment: Ethics and Values
Getting Started
In this assignment, you will discuss the principles of ethics and

8. values described in Chapter 5 of our textbook, applying those
principles to your workplace and experience.
Leaders are continually required to make decisions that fall into
areas where there is no one “right” answer.
Knowing how to analyze these situations from a moral and
ethical framework will assist the leader in more effectively
leading and, in some cases, keep the leader from having to
defend against charges of ethics violations.
As Proverbs 22:1 says, “A good name is more desirable than
great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold” (New
International Version).
Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will be able
to:
Analyze ethical and moral implications of a leadership
situation.
Resources
Textbook:
Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience
Article: Virtuous Leaders and Organization
Article: Making Business Virtuous

9. Background Information
According to our textbook, “Leaders face dilemmas that require
choices between competing sets of values and priorities, and the
best leaders recognize and face them with a commitment to
doing what is right, not just what is expedient” (Hughes,
Ginnett, & Curphy, 2019, p. 143).
The authors provide a theoretical and practical framework for
leadership values and ethics, providing the reader with helpful
information on subjects such as moral and ethical reasoning, the
concepts of authentic and servant leadership, leading by
example, creating and sustaining an ethical climate, and
principle-centered leadership.
Instructions
Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for
earning your grade.
Read Chapter 5, “Values, Ethics, and Character” in our
textbook. As you read, reflect on how a leader can effectively
influence an organization’s commitment to ethics, values, and
moral behavior. In that chapter, the authors refer to the research
of Rushworth Kidder, who identified four ethical dilemmas that
are common to our personal and organizational experience,
including three principles for resolving ethical dilemmas.
From the
Spring 2017 issue of
The DeVoe Report
, read the article by Dr. Mark Brooker and Dr. Jeffrey Boyce,
"Virtuous Leaders & Organizations."

10. Review the article
Making Business Virtuous.
While the
2.4 Assessment
is not required, you are encouraged to access the questions,
engage with the material, and assess your knowledge about
Virtuous Business before moving on to instructions 6–9. This
exercise is an opportunity for you to deepen your understanding
of this as well as future assignments. As you complete this
assessment, consider the following:
Would a virtuous leader question the morality of an existing or
potential law?
Would a virtuous leader hire a lobbyist to delay or kill costly
but morally and ethically appropriate legislation?
Would a virtuous leader violate virtuous principles, even if
legal, when doing business in foreign countries?
How is Servant Leadership related to Virtuous Business?
After completing the 2.4 Assessment and reflecting on the
questions above, write a paper incorporating information from
our textbook and the supplemental readings. Be sure to provide
detailed explanations for your evaluations that demonstrate
clear, insightful critical thinking.
Describe your personal experiences with one or more of the
ethical dilemmas described by Kidder and how they were
resolved or should have been resolved.

11. How can an ethical and values-driven corporate culture
influence the effective outcome of ethical dilemmas, and what is
the leader’s responsibility in developing that culture?
Provide at least two citations from the "Making Business
Virtuous" white paper which support your explanation.
Your paper should be 400–500 words in length.
Use proper spelling, grammar, and APS style in your paper and
for any sources cited. For questions on APA style, go to
OCLS APA Writing Styles Guides.
When you have completed your assignment, save a copy for
yourself and submit a copy to your instructor by the end of the
workshop.