This presentation offers an answer to "what, why, and how" of ethical business conduct and leadership for organizational management.

1. Ethical Leadership
Ethical decision-making is a
critical element in successful
business dealings.
A small businesses' clients
may possess few avenues
for reprisal if it is believed
that their contractual
agreement is being
supplanted.
An essential concern for
businesses, organizations,
and individuals equally is
the concept of ethics,
behavior that adds value
foregoing inappropriate
conduct or negative
consequences for other
persons.
Many examples exist of
ethical mistakes or lapses
in ethical decision-making
and conduct have
happened at the cost
of society. The building of
a strong ethical foundation
is rife with complexities
(Clegg et al, 2007; Shain
& Newport, 2014; Shaw,
2017).
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2. Ethical Business Conduct
■ Incorporates
organizational values,
responsibilities and ethical
obligations
■ Guidance for ethical
business action and
handling difficult
situations
■ Grounded in industry and
organizational core values
■ Embedded ethical code
■ Particularly essential for
small and medium-sized
businesses
■ Successful relationships
with staff members and
community

3. Ethical Leadership
■ Aware of inherent
complexities in making
ethical choices
■ Present in day-to-day
business activities
■ Refusal to sanction
negative interpersonal
behaviors
■ More than just legal and
regulation compliance
■ Ethical expectations are
inclusive
■ Proactively leading and
celebrating positive ethical
moments
■ Value as an ongoing
learning journey
■ Conversational
engagement
organizationally

4. Necessity
of ethical leadership
■ Affects internal and external organizational environments
■ Important fundamental element of an ethical culture
■ Permeating influence organizationally, set by exemplar behavior at
the top
■ Defines vagueness of business life
■ Influences organizational outcomes
■ Followers can be expected to imitate ethical behavior

5. Attributes and behaviors
■ Extends trust
■ Engages in reciprocal
conversations
■ Demonstrates moral
authority
■ Represents substance
and shapes contextually
around it
■ Purposeful leadership

6. Reflective Mindset
■ Learning experience
■ Provides explanation
and assist connections
■ Offers an opportunity
to recognize
comparable feelings or
reactions
■ Allows for seeing both
ways beyond mere
introspection
■ Presents an enhanced
view to better perceive
a situation differently

7. Approach and Handle
■ Three Moral Questions
…..what is duty, right, and
integrity

8. Conclusion
■ Possesses a responsibility
to contracting client
■ Ethical decision-making is
especially essential for
small and medium-sized
businesses
■ Ethical issues are sensitive
and complex situations
■ Exercising careful
judgment is important

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