Ethical Leaders Being Proactive

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On the ethical leaders being proactive I would have to say that I am not always proactive I tend to set in the background. if there was a scale from 1-10 on how I would rate myself I would give myself a 4 in this area. On the ethical leaders have passion to do right I believe I always try to do right by others and by myself. I would give myself a 9 out 10. When it comes to having a strong personal character, I would say my character is strong to be a good ethical leader. At work I feel I’m a very good role model for our organizations value they see I can train new hires the way they would want us to. As for having the stockholder’s best interests in mind I feel I have my company’s best interests at hand when I decide on the company’s behalf.

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