. For a leader to successfully use ethics, they must continue to use the stairs. Climbing the stairs once and then figuratively using the elevator to revisit floors will lead to the breakdown of personal ethics. The stairwell climb between floors is what allows a person to develop, understand and connect each aspect of ethics. Using the ethics determined by this step-by-step process will provide an individual with an ethical theory that can be implemented in decision-making and other actions regarding leadership.
In her book, Joanne Ciulla (2004) discusses the 200 plus definitions Joseph Rost analyzes in his book, Leadership in the Twenty First Century. Ciulla points out the most interesting thing Rost finds is how similar all the definitions are. …show more content…
If and when these ethics are accepted, a person will begin to observe these from others in everyday life. This observation leads to Skinner’s next step of his ethical process. Once observed, these ethics will be imitated. Why? Because that is how humans learn and develop, we imitate. Culture is defined by imitation, from grammar to fashion, people observe and imitate, why would ethics be any other way? Once imitation begins, actions will start to become habits. These certain ethical actions will no longer be thought about, just performed automatically (Holland & Skinner, 1961). The last step to the initial ethical process contains two parts. These are the most important parts of the process, without these steps, the whole process will fail. The first part is obvious. A person must not only know the right decision, but also make the right decision. This is done consistently by having a decision-making template. How to develop a decision-making template will be discussed in a later section. The second is not so obvious, but key: reflection. Results must include reflection and evaluation of the specific decision because ethics depend on a person’s free will. Doing the
In her book, Joanne Ciulla (2004) discusses the 200 plus definitions Joseph Rost analyzes in his book, Leadership in the Twenty First Century. Ciulla points out the most interesting thing Rost finds is how similar all the definitions are. …show more content…
If and when these ethics are accepted, a person will begin to observe these from others in everyday life. This observation leads to Skinner’s next step of his ethical process. Once observed, these ethics will be imitated. Why? Because that is how humans learn and develop, we imitate. Culture is defined by imitation, from grammar to fashion, people observe and imitate, why would ethics be any other way? Once imitation begins, actions will start to become habits. These certain ethical actions will no longer be thought about, just performed automatically (Holland & Skinner, 1961). The last step to the initial ethical process contains two parts. These are the most important parts of the process, without these steps, the whole process will fail. The first part is obvious. A person must not only know the right decision, but also make the right decision. This is done consistently by having a decision-making template. How to develop a decision-making template will be discussed in a later section. The second is not so obvious, but key: reflection. Results must include reflection and evaluation of the specific decision because ethics depend on a person’s free will. Doing the