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Leadership ethics
Student organization
leadership Development
January 29, 2007
Karin Klinger, M.S.Ed.
Assistant Director for Student
Organization Development
Baylor University
Leadership ethics
• What does the term
“leadership ethics” mean to
you?
 let’s first define: Leadership
 hundreds of “official” definitions
exist for leadership – so you must
choose the definition that fits
you as a leader and that fits the
needs of your organization.
Leadership ethics
• What does the term
“leadership ethics” mean to
you?
 Leadership
 now, let’s define: Ethics
 Ethics (from the Ancient Greek
"ethikos", meaning "arising from
habit"; also Morality) is a major
branch of philosophy, is the study
of value, or morals and morality
Leadership ethics
why is a topic like “leadership
ethics” particularly
pertinent/relevant today?
 Enron
 President Bill clinton
 lewis “scooter” libby
Leadership ethics
“In order to be a leader a man must have followers. And to
have followers, a man must have their confidence. Hence, the
supreme quality for a leader is unquestionably integrity.
Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is
on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.
If a man's associates find him guilty of being phony, if they
find that he lacks forthright integrity, he will fail. His
teachings and actions must square with each other. The first
great need, therefore is integrity and high purpose.”
Dwight D Eisenhower
Leadership ethics
an exercise in ethics…
This exercise requires complete
honesty – which requires all of
us to be free of judgment!
Leadership ethics
You are in a grocery store parking lot
and you see someone back into
another car. The driver looks
around but does not see you.
Do you:
Walk away &
Do nothing.
Unknown/
can’t
Decide.
Leave a
note on
damaged
car
Leadership ethics
“Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the
belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral
squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a
corrupt community.”
John W. Gardner
Leadership ethics
You are in a parking lot and you back
into another car. You look around
but the parking lot is abandoned.
Do you:
drive away &
Do nothing.
Unknown/
can’t
Decide.
Leave a
note on
damaged
car
Leadership Ethics
“The true test of character is not how much we know how
to do, but how we behave when we don’t know what to do.”
John Holt
Leadership ethics
A member in your organization has
planned an off-campus event you
know your advisor will not be
attending.
Do you:
Go to the
event & do
nothing.
Unknown/
can’t
Decide.
Invite your
advisor or
find a
substitute
advisor
Leadership ethics
“Be more concerned with your character than your
reputation, because your character is what you really are,
while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
John Wooden
Leadership ethics
A member in your organization with
significant influence is on the cusp of
academic ineligibility.
Do you:
do
nothing.
Unknown/
can’t
Decide.
Talk with
the member
& find
academic
help
Leadership ethics
The leadership
Iceberg
 10% skill
 90% character
"Our character is what we do
when we think no one is looking."
-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Leadership ethics
what is “character?”
“collective qualities or
characteristics, especially
mental and moral, that
distinguish a person; moral
strength”
What is your character as a
leader?
Leadership ethics
“There is but one rule of conduct for a man – to do
the right thing. The cost may be dear in money, in
friends, in influence, in labor, in a prolonged and painful
sacrifice, but the cost to do right is far more dear:
you pay in the integrity of your [humanity], in your
honor, in strength of character; and for a timely gain,
you barter the infinite.”
-Archer G. Jones
Leadership ethics
an exercise in values…
From the following list, select
your top 10 (ten) values:
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Power
Prestige
Control
Challenge
Humor
Adventure
Self-respect
Creativity
Peace
Competition
Friendship
Happiness
Learning
achievement
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Influence
Tradition
Recognition
Contribution
Responsibility
Integrity
Balance
Service
Family
Competency
Physical
fitness/heath
• Financial
security
Leadership ethics
an exercise in values…
Now that you have identified
your top values, select the top
10 (ten) values your followers
would likely identify for you
based on your leadership:
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Power
Prestige
Control
Challenge
Humor
Adventure
Self-respect
Creativity
Peace
Competition
Friendship
Happiness
Learning
achievement
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Influence
Tradition
Recognition
Contribution
Responsibility
Integrity
Balance
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Family
Competency
Physical
fitness/heath
• Financial
security
Leadership ethics
an exercise in values…
How closely do your two lists
of values match?
Leadership ethics
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Leadership ethics
“The circumstances amid which you live determine your reputation; the
truth you believe determines your character.
Reputation is what you are supposed to be; character is what you are.
Reputation is the photograph; character is the face.
Reputation comes over one from without; character grows up from within.
Reputation is what you have when you come to a new community; character
is what you have when you go away.
Your reputation is learned in an hour; your character does not come to light
for a year.
Reputation is made in a moment; character is built in a lifetime.
Reputation grows like a mushroom; character grows like the oak.
A single newspaper report gives you your reputation; a life of toil gives you
your character.
Reputation makes you rich or makes you poor; character makes you happy
or makes you miserable.
Reputation is what men say about you on your tombstone;
character is what angels say about you before the throne of God.”
-William Hersey Davis