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Ethics and Values: Values-Based Leadership for Effective Governance Dennis Wittmer, University of Denver Introduction and Overview Introduction and Overview Dennis Wittmer • Professor and Chair, Department of Management, Daniels College of Business • Ph.D. in Public Administration, Syracuse University • Specialties: Business Ethics, Organizational Ethics, Public Policy and Business • Personal Contacts • [email protected] • https://portfolio.du.edu/dwittmer (for course materials) Goal/ Purpose • This course is intended to help students: • Understand the nature of ethics and ethical decisionmaking. • Appreciate the importance of valuesbased or ethical leadership. • Develop their own concept and strategies for becoming a values-based leader. Values-Based Leadership • Explore and develop your concept and strategies for becoming a values-based leader (VBL). What does VBL leadership mean to you? What will you do to become a values-based leader? If not, why not and what alternative model of leadership values will you practice? Concepts and Definitions • VBL = responsible managers and leaders of sustainable enterprises of the future Responsible = (1) “answerable legally or morally for the discharge of a duty, trust, or debt” (Funk and Wagnalls) Responsibility = “Burden” (Merriam-Webster) • What are those duties, trusts, and debts? • What burdens of business? Sustain= (1) to keep from sinking or falling; especially by bearing up from below; uphold; support (7) to uphold or support as being true or just Pedagogy and My Role as Educator • Teach = (1) “to impart knowledge by lessons; give instruction” (2) “to train by practice or exercise” (F&W) • Educate = (1) “to develop or train the mind, capabilities, or character by instruction or study” –“educo” (Latin) – “to draw out, to rear, bring up, educate” John Dewey • “Our net conclusion is that life is development, and that developing, growing, is life” (Democracy and Education) • “Growth itself is the only ‘moral’ end” (Reconstruction in Philosophy) The Purpose of Education • Positive change and growth as goal or object of education • “Educare” “draw out” “lead out” Of what? Toward what? • Learning Community • Shared responsibility • Roles and Responsibilities Our Path (Topics) • • • • • • • • Leadership & Societal Values Social Contract and Social Capital Building and Retaining Trust in Organizations Ethical Decision Making Individual and Organizational Ethics Values-Based Leadership Ethics Across Cultures Professionalism in Business and Government I Look Forward to Our Time Together