Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Define Your Position: Values, Ethics & Leadership


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Some call him wearing his heart on his sleeve, others call it, wear their emotions. If the discussion of values and ethics, to be opened by a leader who constantly support, mentoring, coaching and talk with other standards based on ethical values and leaders to operate. are the values and ethics in a philosophical arena, and often the same mistake. Values that explain who you are, what when. Shows the values obtained with ethical behavior. This paper takesthe position that the values of a higher standard of ethics.

Dr. Gyertson6 share views on the value and ethical sources. He says that all human development, there are socio-cultural influences of family and tribe. During the period of history, these values mean survival and the extended family. Explore the present value of development offers a very different view of family and tribe. The family is now nuclear and extended family is often a result of July Family Picnic limited. Tribe,Community has many different people have short trunks neighborhood, work, social and other tribes. They move between the tribes and behave differently in different contexts. While maintaining the basic values, attitudes shift when moving between groups. The group interaction is an example. We try to work for a group of university administrations to meet the needs and aspirations of candidates and students. Administrators are working to reassure candidates and students, as the ruling classes. Faculty jobsgrow with classes of students and facilitate students' knowledge. The student is the same person, or interact with the various elements of universities.

price deals with the value, utility, moral virtue, beauty, and can individually or collectively by all. The values are the core of what a person believes. In June 2006, article in "USA Today," said Colorado Rockies pitcher Jason Jennings to the journalist that the player's ball club, the value of character and good to hearLife from the top of the organization until the end. In the changing room, you do not see the pictures and pornographic magazines. There are magazines, sports magazines, and racing cars visible and are seen in the locker room Bibles. This ball club believes in Christian values and Christian ethics. A report by fans talk trash or not to hear the usual showboating players among the members of the Rocky Mountains. Leadership in the Rockies organization, evidence of expectedBehavior in the clubhouse, on the field and players from other teams. The Rockies are not the team "most successful" in Major League Baseball, but the show close to the highest ethical behavior.

Ethics is ethikos from greek means of habit. Ethics is a study of living standards, a study in which we see things as right or wrong or true and false about how we know things. Thus, ethics is the outward manifestation of life in aFaith.

Against the ethical values

The values and ethics do not exist in isolation. However, you can develop differently over time. A child to grow up the values from the values of their parents. A child is ethical behavior developed from observations of what parents do. The growing confidence in parents as a child sees the parents obey their beliefs (values) for their ethics (which they do) in a consistent manner. The company is a leader in the responsibility of the organization and its employees andhim to do it alone, no less. The followers of a leader quickly lose confidence if they observe attitudes and behaviors that do not match words, ethical standards and values.

Values must identify or state that is a leader. The values are the foundation on which managers make judgments about what is important. Journal of Ethics identifies a moral compass, understanding of good and just leader. Ethics is a set of moral principles.

Managers must commit to personal values andorganizational values, in search of a crisis between the two. In addition, leaders need to demonstrate value, so that the viewer is left leader commitment.

A leader of the community studies, in which the organization exists, to know what are the values of the community. Another aspect is that a leader's ethical survey sheets, if the community acts as they wish. These observations, which believes that a community and how it behaves, "says one of the leading suppliers to the extent of the lawTo within a community. However, the organizational leadership to operate at a higher level.

A return to the driving test in establishing a code of ethics is that ethics and values do not correspond to a sharp division in areas of expertise. Melissa Ingwersen1 supported by JPMorgan Chase Bank, the basis of ethics at home and at school before the point. JPMorgan Chase says he does not want to compromise that by banks and bankers to do business with customers questionable.Therefore, JPMorgan Chase selects clients carefully attempting to maintain their reputation and the reputation of their clients.

What does the above example tell us about values and ethics in an organization? For Chase Bank, the value is honesty, integrity, and character building of clients by selecting clients who have similar values as the bank. Chase Bank does not compromise their core values for the sake of gaining business. Another view of this provided by Brenda Joyner, et al2, is a sense of corporate social responsibility (CSR). CSR includes such elements as economic, legal, discretionary activities and ethics. She says these exist within what are the values of the public.

Working standard - values and ethics

Stated above, ethics is the outward display of values. In some organizations, leaders are content to accept the ethic of responsibility to shareholders. Although this was the generally accepted behavior in economic boom years, most long-life businesses recognize that the bottom line is not an ethically symbolic way to engage.

Joyner, et al, relate the work of Paine (1994). In this, they attempt to put a value on following the letter of the law versus following spirit of the law. While obeying the letter of the law is legally and ethically correct, seeking the higher value to obey the spirit of the law propels a leader to higher trust, reducing cynicism, ultimately adding value to the ethical standard. The ethical standard is a leader and organization’s integrity strategy and values are the core beliefs driving the strategy.

Ray Coye3, writing in 1986 saw the need to differentiate values and ethics. In his view, there are no values for an organization separated from the collective values of leaders and members. He provides a definition of values as, “… serv(ing) as the authorities in the name of which choices are made and action taken.” In greater depth, this 1986 definition is one based on the prevailing attitude toward values and ethics considered correct – at that time (Coye, 1986)

• A value is chosen freely after consideration of alternatives and consequences

• Publicly affirmed, cherished, and prized

• Pattern of action that is consistent and repeated

Conclusion

Values exist at the core of our nature; they are our core belief system. Ethics, our behavior, reveal our values within an operating environment. If we say we cherish (value) our children but behave abusively, value and ethical behavior are incongruent. Within a leadership role, the same is true of our attitude toward workers. Recent history of organizational failure adds to common knowledge of how personal greed over the expressed organizational values ruin business and, worse, the faith workers have in the business and leaders.

Not all organizations are the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, but trends start one person and one organization at a time. Be a trend setter.

Works Cited
1. Nightengale, B. (2006, June 1). Basball’s Rockies seek revival on two levels. USA Today. Retrieved September 20, 2006 from [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/rockies/2006-05-30-rockies-cover_x.htm].
2. Cook, J. R. Interview: Melissa Ingwersen, Central OH President, JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA. Ethical Leadership, Council for Ethics in Economics (1,1)
3. Joyner, B. E., Payne, D. & Raiborn, C. A. (2002, April). Building values, business ethics and corporate social responsibility into the developing organization. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship(7,1), pg. 113.
4. Coye, R. (1986, February) Individual Values and Business Ethics. Journal of Business Ethics (5,1), pg. 45.
5. Watson, S. (2006). Personal Values in Business: How successful businesses underpin their success with clear values. Retrieved September 20, 2006 from [http://www.summitconsultants.co.uk/news-detail.asp?fldNewsArticles_ID=126].
6. Gyertson, D. J. (2006). Ethical Frameworks. Presentation at Regent University DSL Residency September 13 to 22, 2006

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