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M7A4: Journal Ethics as a Road Map Through Difficulty

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Abstract

Analyze the philosophy and skills of leadership within a chosen organization.

Evaluate the tone, mission, and vision of a chosen organization.

Apply ethical concepts to a chosen organization.

Evaluate the manner in which ethics guides the chosen organization with regard to challenges.

Reflect on personal leadership qualities.

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M7A4: Journal Ethics as a Road Map Through Difficulty

Introduction

This paper comprehensively analysis the philosophy and skills approach to Verizon

Communications Company. The approach informs the functions and operations of the company

as it strives to maintain high-performance remarks in the telecom industry. The company's

functionality in one of the continuously transforming industry with rapid technological

advancements requires a clear vision and mission statements to help align its leadership,

functionality, and employees with its strategic goals and objectives (Manning & Curtis, 2014).

Verizon under the leadership of CEO Lowell McAdam sets an exemplary example of ethical

organizations that utilize ethics as a counter measure and platform of addressing the companys

challenges.

Philosophy and Skills of Leadership within Verizon

The analysis of Verizons philosophy is based on the efforts of the leadership of CEO

McAdam in developing an ethical workforce and corporate culture based on strong values, work

ethics, and sense of responsibility. The company is guided by the philosophy of corporate culture

that induces transparency and accountability as salient features to help the organization

maneuver through the challenges and create opportunities for future growth (Palmer, Dunford, &

Akin, 20009). An ethical workforce induces strong corporate values that are precisely committed

towards the realization of what is best for the organization. Hence, the philosophy and skills of

leadership incorporated in Verizon are the top leaders serving as the model of strong values and
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corporate culture. In turn, the leadership best practices are to be embraced in the entire

organization improving integrity and performance of the company.

Tone, Mission, and Vision in Verizon

The Verizons mission statement entails that As a leader in communications, Verizons

mission is to enable people and business to communicate with each other. We are also committed

to providing full and open communication with our customers, employees, and investors

(Verizon, 2017). In turn, this sets a high bar for the company's objectives to strategize on how to

achieve these goals. Verizon comprises of visionary leadership that steers the company towards

ambitious aims and objectives. Verizon has been on a growing trend maintaining its competitive

advantage based on the tone set by its vision and mission of the organization. The organization

tone established in the operations of Verizon focus of elevating the company to highest

performance standards by inducing effective leadership and strong corporate culture. The tone

culminates into the best practices of the organization as exerted by its CEO McAdam leadership

of integrity.

Application of Ethical Concepts in Verizon

Verizon particularly focuses on improving ethical standards of the company. The ethical

basis of operations in Verizon is salient features that have been strongly advocated for by the

company's CEO McAdam. Such concepts include integrity, transparency, and accountability. For

example, CEO McAdam strives to induce a leadership that values norms and beliefs of doing the

right thing for the company. McAdam ascertains the company of transparency as he advocates

never to cut corners, rather, employees ought to do their best and pursue what they believe in
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(Nahavandi, 2016). This exerts freedom and high-level capacity of functioning with being

suppressed by the leadership.

Ways Ethics Guides Verizon in Dealing with Challenges

The incorporation of ethics in the operations of Verizon asserts a significant opportunity

for the company to pursue that which it believes in most with unique approach and transparency.

The ethical extent allows the company assures the investors and employees of clear functioning.

In turn, ethics helps to instill confidence to the company's stakeholders presenting new frontiers

of collaboration and elimination of any hurdles that might exist as a result.

Personal Leadership Attributes

The best personal leadership characteristics focus on the nature of leadership style which,

in this case, entails transformational leadership to allow continuous innovation and creativity.

Similarly, being pragmatic induces results orientation, thus, focus on providing effective

solutions to challenges in the process and facilitate the improvement of quality. As well,

integrity, responsibility, transparency, accountability, and effective communication are salient

tenets of my leadership traits.

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References

Manning, G., & Curtis, K. (2014). The art of leadership. (5th Ed.). Tata McGraw-Hill Education.

ISBN#: 978-0077862459

Nahavandi, A. (2016). The Art and Science of Leadership -Global Edition. Pearson.

Palmer, I., Dunford, R., & Akin, G. (2009). Managing organizational change: A multiple

perspectives approach. New York: McGraw-Hill Irwin.

Verizon.com. (2017). Articles about Verizon chairman and chief executive officer of Verizon

Communications. Retrieved from http://www.verizon.com/about/news-tag/ceo-lowell-

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Verizon.com. (2017). Verizons CEO: Our strategy to deliver the promise of the digital world.

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