HOW TO BECOME AN ETHICAL LEADER?

a. Define and Align Your Values

Consider the morals you were raised with.
"Treat others how you want to be treated"
"Always say "thank you,”.
"Help those who are struggling," etc.
But as you evolve, and as society progresses, traditions alter, often causing changing values. Ask
yourself what matters to you as a person, and then align that with your leadership goals. It not
only reflects your honesty in describing your beliefs, it also inspires the colleagues to do the
same, building a shared vision for all staff.
b. Champion the Importance of Ethics
An ethical leader's job is to focus on the overall significance of ethics, including ethical
standards and other ethical issues, and how those factors that influence society. As an ethical
leader, educating peers about ethics is crucial, particularly in cases where they face an ethical
issue at work.
c. Hire People with Similar Values
Although your views need not be identical to those of your workers, you should be able to
establish common ground with them. This often starts with the hiring process and is sustained
through a declaration of vision.
d. Promote Open Communication
Each subordinate is different although they share similarities. Be open with every decision you
make, and seek input from your team. It makes you become in expressing your thoughts or
concerns with your better leader and helps you feel more comfortable subordinates. Collecting
input from your team will help you improve as a leader and will push the organization forward.
Good ethical practitioners tend to be good communicators. Individuals interact differently.
Some may feel comfortable speaking in public, irrespective of staff or circumstance, while
others may refuse to talk with a leader due to fear, anxiety or simply not knowing how to
express what they are trying to say. They could speak better via email, rather than in person.
Communicating with each member of the team is an ethical leader's task but also allowing for
open conversation, as some people may have questions and concerns that need to be
answered. Creating camaraderie with your team is vital to the leaders. Relationships of quality
appear to be founded upon honesty, justice, dignity, transparency, compassion and respect.
e. Beware of Bias
As people, many of us have antiquated or mistaken convictions, subconscious or otherwise.
Every leader wants to admit to their shortcomings but failure to practice self-awareness will
lead to detrimental effects. Everyone has prejudice, but you haven't been called on for the
longest time, because you've never really been tested. Leaders need to look at themselves and
be honest in fact having prejudices that can impinge on the feeling of ease at work of another
person. For you to build and maintain better relationships with your subordinates, be an open-
minded leader.
f. Lead by Example
Leading by example is a noble attribute of a leader. The best way to ensure an ethical
organization is to lead by example. It is important to remember as an ethical leader, that
actions always speak louder than words. People are more likely to judge others, rather than
what they say, based on how they behave. Ethical leaders may begin to earn the respect of
their peers by practicing and demonstrating the use of ethical, truthful, and unselfish conduct
to subordinates.
g. Find Your Role Models
In history, there are many leaders, doing a little study of strong, powerful leaders and trying to
identify what they are doing well. Then incorporate it into their own style of leadership.
h. Care for Yourself so you are able to Care for Others
As the saying goes, "You can't pour from an empty cup." The cornerstone for strong leadership
is to have a calm and competent disposition. This can be done by ensuring that you, as a
person, are focused on fulfilling your own needs such as sleep, nutrition and a true relationship
with loved ones, it may seem easy to devote time to self-care, but ultimately, it's crucial to
improving your leadership abilities. The leader who is happy and satisfied with life seeks peace
and fulfillment for those they lead.
IMPACTS OF ETHICAL LEADERSHIP
Ethical leaders will help to build a healthy atmosphere through constructive partnerships at
three levels: the individual, the team, and the organization at large. Nurturing connections at
each of these levels will result in the following outcomes and benefits:
1. The Well-Being of the Individual
A strong ethical leader has an important responsibility for maintaining a positive working
environment. Ethical leaders leading by example should persuade others to do likewise. People
are generally influenced by the things occurring around them. Good contact between
colleagues can help to influence efficiency and attitude in the workplace.
2. The Energy of the Team
Ethical leadership can also include behavior Control and co-operation within a team. In the
workplace, morale usually is stronger when people get along with catch other. When colleagues
work as a team, this can help build relationships in the workplace and improve the group's
overall performance. Strong leaders lead by example.
3. The Health of the Organization
The value of maintaining a positive mindset in the workplace has much to do with improving
the organization's overall health. When people are able to show respect for each other and
value the views of others, this can help to create a productive work climate. There can be an
ethical organization when people's groups work together in an atmosphere of mutual respect,
where they can develop individually, build friendships and contribute to the overall objective.
THE 4-V MODEL OF ETHICAL LEADERSHIP
The 4-V model aims to reconcile internal beliefs and values for the common good with external
behaviors and actions.
The four V'S stand for:
1. Values
2. Vision,
3. Voice, and
4. Virtue
These characteristics help to build a strong ethical leader. In the end, an ethical leader's main
goal is to create a world in which the future is positive, inclusive and allows all individuals to
pursue and fulfill their needs and fulfill their maximum potential.
VALUES FORMATION IN LEADERSHIP
Values is not a subject that has been talked about so often but one that plays an important role
in You sent
acts and performance. Because values are personal and not always clearly defined, they remain
an essential but under-discussed and undervalued part of who you are as an individual and as a
leader. Everyone has values, and when clearly understood and established, they become much
more important. To get the most out of what happens, the best initial step would be to identify
your values and write down those that are most important to you.
REASONS WHY VALUES MATTER TO LEADERS
1. Values Guide Your Decisions You have a lot of decisions to make as a dictator, those that only
affect you and those that impact many others. Once you start with your principles, choices, big
or small, can be taken faster, simpler and with greater confidence. Go your choices against your
merit scheme. It's the best place to start.
2. Values Strengthen Your Ability to Influence
If you associate with your beliefs, you are communicating with your passions. People are drawn
to you when you speak with passion, they are more likely to hear your message and you will be
more successful in persuading and influencing. As a leader it should be self-evident why this is
vital to your values.
3. Values Create Clarity
When you're happier your life is simpler in So many ways. Clarity helps you concentrate, make
yourself more successful and much more. One of the fastest ways in your life to achieve clarity
is to be clear about your beliefs first. If you work from this point of departure all the other
clarification advantages will follow.
4. Values Reduce Stress
The majority of the people I know want less tension in their lives. It's doubly important as a
leader because your tension is infectious-it infects those around It's easier to communicate
when the choices are smoother, and you're clearer about issues that you'll have less tension. In
the past you may not have been talking about values in this way; but it is absolutely true that
living from your values is a great way to reduce stress.
5. Values Guide Your Actions
Knowing and understanding your is one thing. Behave according to them is another matter This
reality has an effect on all the ideas that have been shared so far, because all the advantages
are achieved when you recognize and then act upon your beliefs. Of those advantages, this is
the most practical. Your beliefs are what drive your actions.
While it helps to define who you are, having clear beliefs can be so much more useful on a daily
basis It allows you to be a more successful, efficient and confident leader by being clear on your
values.