The Importance of Leadership Ethics and Values in the Work Place

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: A+, , course: Managerial Leadership, language: English, abstract: This paper explorers the importance of Ethics and Values in the workplace, and having an adequate leader to enforce them. The author will be using research of procedures, and past history corporation disasters to support the topic of discussion. Wilson (n.d.) suggests that ethics are not only important in the workplace but society in general. He claims that if either one lacks ethical principles, that it is only a matter of time before they nosedive. Dogra (2010) proposes that businesses have the highest chances of survival if they are ethical. She suggests that it benefits business in three categories: Profit Maximization, Efficient Utilization of Business Resources, and Creates Goodwill in the Market. This paper examines Dogräs theories, in addition to companies that have failed because of poor Values and Ethics enforced by an inadequate leader, together with ways to implement Ethics and Values into the workplace.