Ethical Practices in Leadership and Policy ADS760 Fall 2018
Instructor: Kimberly DeSimone, Ph.D.
This course was designed to look at the micro (daily activities) and macro trends of organizations in order to understand the ethical implications of the assumptions and practices that drive organizations. Candidates examined the ethical foundations that guide the organizational leader in the creation and implementation of policies.
Doctoral Standards
Standard 2: An organizational leader advocates, nurtures and sustains a culture consistent with the mission of the organization and conducive to professional growth.
Standard 5: An organizational leader acts with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner.
Standard 8: An organizational leader develops and maintains humane and inclusive organizations that address the root causes of social and structural inequalities.
Course Textbooks
Course Assignments
Leadership and Policy Takeaways
- Never use another person as a means to an end – Kantianism (Class Experience)
- Motivational blindness is the tendency to not notice the unethical actions of others when it is against our own best interests to notice (Bazerman & Tenbrunsel, 2012)
- To be ethical leaders and policymakers, it is important to know and understand your morals, beliefs, core values, and ethical blind spot (“This is Believe Now Paper”
