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Ethical Leadership Vs Educational Leadership

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Since the beginning of 21st-century, there has been a growing scientific interest in ethical leadership of institutions as the ethical values in organizational leaders continues to decline. Among scholarly communities there is considerable disagreement on the appropriate way to conceptualize, define and study ethical leadership. This disagreement is partly due to the ontological and epistemological differences between the scholarly communities, and the ethical leadership of organizations. Because of the differences, scholars have endlessly debated the concept of ethical leadership. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the academic concepts of ethical leadership from the perspective of the president of Seattle University. In particular, …show more content…

Categorically, the business intentions are to make a profit, even if they claim their values, goals, and objectives are different. However, the educational organization wants to form the person, to give him or her an experience of opening their eyes to the world and seeing the world as larger than themselves. The pressure is that the educational organization must exist in a neoliberal market that dictates that certain values (utility and efficiency) are primary. Additionally, educational leaders, create a vision while business leaders create goals. For example, educational leaders depict a picture of what they see as achievable and engage their people in turning that vision into reality. Business leaders, on the other hand, focus on setting, measuring, and achieving goals. Moreover, educational leaders are agents of change, nevertheless, business leaders maintain the status quo. As an educational leader, innovation is our mantra, and we embrace change and know that even if nothing is working, there will always be a better way to do more. This is the St. Ignatius notion of the “Magis” meaning, doing “more” for the greater glory of God. For the president, educational leaders are irreplaceable because they are not impressionists. For instance, when he took over as president of Seattle University, he wrestled to emulate his predecessor but it never worked. Subsequently, he realized he was acting like an entertainer rather than being himself. For this reason, educational leaders must refrain from acting like copycat or a caricature of the business

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