1. May the ethical theory ever result in an unethical decision or action? Explain the rationale for your response and support your rationale with in-text citations.
Ans. It is our intent to focus on the practical application of ethics in decision making. We need to start by creating some clarifying distinctions to facilitate our purpose. Ethics in decision making have always impacted our choices for words and actions. Hence, according to me, Ethical theory framework would result in ethical action.
Future conflict between a person's moral choice and an organization's ethical decisions are most easily addressed as someone seeks to join the organization. If a person is ready to join a company or business, it is important that he (or she) be
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Ethical leadership is the demonstration of normatively appropriate conduct of personal actions and interpersonal relationships, and the promotion of such conduct to followers of two-way communication, reinforcement, and decision-making.
Ken Johnson has focused on this connection to identify four tightly interrelated components (Johnson, 2003, p. 1) of ethical leadership:
Purpose - the ethical leader
Knowledge - the ethical leader is knowledge to inquire, judge, and act prudently
Authority - the ethical leader has the power to ask questions, make decisions and act, but also recognizes that all those involved and affected must have the right to be contributed
Trust - the ethical leader inspires, and is a beneficiary of a trust, the whole of the organization and its environment.
All four of these elements are critical in an environment, such as project management, where authority is limited by the temporary nature of the project and by the