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The Ethical Leader September 16, 2008
Shirley M. Edwards, PMP
Vice President, Wachovia Corporation
Graduate, PMI Leadership Institute, 2004
PMI Ethics Review Committee, 2007-2009
The Ethical Leader
Why Do I Need to Understand Ethical Leadership?
Based on a study by Kang Lee, PhD at University of Toronto & Victoria Talwar,
PhD at McGill University in Montreal of 172 children between the ages of 6-11:
50% of the children cheated on
a task to get a reward for
giving the correct answer
Among the 50%,
93% lied about cheating
Older children were more
sophisticated in their lies
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The Ethical Leader
Lying is Categorized in Four Basic Groups?
* “Children and Lying”, Susan McGinley, University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
80%
10%
5%
5%
Pro-Social
Self-Enhancement
Selfish
Anti-Social
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“But… That’s What Little Children Do,
Right?”
In a study conducted by Dr. Nancy Darling at
Penn State University:
98% of teens reported lying to their parents
Out of 36 topics, the average teen lied to his
parents about 12
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“Well, We All Know That Teenagers Lie! So What?”
Children often learn lying
from their parents:
“When adults are asked to
keep diaries of their own
lies, they admit to about
one lie per every five
social interactions, which
works out to one per day,
on average.”
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* “Learning to Lie”, Po Bronson, New York Magazine, 02/10/08
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And The Trend Continues…
“Only 25% of employees trusted their chief executives to tell the truth and just 2%
felt business chiefs set a good moral example.”
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* Unethical Statistics Announced At Business Leaders Event, Strategic Management Partners, http://www.consult-smp.com
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People are People! How Does All of This Affect Me in The Project Management
Profession?
“Fraud and falsification are highly destructive to market capitalism
and, more broadly, to the
underpinnings of our society…
Our market system depends
critically on trust. Trust in the
word of our colleagues and
trust in the word of those
with whom we do business.”
Alan Greenspan
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The Ethical Leader
How Does Unethical Leadership
Impact My Business?
Unethical Leadership
can negatively impact
an organization’s
bottom line and even worse,
can lead to organizational
failure…
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The Ethical Leader
How Does Unethical Leadership
Impact My Organization?
Unethical Leadership
promotes unethical
behavior across entire
organizations.
Bad Leaders yield
Bad Followers…
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The Ethical Leader
How Does Unethical Leadership
Impact My Employees?
Unethical Leadership
can diminishing our
faith and confidence in
our role models. It
attracts poor performers
and repels high
performers.
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The Ethical Leader
So, Why is Understanding Ethical
Leadership Really Important?
The Value Proposition:
“Ethical leadership honors the
emotional needs of people for
respect and meaning, which are
reflected in ‘quantum leaps in
personal and organizational
effectiveness.’”
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* “Ethical Leadership: Right Relationships and the Emotional Bottom Line”, Desmond Berghofer & Geraldine
Schwartz, Institute for Ethical Leadership
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Okay. Then, How is a Leader Different From an Ethical Leader?
What is Leadership? ]
"Leadership is like
follow the leader. You
follow someone
around until they do
something really
stupid and then you
follow someone else.”
Davey Edwards
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The Ethical Leader
What is “Ethical Leadership”?
“Ethical leadership is
knowing your core values
and having the courage to
live them in all parts of
your life in service of the
common good.”
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* “Ethical Leadership”, Center for Ethical Leadership, http://www.ethicalleadership.org
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Ethical Leaders:
“Articulate and embody the purpose and values of the organization
Focus on organizational success rather than personal ego
Find the best people and develop them
Create a living conversation about ethics, values and creation of value for
stakeholders
Create mechanisms of dissent
Take a charitable understanding of others’ values
Make tough calls while being imaginative
Know the limits of the values and ethical principles they live
Frame actions in ethical terms
Connect the basic value proposition to stakeholder support and societal legitimacy”
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•“Developing Ethical Leadership”, R. Edwards Freeman & Lisa Stewart, Institute for Corporate Ethics
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Standards of Excellence Followed by Ethical Leaders:
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* “Five Standards of Excellence Practiced by Ethical Leaders”, Laurie Haughey, Workforce Management Online, 11/03
Ethical
Communication
Collaboration
Succession
Planning Tenure
Quality
The Ethical Leader
What Truly Differentiates an Ethical Leader?
Steven Covey describes eight “Laws of the Universe” that form the principles
upon which Ethical Leadership is based:
1. Trust
2. Respect
3. Integrity
4. Honesty
5. Fairness
6. Equity
7. Justice
8. Compassion
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The Ethical Leader
Do you have a clearly defined “Code of Conduct”?
“Ethics codes should be seen as providing limits to the means that may be
employed to achieve organizational aspirations, but otherwise freeing the moral
imagination to reach for them.”
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*“Ethics, especially Organizational Ethics, and how it relates to economics and politics”, May 2003,
www.ethicaledge.com
The Ethical Leader
What are the Components of Your “Code of Conduct”?
PMI “Code of Ethics & Professional Conduct” Key Categories:
Vision & Applicability
Responsibility
Respect
Fairness
Honesty
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How Can You Embrace Ethical Leadership?
Operating Modes of Ethical Leadership
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* “The role of Leadership in Organizational Integrity, and five modes of Ethical Leadership”, Kenneth W. Johnson,
http://www.ethicaledge.com, 7/16/05
Inspiration
Facilitation
Persuasion
Manipulation
Coercion
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What Questions Do Ethical Leaders Ask to Solve Problems?
“What are the consequences of alternatives on those who will be affected?
Who has rights in the situation that you must respect? Golden Rule
What messages do you want to send about your values and the values of your
organization?
What’s going to work? Will it accomplish your purpose?”
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* Interview of Professor Joseph Badaracco, John Shad Professor of Business Ethics at Harvard Business School,
David Rosenbaum, CIO Magazine, 05/24/06
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What Would The ULTIMATE Ethical Leader Ask?:
“Is it legal?
Does it comply with our workshop rules & guidelines?
Is it in-sync with our North Pole values?
Will I be comfortable, guilt-free or even jolly if I do it?
Does it support our goals, commitments and mission?
Would I do it to my family or friends?
Would I be perfectly okay with someone doing it to me?
Would the most ethical individual I know of do it?”
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* “The Leadership Secrets of Santa Clause: How to Get Big Things Done in Your ‘Workshop’ All Year Long”, The
Walk the Talk Company, 2003
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How Can You Self-Assess Your Ethical Leadership
from a Professional Perspective?
“What are my most important values and principles?
Does my calendar (how I spend my time and attention) reflect those values?
What would my subordinates and peers say my values are?
What mechanisms and processes have I designed to be sure that the people
who work for me can push back against my authority?
What could this organization do or ask me to do that would cause me to resign
for ethical reasons?
What do I want to accomplish with my leadership?”
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* “Developing Ethical Leadership”, R. Edwards Freeman & Lisa Stewart, Institute for Corporate Ethics
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How Can You Self-Assess Your Ethical Leadership
From a Personal Perspective?
“What do I want people
to say about my leadership
when I am gone?
Can I go home at the end
of the day and tell my
children (or a loved on)
about my leadership, and
use my day’s work to teach
them to be ethical leaders?”
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* “Developing Ethical Leadership”, R. Edwards Freeman & Lisa Stewart, Institute for Corporate Ethics
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Trust
Knowledge Authority
Purpose
Leadership
Ethical
Leadership
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS?
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