In the article, Moral Person and Moral Manager: How Executives Develop a Reputation for Ethical Leadership, I started to think about how I could improve both of these aspects. I see myself now as someone who can is a moral person, but where can I improve on that and how can I apply that within a leadership position that I will find myself in one day. First the article spoke about two pillars being present within both entities. The traits of a moral person are things like integrity, honesty, and trustworthiness. The behaviors that come of this are concern for other people, being open, etc. This is someone that holds to values in decision-making. I feel as though I could do better when it comes to concern for other people within decision-making. I think it can be easy for myself to think about what I get out of a situation and have a quick answer around that instead of getting input from other stakeholders first. Within a leadership sense, they then use these said traits and behaviors to their advantage. They apply them through being a role model, thinking about rewards and discipline, and communicating about ethics. I think in a leadership sense, it would be easy for me to be someone who communicates expectations for our team as we think about communicating ethics. However, one that I see myself struggling with in the future is within rewards. I think that articulating my encouragement for others or even receiving that encouragement is a difficult thing for me. I believe this is because it can be easy to get in the mindset that we are all just doing what we are supposed to do. But, when you get out of the business or efficiency mindset and really think about people, who they are, and what they come from, it will be much easier to be able to articulate a rewarding compliment or tangible benefit to appreciate who is on your team.