For my 8th DEJ post, I chose to reference the reading Ethical Role of Managers from Sage Reference. This reading provided me with further knowledge regarding the important of managers in companies and how their leadership shapes a team. Not only does their leadership shape a team but it also represents the company. This leadership is ideally built on strong ethical values. With strong ethical values as the backbone of good managerial leadership, a team will perform, well stay motivated, and individuals will be fulfilled. The article puts an emphasis on each decision a manager makes as it is representative of so much more than just the task that is being completed at the time. It impacts the viewpoint team members have of the manager and the company and if the manager is moral manager. This is highlighted by ethicist Linda Trevino in the article. She says ethical management “is a combination of being a moral person and being a moral manager” and that this relies heavily on integrity and honesty in leadership. This is something I have seen hold true in my experiences with various different managers. I have had managers who lead with strong ethics and morals and those who did not. It was clear at the time and is even clearer now that with strong ethics as the foundation of leadership the team I was on was stronger, I valued my work more, and was more dedicated to the job while trusting my manager. Without strong leadership ethics, there is a lack of trust leading to oftentimes turmoil in team work and collaboration which leads to inefficient work styles and a lack of drive from the team. This reading helped me to better undrstand why ethics are so important in leadership and I am excited to continue learnign more about this topic and experiencing it in my daily life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Waddock, Sandra. “Ethical Role of the Manager.” Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. Ed. . Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE,<\/p>\n\n\n\n