SAGE Readings

Reference Articles

Ethical Dilemmas

Ethical Role of Management

Opportunism

Journal Articles

Article 1: Makaroff, K. S., Storch, J., Pauly, B. and Newton, L. (2014). Searching for ethical leadership in nursing. Nursing Ethics 21(6), 642-658.

Questions that apply to this article:

  1. A consistent finding in this article was the desire for supportive nurse leaders when facing ethical challenges.  Describe a principle of ethical leadership in the text that describes the type of ethics in terms of support.
  2. Describe how the principle “ethical leaders are just” is being responsive to systemic needs, one of the themes of this article’s research findings.
  3. Ethics is central to leadership.  Summarize this concept using the information in the strengthening ethical practice section in the article.

*a. Answers vary.

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Article 2: Huang, L. & Paterson, T. A. (2014). Group ethical voice: Influence of ethical leadership and impact on ethical performance. Journal of Management DOI: 10.1177/0149206314546195.

Questions that apply to this article:

  1. Describe what group ethical voice means.
  2. How does ethical leadership influence the group ethical voice?
  3. How do the mediating role of ethical culture and the centrality of ethics to leadership compare and contrast?

*a. Answers vary.

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Article 3: Fairchild, R.M. (2010). Practical ethical theory for nurses responding to complexity in care. Nursing Ethics 17(3), 353-362.

Questions that apply to this article:

  1. How does human caring develop from a meaning and knowing ethical context?
  2. Where does ethical altruism described in the Northouse text intersect with complexity theory and caring in this article?
  3. Describe how metacognition can help individuals make decisions when facing ethical dilemmas.

*a. Answers vary.

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Article 4: Stefkovich, J. and Begley, P.T. (2007). Ethical school leadership. Educational Management Administration & Leadership 35(2), 205-224.

Questions that apply to this article:

  1. Describe the valuation process discussed in this article related to school administration. How can this process of assessing values and ethics also apply to other leadership roles and organizations?
  2. How is the process of ethical school leadership more difficult as schools increase in cultural diversity? What type of valuations do school leaders often use in diverse school systems?
  3. Describe two different ways school administrators interpret what is in the best interest of students.

*a. Answers vary.

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Article 5: Johnson, C. The rise and fall of Carly Fiorina. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies 15(2), 188-196.

Questions that apply to this article:

  1. When Carly Fiorina took over as CEO of Hewlett Packard and pushed financial performance over the “HP Way”, what type of leadership was she using? Explain your answer.
  2. Explain the ethical leadership construct described in the article as a two-part process.
  3. What behaviors, actions and decision-making process did Ms. Fiorina use that did not follow the ethical leadership construct?

*a. Answers vary.