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Through their actions, leaders enable followers to make their own ethical decisions.
BY LAURAINE NEWTON BNS C GNC(C)
Powerful leaders can have a substantial impact on the lives of followers and the fate of an
organization. The primary issue is not whether leaders will use power, but whether they will use
it wisely and well.1
Although Confucius, Socrates and Aristotle made distinctions between good and evil as early
as 551 B.C., recent political and nancial scandals have renewed interest and research in ethical
leadership.
Ethical leadership focuses on what values and motives should inform our attitudes and behaviours
in achieving our desired outcomes. Gallagher & Tschudin dened leadership as the process of
enabling ordinary people to produce extraordinary things in the face of challenge and change
and to constantly turn in superior performance to the long-term benet of all concerned.2
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