ETHICAL LEADERSHIP

 Is a leadership that is concerned in leading in a

manner that respects the rights , dignity and stake of
others.
 It focus on how leaders employ their business and
political power in the decisions they make and actions
they engage.
Ethics in Organization
Refers to a system values, philosophies that govern the
behavior of organization members which are the
consequences of organizational pronouncement.
Ethical Decision Making
Is the process of trying to established organizational
values from which ethical decisions will be based form.
 Decision makers of organization

 Withdraw
 Be an archivist
 The option of doing nothing
 Be conscious of long-term effects
 Consider legalities and ethics
 Ask around
 Be comprehensively sensitive
 Do not be a dangerous “alpha male”
 Find a win-win solution
Myths about Organizational
Ethics
Being Ethical is Easy

 Being ethical is not easy considering that to

be ethical means that business conduct most
of the time to be beyond the minimum legal
requirements.
 There is no such thing as cost-free
compliance effort.
 Being ethical could mean being a bee flying
towards a huge web of unethical entities that
can easily overwhelm the company.
 Being Ethical is not part of Doing
Business
It should be something that comes with
the existence of the enterprise.

Being Ethical bring No Benefit

It is not true that being Ethical has no
reward.
Ethics is not the same as feelings
Feelings provide important information for our
Ethical choices.
Ethics is not Religion
Many people are not religious but ethics applies to
everyone.
Ethics is not just following the law
A good system of laws does incorporate many
ethical standards but law can deviate from what is ethical.
Ethics is not following culturally accepted
norms
Some cultures are quite ethical but others
become corrupt or blind to certain ethical concerns.
Ethics is not science
social and natural science can provide
important data to help us make better ethical choice.
ethics provide reasons for how human ought
act.
CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP
The acceptance by business of a
conscious effort in focusing and in
satisfying the economic , legal
ethical , philanthropic and social
responsibilities and other acts
expanded from the corporation to
do its stakeholders.
 Elements of corporate
citizenship
 Commitment to quality
 Ethical legal compliance
 Stewardship and governance
 Superior employee relation
 Social advocacy
 Environmental advocacy
 Community involvement
Philanthropy and social
initiative
Philanthropy
The practice of giving money and time to help make
life better for other people.

Corporate philanthropy
The giving of the company’s profit directly to
charitable organizations or to individual in need with the
intention of helping and improving the quality of life of the
different corporate stake holders.
Serves as a major link between the corporation and
the communities it serves.
 Benefits of corporation
philanthropy

 Benefits to business
 Benefits to stakeholders
 Benefits to community
Social screening of investments

Scare-off from strategy

Impact mitigation
Whoever is the best
Main or derivative connections
Impact Mitigation
Some socially concerned
investors deals with the
problems inherent in absolute
screening by using the strategy
of balance with benefit.
Corporate Greenwashing
The practice of companies
characterized by deceptively making it
appear that their products , services
and policies are environmentally
friendly by projecting cost cuts as
reduction is use of resources or invest
“Green Cancans” like in area of
ecology and environment.
Green marketing
tactics
the deceiving use of green
PR to win the hearts of
consumer for purposes of Green Sheen
improving image , build up Organizations that
good will eventually , endeavor just to let the
drawing more revenue.
public see that they are
espousing practice
advantageous to the
environment.
 Sin of the hidden trade-off
 Sin of hoproof
 Sin of vaguanes
 Sin of irrelevance
 Sin of fibbing
 Sin of lesser of two evils
 Sin of worshiping false labels
 Ways on how the spot
Greenwashing
Poor use of scientific facts or the lack of any common
scientific knowledge.
The use of buzz word like “carbon intensity “, “sustainable
development “, “Carbon offsets and technology.” sounds
too technical makes the consumers depart from probing.
Look at the environmental label on the product.
Never abandon common sense.
Look out for negligible green claims, mainly when a
company focuses on one small green attribute when the
rest of the company or product is not green.
Reporters:
Ravelo, Janine Ariane
Gamboa, Daniel
Monasterial, Jedidia