Business Ethics

NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY

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Student: Whitney Wisner

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MGT 7019 Erik Magner

Ethics in Business Assignment 2

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The problem to be investigated is the correlation among leadership, trustworthiness, and ethical stewardship.

Leadership is described as “the process of influencing leaders and followers to achieve organizational objectives through change” (Caldwell, Hayes, & Long, 2010). Since the dawn of time, there have been leaders. There has always been that one person to be the head of the group and to lead people. What makes a leader effective? A leader has to have charisma, confidence, and the ability to give and receive respect. In addition, Caldwell et al. (2010) believes that an effective leader strives to uphold an image that shows their commitment to the...