Assignment 3: Leadership And Ethics

Ethical Issues

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Leadership and Ethics

Ethical concerns to be addressed by management

Refugees refer to people who are displaced from moved from their countries to other nations due to different reasons. Among them, we have wars, drought, and floods among other issues. For these reasons these people have to move into other countries, where they believe they will have better lives. Basically, the aspect of refugees is concern about providing support to people having different problems. We also have people in their own countries who can be considered as refugees. Simply because they solely depend on the support of the government in order to meet all their needs (Fernando & Congress 2015). For this reason, effective leadership is essential in order to ensure that these people are well treated so that they can easily survive in foreign environments without having to struggle so much. The society today is faced with much ethical concerns, which end up affecting people, especially the refugees.

When it comes to the issue of refugees, there are various ethical issues that the management need to address, to ensure that the refugees easily adapt to the new environments. One of the issues is equality. As much as these people come from different areas or nations, they are supposed to be treated fairly just like other citizens. Talking of equity it involves aspects like academic systems, where the refugees should also be given a chance to learn in all schools provided they have all the academic qualifications required (Antonakis & Day 2017). This is important in enabling the students to cope with the situation well without feeling intimidated by being allowed to study in specific schools. Another issue is that of job opportunities. In most cases, you will find that the refugees are given little priorities when it comes to securing jobs. This is why you would find most of them leading poor lives, even with much education they might be having.

Another ethical concern that needs to be addressed is environmental protection. There is a need for having refugees to have their camps build in more secure places. This is important in ensuring that this group of people safe, rather than having them separated from other citizens. The need for this is simply to show concern, one of the factors that makes it even easier for them to carry on with their lives. It is important for the management to understand that this group of people in one way or another can impact the society in a positive way if only they are given equal opportunities and efficient protection just like other citizens. Such ethical concerns among others require to be addressed since they highly determine the kind of life refugees lead wherever they are.

Impact of organizational structure on organizational ethics

Organizational structure refers to the alignment of authority, communication, duties among other things within a firm. It is what determines the way all processes are done and also the kind of decisions made, basing on the objectives of the firm. There are different kind of organizational structure, like hierarchical, where the leaders play a crucial role in governing everything within the organization. In such cases then you will find that other workers tend to follow what their leaders do. If they practice unethical behaviors then definitely the whole firm will end up doing so, thereby affecting the culture of the firm (Hebebrand et al 2016). This basically means that the position and the powers given to the leaders within the organization determines the kind of ethics that would be promoted in the whole institution.

The role of other workers, how they communicate and their stake on the whole company also determines the ethics of the organization. The extent to which people are allowed to interact also determines the way they approach each other, their role in impacting other people among other things. This means that the ethics of the company depends so much on the structure of the organization. In cases where leaders are seen as great influencers than probably their character would have a greater impact on the whole firm. The same applies to the employees, among other factors that are involved in the shaping of the whole firm. This also includes the principles of the organization. For this reason, it is important for the management to have the organizational structure designed in such a way that it would positively affect the ethics of the firm. Good ethics are important in ensuring the productivity of the company and also to protect the reputation of the whole firm.

We also have other organization which does not look of some of the issues like inequality as unethical issues. This does not mean that the agencies promote bad practices instead, they do so in order to ensure that they meet the objectives. One of them is the Academy of American poets. In such institutions what matters is the creativity of individuals and the passion. In this case, it is impossible to say that everyone is allowed to join, just to ensure that equality is being practiced (Jaramillo, et al, 2015). If this is done then it would be difficult for the organization to meet its target of coming up with professional poets. Basically some of the issues that are seen unethical in other settings they happen to be normal in other firms, due to various reasons.

Activities that affect leadership abilities

In order to be in a position to address some of the ethical issues that are being faced by the refugees, then it is important to participate in various activities that would enhance the ability to deal with the issues in the most appropriate way. One of the activities is learning much about refugees. The issue of refugees is a broad subject that needs one to take time and understand what is all about as well as the needs of the affected. It becomes easier for a leader to deal with people after having a clear understanding of their needs. Another activity is working together with other organization that deals with refugees, in order to figure out the best methods that may be implemented to ensure that all the concerns are dealt with in the most appropriate way.

In becoming a good public administrator, various strategies need to be put in place. One of them is the ability and readiness to learn much about the refugees. It is important as a leader to be humble and always be willing to listen or even do much research concerning the people one is supposed to lead. This enhances gaining much skills and knowledge required to deal with various ethical concerns affecting the refugees.

Another strategy is keeping in touch with other leaders, or the art of working together with other people. This promotes sharing of ideas, one of the things that are very significant when it comes to dealing with various ethical issues. We have a lot of issues being faced with the refugees and it becomes hard for them to be settled by one person (Ciulla 2018). For this reason, the support from other relevant people is important, whether it involves the sharing of approaches that need to be taken in dealing with them or stopping them. It is through teamwork that complicated issues are made simpler.

References

Antonakis, J., & Day, D. V. (Eds.). (2017). The nature of leadership. Sage publications.

Ciulla, J. B. (2018). Leadership and Ethics: You Can Run, but You Cannot Hide from the Humanities. In What’s Wrong With Leadership? (pp. 107-120). Routledge.

Fernando Chang-Muy, J. D., & Congress, E. P. (Eds.). (2015). Social work with immigrants and refugees: Legal issues, clinical skills, and advocacy. Springer Publishing Company.

Hebebrand, J., Anagnostopoulos, D., Eliez, S., Linse, H., Pejovic-Milovancevic, M., & Klasen, H. (2016). A first assessment of the needs of young refugees arriving in Europe: what mental health professionals need to know.

Jaramillo, F., Bande, B., & Varela, J. (2015). Servant leadership and ethics: A dyadic examination of supervisor behaviors and salesperson perceptions. Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, 35(2), 108-124.