ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY
Ethics Effectiveness Quick Test Excerpt:
Leadership
This instrument was designed by Frank Navran to assess an organization’s ethical effectiveness. Responses to questions in each of
twelve ethics management areas help identify what is working well within an organization and where improvement might be required.
The following excerpt deals with Ethical Leadership Practices.
Ethical Leadership Practices: Ultimately the ethical effectiveness of an organization rests on the decisions and actions
of those in a leadership role. Leader behavior becomes the model for what the organization requires and expects from the
total employee body.
Indicate your response by circling the appropriate rating for each question, where 1 equals “Disagree Fully” and
7 equals “Agree Fully.”
1. Leaders understand the organization’s ethical requirements and expectations.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2. Leaders act in ways that are ethically consistent with what they require of those they lead.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
3. Leaders regard their ethical responsibilities to be as, or more important than, any other responsibility.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
4. Employees know that they can freely approach any leader to raise an ethics question.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
5. Leaders take the initiative in resolving potential ethical conflicts in day-to-day business operations.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
6. Leaders know who within the organization they can turn to for guidance when facing unique ethics situations.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
7. Leaders freely accept accountability for the ethical content of the decisions and actions of those they lead.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8. Leaders routinely recognize and reward the ethical decisions and actions of those they lead.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Potential Impact
Leadership behavior shapes the organization’s ethics culture. When leadership
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