How Are Ethics a Part of Leadership

question 93

Multiple Choice

How are ethics a part of leadership?

• A) Transactional leaders have been described as fostering moral virtue when they try to change the attitudes and behaviors of followers.
• B) Trust explicitly deals with the leadership traits of honesty and integrity.
• C) Unethical leaders may use their charisma in more socially constructive ways to serve others.
• D) Ethics are used when leaders give themselves large salaries while they lay off employees.

Identify the traits and behaviors that differentiate effective leaders from less effective ones.

Recognize the importance of honesty, achievement drive, and maturity as traits of successful leaders.

Understand the concepts of initiating structure and consideration as dimensions of leader behavior.

Comprehend the role of leadership style in different situational contexts, including the readiness and ability levels of team members.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A statement for a statistical test that proposes there is no effect or no difference, serving as the default assumption to test against.

Alternative Hypothesis

A statistical hypothesis that contradicts the null hypothesis, suggesting there is an effect or a difference.

One-tailed Test

A statistical test where the region of rejection is on only one side of the sampling distribution.

Critical Value

A point on the scale of the test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis; it is a threshold used to determine the critical region for statistical significance testing.