Ethics in Management - Ethical Management

Facilitative and positive leadership is linked to ethics inthat mandated decision making and problem solving
management, and it begins with a solid understandingfrom above, and sought to remove the personality and
of the self. Some argue that the key elements toindividual characteristics of its workers. Bureaucracy
positive leadership are self-awareness, self-discipline,and its rigid enforcement of rules and regulations was
and self-efficacy, which then leads to the servantstrangling innovation and satisfaction within the
leader, who serves the corporation and the workersworkforce. One solution is to eliminate the rule of
by focusing on corporate objectives and goals ratherbureaucracy and allow workers more input into their
than personal goals. Self-awareness, has little to dojobs, which would create a sense of control over their
with contemplating one's navel high in the mountains ofown destinies. His argument for empowerment as a
India. It is based on a genuine understanding of one'ssource of innovation is the foundation of much of
emotions and selfish tendencies, leading to emotionalmodern management and workplace theory.
control and emotional intelligence, the ability to seeThe ethics of management is tied closely to the pursuit
beyond personal aggrandizement and to display aof worker motivation, value acquisition and learning
managerial effectiveness that "does not vary" fromprinciples. Management must serve the company.
situation to situation.Ethical managers must never serve themselves or
Technology has created a new, and younger,their own personal agendas. To increase ethics in
leadership corps that is well versed in technologicalmanagement, managers can nurture and foster their
innovation, but not so knowledgeable in managementteams and workers by improving performance through
and leadership skills. Psychological knowledge canthe use of learning and value acquisition tools such as
bridge that gap by providing an understanding ofseminars, tuition reimbursement for outside courses
human factors that are usually learned, if at all, throughrelating to work and job performance, and encouraging
years of on the job experience. These factors include,workers to gain transferable skills which will benefit
for example, body language, presentation of self, andtheir careers. Ethical managers do not practice
motivational theory. Many theorists argue thatnegative power and realize that educating a
American corporate culture was creating a Marxianworkforce can only help meet the company's
like alienation in its white collar workers, who began toobjectives and goals.
feel isolated and powerless in a bureaucratic world