Week 4 – Assignment: Design Ethical Leadership Training

Warm-Up Activity 4.1: Center for Ethical Leadership

Review the Center for Ethical Leadership website, located under your weekly resources. Focus on the 4-V model of ethical leadership, which provides a framework for individuals to address both internal value systems, and then align them with ethical behaviors leaders need to exhibit.

Assignment

For this task, assume you are a consultant, who has been contacted by a company that was recently rocked by a public scandal involving unethical behavior on the part of several members of an organizations senior leadership. This scandal has resulted in several dismissals and the founder of the organization emerging from retirement to take over as CEO until the situation is handled.  The company has asked its director of Human Resources to find someone to conduct training on ethical leadership to reduce the risk of similar behavior happening in the future. This training will be required for any managers who survive the crisis as well as any newly promoted and/or hired managers in the future.

Your task is to create a 5 to 7-page (not counting cover and references) proposal for the kind of training you would offer, including key concepts you would include. Be sure to include relevant topics related to the increasing diversity and globalization of the workplace. Key points of a proposal typically include

Understanding of Need
Recommended Approach
Key Learning Points for the Training
Required Resources
Next Steps
Support your proposal with at least three references from scholarly resources.

Length: 5-7 pages