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ETHICAL VALUES AND CHALLENGES TO LEADERSHIP IN POLITICS AND PUBLIC SERVICE DISTANCE LEARNING [ON-LINE COURSE]
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Lawrence.Ulrich@notes.udayton.edu |
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Week 1 (May 11): Understanding Communities
Transforming Leadership. Chapter 1. "The Mysteries of Leadership." pages 7-16.
The Ethics of Leadership. Introduction. "Ethics and the Study of Leadership." pages xi-xviii.
Aristotle's Politics linked on line from http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.html: Book I, Chapters 1 & 2 --- "Definition and Structure of the State." And Book VII, Chapters 1-3 --- "The Summum Bonum [Highest Good] for Individuals and States." [This may be a bit difficult reading but do give it a good try.]
Week 2 (May 18): Values & Virtues
Transforming Leadership. Chapter 12. "The Power of Values." pages 201-213.
Slide Show: Virtue Ethics. (16:09 min.) [Download without Narration: Virtue Ethics]
The Ethics of Leadership. Chapter 2. "Virtue and Public and Private Morality of Leaders," "Virtue Ethics." Aristotle," pages 55-63. [This is an edited excerpt from the following text. It may be easier reading.]
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics linked on line from http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.html: Book II --- "Moral Virtue."
Slide Show: Values as the Foundation for Virtues (15:35 Min.) [Download without Narration: Values as the Foundation for Virtues.]
Slide Show: The Definition and Classification of Rights. (13:36 Min.) [Download without Narration: The Definition and Classification of Rights]
| Threaded Discussion 1 (5/23-5/30): Values as the Foundation for Rights. US Bill of Rights (1789). |
Week 3 (May 25): Power and Self-Interest.
The Ethics of Leadership. Chapter 1. "The Moral Challenges of Power and Self-Interest." pages 3-52
Machiavelli's The Prince linked on line from http://www.constitution.org/mac/prince00.htm.
Chapter XV. "Of the Quality of Princes."
Chapter XVI. "Concerning Liberality and Meanness."
Chapter XVII. "Of Cruelty and Clemency."
Chapter XVIII. "Concerning the Way in Which Princes Should Keep Faith."
Maxwell, John C. "Character." The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. pages 1-7.
Slide Show: Integrity. (12:37 Min.) [Download without Narration: Integrity.]
| Threaded Discussion 2 (5/31-6/07): The Ethics of Leadership. Case: "The Ring of Gyges." Plato. pages 28-30. |
Week 4 (June 1): Morality of Leaders.
Burns, James MacGregor. "The Structure of Moral Leadership." Leadership. pages 29-46.
The Ethics of Leadership. Chapter 2. "Virtue and Public and Private Morality of Leaders." pages 64-92.
| Web Conference 1 (06/03 at 7:30 p.m.): The Ethics of Leadership. Case: Does Personal Morality Matter? pages 68-69. |
| Essay 1: Identify Three (3) Virtues that Moral Leaders Should Posses and Explain The Significance of those Virtues for Leadership. |
Week 5 (June 8): Leaders as Causal Agents for Change.
Transforming Leadership. Chapter 2. "Something for the X Factor." pages 17-32.
Slide Show: Martin Luther King, Jr. on Trust. (13:17 Min.) [Download without Narration: Martin Luther King Jr. on Trust.]
Slide Show: Founding Brothers on Being Visionary. (9:29 Min.) [Download without Narration: Founding Brothers on Being Visionary.]
Maxwell, John. "Vision." The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. pages 148-154.
Week 6 (June 15): Leaders as Transformers of History.
Transforming Leadership. Chapter 3. "Kings and Queens, Knights and Pawns." pages 33-50. And Chapter 4. Leaders as Planners." pages 51-74.
Slide Show: Founding Brothers on Being Visionary. (9:29 Min.) [Download without Narration: Founding Brothers on Being Visionary.]
Maxwell, John. "Vision." The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. pages 148-154.
Montesquieu's The Spirit of Laws, Book I - "Of Laws in General."
Montesquieu's The Spirit of Laws, Book II - "Of Laws Directly Derived from the Nature of Government."
| Threaded Discussion 3 (6/15-6/21): "The Importance of Having a Vision." |
Week 7 (June 22): Leadership as an Exercise in Duties.
The Ethics of Leadership. Chapter 3. "Duties of Leaders and Followers." pages 93-122.
Slide Show: Deontology. (15:56 min.) [Download without Narration: Deontology]
| Web Conference 2 (06/22 at 7:30 p.m.): The Ethics of Leadership. Chapter 3. Case: "The Accused and Duties of a Law-Abiding Citizen." Hannah Arendt. pages 119-123. |
Week 8 (June 29): Servant Leadership.
The Ethics of Leadership. Chapter 4. "Leadership for the Greatest Good." pages 141-173.
Slide Show: Utilitarianism. (16:42 min.) [Download without Narration: Utilitarianism]
Thomas Hobbes' Social Contract Theory in Leviathan linked on line from http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbes/leviathan-contents.html. Chapter XIV (about 3-4 pages). "Of the First and Second Natural Laws and of Contracts."
Slide Show: Greenleaf on Characteristics of the Servant Leader. (15:33 Min.) [Download without Narration: Greenleaf on Characteristics of the Servant Leader
The Ethics of Leadership. Chapter 5. "The Servant as Leader." Robert Greenleaf. pages 212-218.
Slide Show: Roosevelt on Serving. (11:27 Min.) [Download without Narration: Roosevelt on Serving.]
Maxwell, John. "Servanthood." The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. pages 133-140.
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Web Conference 3 (07/11 - Saturday Morning at 10:00 a.m.): "The Social Contract [Hobbes] and the Pursuit of the Greatest Good [Mill]." |
| Essay 2: The Importance of the Concept of "Servanthood" for Moral Leadership. |
Week 9 (July 6): Motivations Driving Leaders.
Transforming Leadership. Chapter 8. "The Anatomy of Motivation." pages 139-151. And Chapter 9. "Creative Leadership." pages 152-169.
The Ethics of Leadership. Chapter 5. "The Moral and Emotional Relationship of Leaders and Followers." pages 187-211.
| Threaded Discussion 4 (7/6-7/12): "The Significance of the Motivations Underlying the Leadership Role." |
Week 10 (July 13): Leadership and its Influence on Culture.
The Ethics of Leadership. Chapter 6. "Moral Leadership and Culture." pages 229-267.
Stengel, Richard. "Mandela at 90: The Secrets of Leadership." Time, July 21, 2008. pages 43-48.
Slide Show: Mandela's Secrets of Leadership. (11:44 Min.) [Download without Narration: Mandela's Secrets of Leadership.]
| Threaded Discussion 5: The Ethics of Leadership. Case (7/13-7/19): "The Oil Rig." pages 263-265. |
Week 11 (July 20): Leadership and a New Reality.
Transforming Leadership. Chapter 10. "The Leader-Follower Paradox." pages 170-185. And Chapter 11. ""Conflict: the Arming of Leadership." pages 186-200.
John Locke's "Of the Beginning of Political Societies" in Second Treatise of Civil Government linked on line from http://www.liberty1.org/2dtreat.htm Chapter 8. Numbers [not pages] 95-122."Of the Beginning of Political Societies."
Slide Show: Abraham Lincoln on Empowerment. (21:09 Min.) [Download without Narration: Abraham Lincoln on Empowerment]
Slide Show: Founding Brothers on Understanding Those to be Served. (11:37 Min.) [Download without Narration: Founding Brothers on Understanding Those to be Served.]
| Threaded Discussion 6 (7/20-7/26): "Is Conflict a Positive or Negative Force in Leadership?" |
Week 12 (July 27): Leadership and the Ship of State.
Transforming Leadership. Chapter 13. "The People, Yes?" pages 214-230.
Slide Show: Founding Brothers on Being a Risk-Taker. (10:21 Min.) [Download without Narration: Founding Brothers on Being a Risk-Taker.]
Slide Show: Churchill on The Leader as Captain of the Team. (15:59 Min.) [Download without Narration: Churchill on The Leader as Captain of the Team.]
Slide Show: Founding Brothers on Team Building. (10:39 Min.) [Download without Narration: Founding Brothers on Team Building.]
| Essay 3: Exercise in Self-Reflection: "The Qualities You Have That Can Put You in Line for a Leadership Role and How Do You Nurture Them?" |