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MBA 659 - SPECIAL TOPICS: THE ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF LEADERSHIP ON-LINE COURSE
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Lawrence.Ulrich@notes.udayton.edu |
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| There are two versions of the Slide Shows on this webpage. There is a narrated version and a version without the narration. The latter is provided so the student can download a print version, if the student so desires. [The narrated version could probably be downloaded onto a hard drive --- but why would you want that?] |
| An odd thing occurs if you wish to print some of the articles that are linked to this webpage. The articles are by Burns, Drucker, Maslow, and Moore. The odd thing is that, if you try to print from the link on this page, the first couple of pages do not print. I can't figure this out. [Sometimes I hate computers.] But the solution is to bring up the article from the link and then download it to your computer and print it from that file on your computer. |
PLEASE NOTE: WEEKS ARE DESIGNATED AS BEGINNING ON MONDAY. WHEN A DATE FALLS ON A SUNDAY, IT IS CONSIDERED AS THE END OF THE PREVIOUS WEEK. CONSULT THE RELEVANT WEBPAGE FOR THE SPECIFICS OF THE DESIGNATED ASSIGNMENT.
Week 1 (January 4): Ethical Systems.
Ciulla, Joanne B. "Foreward." Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. pages ix-xii.
Ciulla, Joanne B. "Introduction." Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. pages xv-xix..
Ciulla, Joanne B. "Leadership Ethics: Mapping the Territory." Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. pages 3-18.
Ethical Systems Essay.
Ulrich, LP. "Ethical Systems in Business Ethics."
Essays by Mill and Kant.
Kant, Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals. [[Selection]
JS Mill, Utilitarianism. "What Utilitarianism Is."
Slide Show: Deontology. (15:56 min.) [Download without Narration: Deontology]
Slide Show: Utilitarianism. (16:42 min.) [Download without Narration: Utilitarianism]
Slide Show: Virtue Ethics. (16:09 min.) [Download without Narration: Virtue Ethics]
Slide Show: Feminist Ethics. (6:06 min.) [Download without Narration: Feminist Ethics]
Week 2 (January 11): Ethical Principles.
Ethical Principles Essay.
Ulrich, LP. "Ethical Principles in Business Ethics."
Slide Show: Principle of Autonomy. (14:02 Min.) [Download without Narration: Principle of Autonomy]
Slide Show: Principle of Beneficence. (14:28 Min.) [Download without Narration: Principle of Beneficence]
Slide Show: Principle of Justice. (14:15 Min.) [Download without Narration: Principle of Justice]
Slide Show: Principle of Parentalism. (10:08 Min.) [Download without Narration: Principle of Parentalism]
Burns, James MacGregor. "The Structure of Moral Leadership." Leadership. pages 29-46.
1/15 Web Conference 1
Week 3 (January 18): Relationship of Virtues and Values.
Slide Show: Values as the Foundation for Virtues (15:35 Min.) [Download without Narration: Values as the Foundation for Virtues.]
Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics.
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics: Book 1, Chapter 13.
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics: Book 2.
Slide Show: Virtue Ethics. (16:09 min.) [Download without Narration: Virtue Ethics]
Slide Show: Feminist Ethics. (6:06 min.) [Download without Narration: Feminist Ethics]
Maslow, Abraham. "Enlightened Economics and Management." Maslow on Management. pages 20-42.
Summary of Maslow's Assumptions from "Enlightened Economics and Management." [WORD document.]
Slide Show: Maslow, Managing by Values (11:44 Min.) [Download without Narration: Maslow, Managing by Values]
To develop an understanding of Maslow's general theory of Self-Actualization, which underlies this reading from Maslow and the slides about him, you might want to scroll down to Week 13 and consult the material on Maslow that you find there.
Burns, James MacGregor. "The Power of Values." Transforming Leadership." pages 201-213.
[In this chapter, MacGregor refers to the UN Declaration of Human Rights (1948) to illustrate the role of values. He also refers to the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (French Revolution) (1789) and the US Bill of Rights (1789). You might want to take a look at these documents if you have not seen them lately. In case you are not familiar with the various distinctions when making rights claims and their foundation in values, you might want to click on a rights Slide Show: The Definition and Classification of Rights. (13:36 Min.) [Download without Narration: The Definition and Classification of Rights] to familiarize yourselves with them.] How about a mini-History lesson to illustrate the important role of values? Slide Show: Values in the Founding Documents. [Download without Narration: Values in the Founding Documents.]
1/25 Web Conference 2
Week 4 (January 26): Moral Leadership in Business and Ethical Challenges to Leadership.
Gini, Al. "Moral Leadership and Business Ethics." Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. pages 25-41.
Maxwell, John. 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, "Contents". This is a list of the Qualities/Virtues/Values that Maxwell presents in his book.
Hollander, Edwin P. "Ethical Challenges in the Leader-Follower Relationship." Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. pages 47-56.
Maxwell, John. "Responsibility." The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. pages 111-117.
Slide Show: Roosevelt on Responsibility. (15:05 Min.) [Download without Narration: Roosevelt on Responsibility.]
Slide Show: Roosevelt's Pithy Advice for Leaders. (14:33 Min.) [Download without Narration: Roosevelt's Pithy Advice for Leaders.]
1/26 Threaded Discussion 1 Begins 1/30 Web Conference 3
Week 5 (February 2): Leadership as Empowerment and Trust as Central to Leadership.
Ciulla, Joanne B. "Leadership and the Problem of Bogus Empowerment." Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. pages 59-80.
Slide Show: Abraham Lincoln on Empowerment. (21:09 Min.) [Download without Narration: Abraham Lincoln on Empowerment]
Solomon, Robert C. "Ethical Leadership, Emotions, and Trust: Beyond 'Charisma.'" Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. pages 83-100.
Slide Show: Martin Luther King, Jr. on Trust. (13:17 Min.) [Download without Narration: Martin Luther King Jr. on Trust.]
Maxwell, John C. "Character." The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. pages 1-7.
Slide Show: Integrity. (12:37 Min.) [Download without Narration: Integrity.]
2/2 Threaded Discussion 1 Ends 2/5 Essay 1 Due 2/7 Threaded Discussion 2 Begins
Week 6 (February 9): Motivations behind Leadership.
Avolio, Bruce J. and Locke Edwin E. "Should Leaders be Selfish or Altruistic? Letters on Leader Motivation." Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. pages105-127.
Burns, James MacGregor. "The Anatomy of Motivation." Transforming Leadership." pages 139-151.
Slide Show: Roosevelt on Courage. (13:32 Min.) [Download without Narration: Roosevelt on Courage.]
"Spitzer Sex Scandal" from The Wall Street Journal. 03/11/08.
"Spitzer Resists Resignation" from The Wall Street Journal. 03/12/08.
"Spitzer Resignation" from The Wall Street Journal. 03/13/08.
2/9 Web Conference 4 2/14 Threaded Discussion 2 Ends
Week 7 (February 16): Ethical Failures to Avoid in Leadership.
Price, Terry L. "Explaining Ethical Failures of Leadership." Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. pages 129-145.
Maxwell, John. "Listening." The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. pages 74-80.
Maxwell, John. "Communication." The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. pages 23-29.
Maxwell, John. "Competence." The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. pages 30-36.
Slide Show: Roosevelt on Listening and Learning. (10:00 Min.) [Download without Narration: Roosevelt on Listening and Learning.]
Slide Show: Ronald Reagan on Communication. (19:43 Min.) [Download without Narration: Ronald Reagan on Communication.]
2/17 Web Conference 5
Week 8 (February 23): Transformational Leadership.
Keeley, Michael." The Trouble with Transformational Leadership: Toward a Federalist Ethic for Organizations." Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. pages 149-172.
Bass Bernard M. and Steidlmeier, Paul. "Ethics, Character, and Authentic Transformational Leadership Behavior." Ethics, the Heart of Leadership. pages 175-193.
Dallek, Robert. "Lessons from the Lives and Times of Presidents." James MacGregor Burns Lectureship in Leadership Studies and Biography.
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.]
2/23 Collaborative Writing Project 1 Discussion Ends 2/25 Threaded Discussion 3 Begins
Threaded Discussion Task: "Sex and Drugs Scandal with Federal Officials" from The Wall Street Journal. 09/11/08.
2/27 MIDTERM BREAK [Not much of a "break," if you ask me. But, then, nobody asked me.]
Week 9 (March 2): Servant Leadership: General Characteristics.
Greenleaf, Robert K. "Servant: Retrospect and Prospect." The Power of Servant Leadership. pages 17-59.
Slide Show: Greenleaf on Characteristics of the Servant Leader. (15:33 Min.) [Download without Narration: Greenleaf on Characteristics of the Servant Leader
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.
3/2 Collaborative Writing Project 1 Due 3/5 Threaded Discussion 3 Ends 3/7 Web Conference 6
Week 10 (March 9): Servant Leadership: Avoiding Parentalism.
Greenleaf, Robert K. "The Leadership Crisis." The Power of Servant Leadership. pages 77-91.
Greenleaf, Robert K. "The Servant as Religious Leader." The Power of Servant Leadership. pages 111-141.
Slide Show: Founding Brothers on Understanding Those to be Served. (11:37 Min.) [Download without Narration: Founding Brothers on Understanding Those to be Served.]
3/9 Essay 2 Due 3/13 Web Conference 7 3/14 Threaded Discussion 4 Begins
Week 11 (March 16): Self-Actualization and Leadership.
Maslow, Abraham. "Some Basic Propositions of a Growth and Self-Actualization Psychology." The Maslow Business Reader. pages 31-53.
Slide Show: Maslow's Basic Propositions on S-A, Part I. (21:36 Min.) [Download without Narration: Maslow's Basic Propositions on S-A Part I.]
Slide Show: Maslow's Basic Propositions on S-A, Part II. (15:08 Min.) [Download without Narration: Maslow's Basic Propositions on S-A Part II.]
3/18 Web Conference 8 3/21 Threaded Discussion 4 Ends
Week 12 (March 23): Leadership and Developing a Corporate Culture.
Burns, James MacGregor. "Leaders as Planners." Transforming Leadership." pages 51-71.
Slide Show: Founding Brothers on Being a Risk-Taker. (10:21 Min.) [Download without Narration: Founding Brothers on Being a Risk-Taker.]
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.
Burns, James MacGregor. "The Power of Vision." Transforming Leadership. pages 27-29.
Burns, James MacGregor. "The Transforming Vision." Transforming Leadership. pages 166-169.
3/27 Threaded Discussion 5 Begins
Week 13 (March 30): Leading for Change and Future Possibilities.
Drucker, Peter F. "Building on Strength." Managing for Results. pages 131-150.
Drucker, Peter F. "Making the Future Today." Managing for Results. pages 173-192
Slide Show: Founding Brothers on Managing Change. (17:55 Min.) [Download without Narration: Founding Brothers on Managing Change.]
Maxwell, John. "Courage." The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. pages 37-43.
Slide Show: Roosevelt on Courage. (13:32 Min.) [Download without Narration: Roosevelt on Courage.]
3/31 Web Conference 9 4/2 Essay 3 Due 4/3 Threaded Discussion 5 Ends
Week 14 (April 6): EASTER BREAK. [Now this is more like a "break." But there is still a good deal of work ahead.]
Week 15 (April 13): Leadership as Work.
Drucker, Peter F. "Leadership as Work." The Essential Drucker. pages 268-271.
Drucker, Peter F. "Managing Oneself." Management Challenges for the 21st Century. pages 161-195.
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.]
4/15 Collaborative Writing Project 2 Discussion Ends 4/16 Web Conference 10 4/17 Threaded Discussion 6 Begins
Week 16 (April 20): Nurturing Oneself as a Leader.
Maslow, Abraham. "Creativity in Self-Actualizing People." The Maslow Business Reader. pages 21-30.
Moore, Thomas. "Honoring Symptoms as a Voice of the Soul." Care of the Soul. pages 3-21.
Maxwell, John. "Commitment." The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. pages 15-22.
Slide Show: Martin Luther King Jr. on Commitment. (13:52 Min.) [Download without Narration: Martin Luther King Jr. on Commitment.]
Slide Show: Caring for the Soul Part I: The First Requirement for Moral Leadership. (12:32 Min.) [Download without Narration: Caring for the Soul Part I: The First Requirement for Moral Leadership.]
Slide Show: Caring for the Soul Part II: The First Requirement for Moral Leadership. (11:21 Min.) [Download without Narration: Caring for the Soul Part II: The First Requirement for Moral Leadership.]
[The work in this week is intended to generate some self-reflection as an end for this course. Throughout this course a good deal of the reading and tasks has been other-directed, i.e., guiding, leading, and serving a corporation and its employees. It is vitally important for leaders to realize that, to be effective leaders, they must be concerned about nurturing themselves as well as nurturing others. The readings in this week are chosen to that end. They should provide insight for the leaders themselves as well as a foundation for developing strategies for leaders to move forward for themselves in a creative way.]
4/22 Collaborative Writing Project 2 Due 4/24 Threaded Discussion 6 Ends
Week 17 (April 27): FINAL EXAM WEEK