Brief, Dukerich, Brown, and Brett (1996) surveyed 179 top executives and
found that 46.9% of the executives surveyed made fraudulent decisions in order to increase their chances of promotion, highlighting the increasing level of managerial neglect and irresponsibility that eroded the trust of the public in the United States marketplace (Petrick & Sherer, 2003).
Martindell (1954), in Our Lack of Leaders, stated that a lack of leadership is self-evident, associating the decline of leadership with a lack of ambition, a focus on the ideal of money, and a failure of the educational system.
It seems that a lack of ethical organizational leadership exists in 2009. In reviewing Martindell's perspective, do you think these factors apply to today's leadership crisis? If so, what paths do you think society could take to change this paradigm?
References:
Brief, A., Dukerich, J., Brown, P., & Brett, J. (1996, February). What’s wrong with the Treadway Commission report?. Journal of Business Ethics, 15(2), 183-198.
Martindell, J. (1954). Our lack of leaders. Academy of Management Proceedings, 3, 104-114.
A lack of organizational leadership exists concerning how some administrators and teachers have taken the liberty to refrain from encouraging students to remain in school. The increase in high school dropouts is evidence of the lack of leadership in the academic arena.
ReplyDeleteA lack of ethical organizational leadership exists whereby administrator and teachers continue to remain in the classroom to solely earn a salary. Many administrators and teachers are aware that their skill sets and knowledge-level are not compatible with today's requirements to educate and prepare students for the 21st century global markets.
Additional audits of administrators and teachers are warranted to change this paradigm.
"A lack of ethical organizational leadership exists whereby administrator and teachers continue to remain in the classroom to solely earn a salary" (Nelson-Porter, 2009).
ReplyDeleteIn agreeing to disagree, I think there are many educators who do have the student's interests at heart but are hampered more by the educational system than their own self interest (salary). (Although, I would agree that everyone looks to be able to support their families.)
I agree though that audits of administrators and teachers are warrented to assure credentialed and ethical leadership.
Look at the US economy today. The failure of banks, organizations, and other companies that the US government has rescued is ridiculous. All because of fraud, poor ethics, and lack of accountability by leaders. Someone needs to be held accountable for these actions. JP Morgan's lack of checks and balances for investing and the loss of millions of dollars, yet they posted a profit this past quarter shows the lack of integrity for peoples money. Are individuals working for themselves?
ReplyDeleteThe government wants to rescue the student loan program, but is it the lack of individuals who just did not pay his or her student loans? Or banks who saw the opportunity to provide students with high interest rate loans with payments that were extremely high that were impossible to pay back?
Freeze the interest for a year or two and help these loans start being paid back with reasonable payments. Forgiveness is not fair to the individuals who took two jobs to pay off his or her laons.
Leadership is finding the balance to work together. Accountability and ethics is part of that balance. A true leader will standup and take ownership and find a 'true' solution to these problems.