Ethics and Values ValuesBased Leadership for Effective Governance

Ethics and Values: Values-Based Leadership for Effective Governance Dennis Wittmer, University of Denver

Introduction and Overview

Dennis Wittmer • Professor and Chair, Department of Management, Daniels College of Business • Ph. D. in Public Administration, Syracuse University • Specialties: Business Ethics, Organizational Ethics, Public Policy and Business • Personal

Contacts • dwittmer@du. edu • https: //portfolio. du. edu/dwittmer (for course materials)

Goal/ Purpose • This course is intended to help students: • Understand the nature of ethics and ethical decisionmaking. • Appreciate the importance of valuesbased or ethical leadership. • Develop their own concept and strategies for becoming a values-based leader.

Values-Based Leadership • Explore and develop your concept and strategies for becoming a values-based leader (VBL). ü What does VBL leadership mean to you? ü What will you do to become a values-based leader? ü If not, why not and what alternative model of leadership values will you practice?

Concepts and Definitions • VBL = responsible managers and leaders of sustainable enterprises of the future Ø Responsible = (1) “answerable legally or morally for the discharge of a duty, trust, or debt” (Funk and Wagnalls) Ø Responsibility = “Burden” (Merriam-Webster) • What are those duties, trusts, and debts? • What burdens of business? Ø Sustain= (1) to keep from sinking or falling; especially by bearing up from below; uphold; support (7) to uphold or support as being true or just

Pedagogy and My Role as Educator • Teach = (1) “to impart knowledge by lessons; give instruction” (2) “to train by practice or exercise” (F&W) • Educate = (1) “to develop or train the mind, capabilities, or character by instruction or study” –“educo” (Latin) – “to draw out, to rear, bring up, educate”

John Dewey • “Our net conclusion is that life is development, and that developing, growing, is life” (Democracy and Education) • “Growth itself is the only ‘moral’ end” (Reconstruction in Philosophy)

The Purpose of Education • Positive change and growth as goal or object of education • “Educare” ü “draw out” ü “lead out” ü Of what? Toward what? • Learning Community • Shared responsibility • Roles and Responsibilities

Our Path (Topics) • • Leadership & Societal Values Social Contract and Social Capital Building and Retaining Trust in Organizations Ethical Decision Making Individual and Organizational Ethics Values-Based Leadership Ethics Across Cultures Professionalism in Business and Government

I Look Forward to Our Time Together