Topic statement

Part A

Set out an intuitive, gut-level opinion as to what you think ethical leadership and followership involves, without consulting or drawing on any scholarly sources.

The scenario: The Board of Directors of XYZ Limited (a fictional company) has contacted Massey University's Business School to ask for help. ABC Ltd has recently had to remove the CEO and 2 of their direct reports for unethical leadership and followership. The Board is not saying what the previous CEO and the 2 direct reports did that was unethical, but they are certain that they want to appoint replacements who will be ethical in their leadership and followership, and to build an organisational culture that fosters good ethics. The Board wants to know how ethical leadership is understood in scholarly literature and what current students see as being most important for building an ethically-run organisation.

Guidance

Part A is a brief opinion-based discussion in which you set out what you think is involved in ethical leadership and followership, developed and submitted before you engage in exploring literature on these issues. There is no need to include any sources in Part A and the writing can be quite informal and definitely personal in tone. Just express your opinion on the topic as it stands at the point you write it.

The aim of Part A is to capture your thinking at a moment in time - it will constitute a 'before' picture of your understanding of these issues - before you start researching and thinking about them in real depth. Part A will not be marked, but you do need to submit it to Stream by the due date specified. It needs to be submitted because we want to ensure you complete this task at the right time with respect to your subsequent Part B work. This is intended to maximise your learning opportunity so that the journal reflection can explore what might have been confirmed and what might have changed 'after' completing Part B. Part A is straightforward and will take just a small investment of time.