Ethical Leadership and Ethical Decision Making

Enhance your approach to leadership with the University of Lincoln

The most impactful decisions carry the greatest ethical weight. That makes learning how to make ethical decisions a crucial concern for leaders in all sectors of society.

On this two-week course from the University of Lincoln, you’ll gain the knowledge you need to become a more ethical leader. From leadership theories to decision-making models, you’ll develop a toolkit for solving the thorniest ethical dilemmas.

Explore leadership theories and approaches to ethical leadership

Ethics are notoriously hard to define. You’ll start the course by reviewing what it means to have ethics and to be an ethical leader.

After that, you’ll explore a range of leadership theories and approaches, applying each in the context of your own organisation.

Discover decision-making models and strategies for resolving ethical dilemmas

Leaders face ethical dilemmas on a daily basis. In the second week of the course, you’ll discover different decision-making models and strategies for solving ethical conundrums.

By the end of the course, you’ll have a clear sense of why ethics matter and a range of tools to help you deal with ethical dilemmas.

This course is designed for managers, supervisors and leaders in any sector of society who want to develop their ethical leadership skills.

Whatever level you start at, this course will help you take the next step in your leadership career.

This course is designed for managers, supervisors and leaders in any sector of society who want to develop their ethical leadership skills.

Whatever level you start at, this course will help you take the next step in your leadership career.

• Investigate the role ethics and morality play in effective leadership.
• Explain the difference between morality and ethics, in relation to leadership.
• Identify the process of ethical decision making in practice
• Demonstrate an awareness of links to the practice of leadership.