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Ethical Leadership and Decision-making

Identify how ethical leadership is used to make effective decisions in organisations globally.

  • Duration

    2 weeks
  • Weekly study

    8 hours

Explore how ethics unravels the dark side of leadership

In this short course, you will explore how ethical decision-making models provide a framework for leaders to understand the effect of moral awareness, judgment, intention and action or behaviour outcomes among organisational members.

During the course, you will have the opportunity to make decisions for yourself based on ethical frameworks, and evaluate different perspectives of ethical leadership.

What topics will you cover?

  • Ethics and its role in decision-making
  • Ethical theory, including Kohlberg’s six theories of moral development
  • The toxic triangle and the dark side of leadership

Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Evaluate and analyse leadership choices and actions in challenging situations of ethical dilemmas
  • Identify concepts of ethical leadership at the individual, organisational and societal levels
  • Discuss examples of contemporary cross-cultural issues involved in leaders’ ethical decision-making

Who is the course for?

This course is aimed at those who want to progress into a leadership role in their company or career, and for those looking for leadership skills as part of their continued professional development.

Please note that the individuals listed below in the “Who will you learn with” section may be subject to change.

Who will you learn with?

Alim Abubakre

Dr Alim Abubakre is on the advisory board of London Business School’s Africa Club. He did his doctoral studies on CSR and strategy at Southampton University.

Who developed the course?

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Coventry University

Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.

  • Established

    1992
  • Location

    Coventry

Learning on FutureLearn

Your learning, your rules

  • Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps to help you keep track of your learning
  • Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
  • Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores

Join a global classroom

  • Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
  • Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
  • Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others

Map your progress

  • As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
  • Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control

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