Ethics & Professionalism Discussion

We are all leaders to some respect. or about to become leaders.  Thats what education and development does;  it prepares us to be leaders.  Throughout your courses at Grace, you have considered ideas of ethics and professionalism.  We return to that theme again in this assignment.

Review and discuss the importance of good character and ethical behavior as leaders in a community.  1. What kind of impact does a leaders character and behavior have on the community at large?  Give examples of both positive and negative.

Read the following article: Five Distinctives of Biblical Leadership

For this discussion, complete the following:

Research the ethics codes for your discipline.  In other words, what is expected of counselors, social workers, business people, pastors, or other leaders?  Some have legal requirements (licensing, etc.), while others have guidelines of expected behavior.
Also include information on the biblical expectations of good leaders.
1. What is expected of you as a leader in your community?
2. What character traits are expected?
3. What does it mean to act ethically?
4. What impact, positive or negative, does character and ethics have on the leader, their institution or business, and on the community?

Support work with scholarly academic resources, textbooks, or other sources provided. 
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