Northouse, Leadership: Theory and Practice, Seventh Edition: Instructor Resource
Chapter 13 – Leadership Ethics
Discussion Questions and Exercises
2. How is moral development related to ethical leadership?
3. How does a person move from one stage of moral development to another?
4. Distinguish between the three theoretical approaches in Figure 13.1. Which comes
closest to your view of ethical leadership?
5. Distinguish/describe the differences between Heifetz’s and Burns’s perspectives on
leadership. Choose the one that you think is most valuable and explain why.
6. What workplace outcomes are related to destructive leadership?
7. What is the difference between conformers and colluders?
8. How can an organizational environment become conducive to destructive leadership?
9. Define and describe the principles of ethical leadership. Which two of the five covered
in this chapter do you think are the most important? Why?
10. Complete the Perceived Leader Integrity Scale. Based on the assessed scoring of
your supervisor, do you agree with the measure? Give examples to support your
12. How are ethical leaders different from charismatic or transformational leaders?
13. Are ethics caught or taught? What is the best way to teach ethics? What are the
challenges? What would you include in an ethics curriculum?
14. What are some of the ethical issues students face? Does your university have a
formal honor code for students? Why or why not? How do students on your campus
learn about academic integrity?