Power And Moral Leadership Reflect on the important ethical concept that power and self-interest without restraint can lead to corruption. Why do some powerful people behave in a corrupt manner? What...

Running Head: POWER AND MORAL LEADERSHIP                    1
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POWER AND MORAL LEADERSHIP
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Why do some powerful people behave in a corrupt manner?    3
What causes some in power to believe they are immune to criticism or sanctions?    3
Conversely, why do some powerful leaders exercise restraint even in the face of enormous opportunities to behave unethically or in their self-interest?    4
Evaluate ways in which power is or is not restrained in an organization in which you have worked or with which you are familiar.    4
Recommendations    9
References    10
Why do some powerful people behave in a corrupt manner?
It has been often seen that powerful people tend to be involved in corruption. However, the research study reveals that different psychology can be an effective element behind the corrupt attitude. However, abstract thinking can be observed in powerful people that reduce the awareness of constraints for the powerful man and leads him or her to the path of corruption.
They usually forget the goal or the purpose they have achieved and dive out from their ethics and values. The present or the absence of Power becomes the element that affects the perception of man and it acts as an active agent to change the behavioral approach among men. When people try to access a bigger picture with smaller consequences then it affects their thinking pattern.
This changes their behavioral approach towards corruption. It drives them to use the power for personal gain and it results in a bigger loss to other people. The data reveals that when someone uses power for self-satisfaction and obtains egocentric desires then it tends to move him or her to the tendency of corruption.
What causes some in power to believe they are immune to criticism or sanctions?
It has been evidence that people who are in power have often believed that they are beyond any criticism or sanctions. In this context, strong psychology affects the thinking pattern to them that they are not underlying the normal rules and regulations and they are beyond any ethical, behavioral scrutiny. They strongly believe that they can get away from any criticism through their power and reputation in society.
Their strong societal and economical position can help them to be immune from any consequence that has been approached by them. However, string believes work on their mind that they can be protected and spoke cover their track and provide them more chances as they deserve it by their power. These are some complex and egocentric thinking, which provoke them to get involved in corruption.
Conversely, why do some powerful leaders exercise restraint even in the face of enormous opportunities to behave unethically or in their self-interest?
History says that many leaders have arisen in politics who followed ethical leadership. However, some powerful leaders are there who have had several opportunities to misuse their power but they do not do it. In this context, the ethics and the belief of socialization have become the drive that influences leaders to think for the welfare of society.
The leaders who maintain their ethics often use their power for the community rather than self-interest. However, they can remember the big goal that they came into power and do for the greater good. The leader who avoids all the opportunities to behave unethically is leading through an affirmative sense of power and knows their limits to use it.
However, they are more positive and confident about the decision that they prefer for their people. The thinking pattern is simple and the behavioral approach of those leaders is positive as well as normal, which they can maintain their egocentric perception.
Evaluate ways in which power is or is not restrained in an organization in which you have worked or with which you are familiar.
I have come to knowledge about moral leadership while working in my organization. In my organization, I have seen that our leaders are ethical towards power and position. They never use their power wrongly to enhance an unethical termination in the organization. In the light of "Zimbardo's 11 step plan for civic virtue" (Zimbardo, 2006), I can analyze the moral sides of the leadership to whom I was working and get the opportunities to develop my career.
I have experienced that the leader with whom I was...