Leadership Foundations
Ethical Leadership
Test decisions for fairness, transparency, and accountability and help sustain a culture of ethics.
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Participants explore ethical judgment in leadership through common workplace situations. The course shows how to test decisions for fairness, transparency, and accountability and apply those decisions on the job.
What you'll learn
- Discover how ethical leadership aligns with organizational values and societal expectations
- Develop frameworks for ethical decision making
- Explore strategies for creating and sustaining a culture of ethics within organizations
- Use course methods to test decisions for fairness, transparency, and accountability in a workplace scenario.
- Develop an ethical decision framework aligned to a relevant work need.
What you'll be able to do
- Identify a workplace need connected to ethical judgment in leadership.
- Select an appropriate way to test decisions for fairness, transparency, and accountability.
- Explain the reasoning behind that choice and identify its limitations.
- Produce an ethical decision framework that addresses a relevant work need.
- Set review points for an ethical decision framework and identify one adjustment.
Public trust depends on federal leaders who make fair, transparent, and lawful decisions. This course helps supervisors and managers test decisions for ethics and accountability and build a team culture of integrity. It supports OPM's updated Executive Core Qualifications, including commitment to the rule of law and service to the American people.
What you'll learn
- Explain how ethical leadership supports public trust and agency mission.
- Apply frameworks for ethical decision making in government.
- Recognize common ethical risks and gray areas in federal work.
- Identify when to seek guidance from agency ethics officials.
- Develop strategies for sustaining a culture of integrity.
What you'll be able to do
- Make decisions that are fair, transparent, and defensible.
- Recognize and address ethical concerns early.
- Seek guidance from ethics officials when appropriate.
- Model integrity in daily leadership actions.
- Encourage employees to raise ethical concerns.