PA 417U Ethical Leadership

Explores potential ethical conflicts faced by leaders in public and community service. The course will provide students with ethical leadership models that will help them to judge the ethical compromises that may put personal, professional, organizational, and public service values in conflict with one another. Coursework will include a review of the theoretical concepts that underpin ethical leadership and will explore their practical application through case studies and the experiences of elected and career public officials who have faced ethical dilemmas in public and community service.