MASL 550 - Ethics, Integrity, and Responsibility in Leadership Practice

(3 credits)

This course explores the intersection of ethics and leadership from a wide range of disciplines, contexts, and professions. Using an interdisciplinary approach, as well as the Eight Goals of Franciscan Higher Education as a context, students will deepen and broaden their learning about theories, models, and constructs related to the study and practice of ethics and leadership while examining compelling contemporary questions and dilemmas. Students will develop strategies and ways of thinking when faced with ethically complex dilemmas in the leadership process. Case studies, discussion, self-assessment exercises and reading assignments explore the basic frameworks of ethical dealings and moral leadership.

By the end of this online 8-week course, the graduate student will:

To enhance personal capabilities and abilities as an ethical leader.
To gain a perspective and understanding of how leadership ethics are effectively applied in for-profit and non-profit organizations.

Prerequisite(s): MASL 522, MASL 523, and MASL 524