Ethics Presentation - 045453 - 092733

ETHICS
Ethics and Integrity: Principles Necessary for Godly

Leadership
ELD HESBON SIDON

Master Guide, SYL Specialist in Leadership and
Conflict Resolution
What I’ll Cover Today
• Definitions of Ethics? Morals?
• Are Ethics and Integrity Necessary in Our
environment?
• Most Common Ethical Pitfalls
• Biggest Ethical Scandal in Our environment
• Biblical Wisdom and the “Greatest Want”
• Ethical Dilemma #1 CASE STUDY
• Unethical vs. Ethical Leadership How to easily tell
the difference.
Other Issues, I’ll Cover
• 4 Questions you MUST ask yourself, about YOUR
ETHICS.
• Ethical Dilemma #2. The Easiest One?
• The Most Ethical Occupations (2017)
• The World’s 5 Most Ethical Leaders. WHY?
• ECD Statement on Ethical Leadership.
• SUMMARY and REVIEW: 10 Principles ALL Ethical
Leaders MUST Demonstrate.
Ethics and Morals - Differences?
• Ask 100 people – or 100 philosophers, for that

matter – what they mean by ethics, and you
might get 100 different answers.
• Many people would define ethics and morality
as identical, but it is helpful to view them
somewhat differently.
Another way of looking at it
• Ethics and morals relate to “right” and
“wrong” conduct.
• Ethics refer to rules provided by an external
source, e.g., codes of conduct in workplaces or
principles in religions.
• Morals refer to an individual's own principles
regarding right and wrong.
Simple Example – Career Decision
• The ethical dimension of the decision leads me to think
about myself and recognize that I have certain talents or
aptitudes.
• The moral dimension is added when I recognize my
decision affects others – my family, the community in
which I live – in terms of being able to serve others,
rather than simply earn an income. Thus, I widen my
own perspective.
Doing the “Right” thing.
A person who knows the difference
between right and wrong and chooses
right is moral.
A person whose morality is reflected in his
willingness to do the right thing – even if it
is hard or dangerous – is ethical.
Christian Ethics and Morals
• Rules for living are in the Bible (10
Commandments)
• Ethical Principles are derived from the
10 Commandments and we each must
work them out.
Potential Ethical Pitfalls
• The list of potential ethical pitfalls in conducting the
affairs of everyday work as Educators is daunting,
and demonstrates the breadth of caution.
• Leaders must take care to ensure they and their
teams are vigilant in demonstrating through their
actions, the highest levels of ethical leadership.
Common Ethical Pitfalls
• Cover-ups and misrepresentations in reporting
• Conducting inappropriate or excessive personal business
on a dedicated time
• Taking the credit for other’s work
• Fraud or theft.
• Humiliating people
• Favoritism
• Lying to staff/members of church/others
Common Ethical Pitfalls (others)
• Stepping on the backs of others to get things
done.
• Suppressing the rights of others.
• Exaggerating facts to advance personal
interests.
• Promoting territorial behaviors.
• Disloyalty to the Institution during difficult
periods (or otherwise).
Why do people have Ethical Lapses ?
Biblical Words of Wisdom
• Romans 12:9-10
• “Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling
to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly
love; give preference to one another in honor;
• "Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters
cannot be trusted with important matters." - Albert
Einstein
Biggest Ethical Scandal in Our Environment
1. Adventists Facing Financial Crisis published by Washington post in 1981
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1981/08/24/adventists-facing-financial-crisis/387335e6-203d-4fc4-a48a-854ea5b624aa/
2. Thika SDA church split over affair between pastor, and the elder's wife.
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2020-11-30-thika-sda-church-split-over-affair-between-pastor-elders-wife/
3. Drama as Nairobi SDA church turns into battlefield

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ureport/article/2001334879/video-drama-as-nairobi-sda-church-turns-into-battle-field
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAI3wh3TK28
Ellen White in Education
“The greatest want of the world is the want of men—men who will not be
bought or sold, men who in their inmost souls are true and honest, men
who do not fear to call sin by its right name, men whose conscience is as
true to duty as the needle to the pole, men who will stand for the right
though the heavens fall.” (E.G. White Education p.57)
• …..A Noble character is not the result of accident;
• …. it is not due to special favors or endowments of
Providence.
• A noble character is the result of self-discipline, of the
subjection of the lower to the higher nature—the
surrender of self for the service of love to God and
man. (E.G. White Education p.58)
What is the Ethical stance to take
• Ethical leadership requires ethical leaders.
• If leaders are ethical, they can ensure that ethical
practices are carried out throughout the
organization. ...
• Character and integrity provides a strong foundation
for other personal characteristics that direct our
ethical beliefs, values, and decisions.
Characteristics of Ethical Leaders
• Justice. An ethical leader is always fair/just.

• Respectful of others. Respect that is given to followers.
• Honesty. ...
• Value driven decision-making. ...
• Encourages initiative. ...
• Leads by example.
Comparing Unethical Versus Ethical
Leadership
The Unethical Leader
• Is arrogant and self- The Ethical Leader
serving
• Possesses humility
• Excessively promotes
self-interest • Maintains concern for
the greater good
• Practices deception
• Is honest and
• Deals unfairly straightforward
Comparing Unethical Versus Ethical Leadership
The Unethical Leader The Ethical Leader
• Shifts blame to others • Fulfills commitments
• Diminishes others’ dignity • Strives for fairness
• Withholds help and • Takes responsibility
support • Shows respect for each
• Lacks courage to confront individual and serves
unjust acts them.
• Shows courage to
stand up for what is
right
Ensuring Ethical Decisions
• So, given that even the definition of ethics can be unclear, how do you ensure that your
decisions and actions are ethical?
• Again, there seem to be as many answers to this question as there are people willing to
answer it.
• One way is to ask yourself four questions about any decision or action you take:
1. Kid on Your Shoulder: Would you do it if your kids were watching?
2. Front Page of the Newspaper: Would you like to see it published on page 1 of your
local newspaper?
3. Golden Rule: “Treat others as you would like them to treat you.”)
4. Rule of universality: Would it be okay if everyone did it?
Leadership: Visible and Invisible
• The visible part is in the way the leader works with and
treats others, in his behavior in public, in his statements
and his actions.
• The invisible aspects of ethical leadership lie in the
leader’s character, in his decision-making process, in his
mindset, in the set of values and principles on which he
draws, and in his/her courage to make ethical decisions
in tough situations.
Components of Ethical Leadership
• Accepting responsibility and being
accountable.
• Perhaps most important, understanding the
power of leadership and using it well – sharing
it as much as possible, never abusing it, and
exercising it only when it will benefit the
individuals or organization you work with, the
community, or the society.
Characteristics of an Ethical Leader
• the ability to put aside personal interest and ego
in the interest of the cause or organization;
• the appropriate use of power, which is never
abused or turned toward the leader’s own ends;
and
• consciousness of the human beings behind the
labels of “opponent,” “ally,” “staff member,”
“participant,” etc..
Never Stop Examining Yourself
• Finally, and perhaps most important, an ethical
leader never stops reexamining his own ethical
assumptions and what it means to be an ethical
leader.
• What does this self examination look like?
• How often should this happen?
Ethical Leadership in Scriptures
• Matthew 6:1-4 "Beware of practicing your
righteousness before men to be noticed by
them; otherwise you have no reward with
your Father who is in heaven.
• "So when you give to the poor, do not sound
a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in
the synagogues and in the streets, so that
they may be honored by men
ETHICAL LEADERS.
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ETHICS

Ethics and Integrity: Principles Necessary for Godly

ELD HESBON SIDON

• Ask 100 people – or 100 philosophers, for that

3. Drama as Nairobi SDA church turns into battlefield

• Justice. An ethical leader is always fair/just.

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