HEAD: Ethical Comparison

RUNNING HEAD: Ethical Comparison

Ethics Comparison Essay
Tracy Copeland Belardo
Grand Canyon University – LDR 800
February 12, 2015

Introduction
In the wake of the post- Enron, post-WorldCom and post-Tyco era, the importance of ethics has become one of the biggest topics in the business world (C. Chekwa, L.Ouhirra, E. Thomas, &M. Chukwuanna, 2014). This essay is a comparison of study characteristics conducted by three different research teams on the topics ethics and leadership. Rationale for the selection of the topics in all three studies are similar, the researchers explore the need of ethical leadership and more effective development in establishing ethical training. Article one, “Charismatic leadership and organizational
Zehir et al., (2008) was able to address issues with leadership styles and ethical behavior. One limitation was that the study evaluates only charismatic leadership as opposed to servant, spiritual or authentic styles of leadership and the prospective effects on ethical behavior. Another limitation of article one is that the focus only on the links between charismatic leadership, ethical climate and OCB other outcomes like employee satisfaction, commitment and operational performance were not evaluated. Previous research showed that poor ethical climate is a direct relationship to decrease in employee satisfaction, commitment and operational performance (Zehir et al., 2014). This study also has the limitation related to the sample population. The data was retrieved from one source, Turkey. The results are not applicable to other populations. Future studies should expand to other countries to provide a more global view of the presented
What are the main themes found in the review? Who are the main authors used?
The literature review is organized in sections preceding the individual hypotheses presented in the study. The review is used to support the reasoning of the hypotheses. There are four hypotheses in the study. The presented in hypothesis 1 deals with the direct relationship between charismatic leaders and the ethical climate in the workplace. This hypothesis is based off the works of Howell and Avolio. In hypothesis 2, the theme is centered on the ethical climate and OCB. The researchers in this study based this hypothesis on the works of Barnard (1933), Katz (1964), Organ, Podsakoff, MacKenzie, Moorman, Fetter, Paine and Bachrach.

The literature review that was used to support hypotheses 3 and 4 focused on charismatic leadership and OCB. Researchers use some of the same researchers in hypothesis two, Podsakoff et al. 2000, and Babcick-Roberson & Strickland, 2010.
The literature review precedes the presentation of the hypothesis. The theme of the review is an exploration of previous research on ethical development, ethics programs and models. Researchers used in the literature review of Kaptein, Trevino and Weaver to explain ethics programs and models. Works of Freeman, Donaldson, Preston, Jones, Wick and Mitchell is also used to present the usefulness for developing a framework for organizational