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GVV II Reflection - Ethical Leadership and Success

GVV II Reflection - Ethical Leadership and Success

Q Take the "Personal Professional Profile". Answer all the questions honestly. In the first part of your Reflection Journal address the following: 1. What was your response to Question 8? Did the category you placed yourself in surprise you? 2. What was your response to Question 14? Share what you believe is a definition of business purpose and how it relates to the GVV frameworks and your future career. Read the Marsh article, "Business Executives' Perceptions of Ethical Leadership and Its Development" in eReserves and address the following question: 3. Which of the types of experiences Dr. Marsh finds in her study impact individuals becoming ethical leaders have you had? Which of these, if any, might have influenced how you responded above to your approaches and ideas about values in the workplace? (If you have not experienced any of her findings, reflect on two that you think would make a difference for you?) Read the GVV II Reading titled "A Personal Struggle with Success". Think hard about the situation faced by this Executive and how his views on values in the workplace were shaped over his career. Answer the following questions related to this executive's experiences and how they impact your thoughts. 4. What do you think of his view that “The higher I’ve gone in my career, the more limited and pressured I often feel with regard to my values.”? Do you agree? What are the implications of this perspective for you? 5. Finally, the important question he asks at the end of this reading: What kinds of changes may be necessary – at the systemic (societal), organizational and personal levels – to support those who want to succeed in business and still be consistent with their values? Use the GVV and any other theory frameworks we have studied to address this question. Be SURE to address the three different levels of analysis in your answer.

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1. My response to Question 8 was that I was an idealist when I faced a critical issue in my previous company. Being an idealist, I was enough concerned with the moral ideas and on the fact of how to react to a certain situation. No, the category I placed myself did not surprise me. 2. My personal purpose for a business career is to make money with suitable skills and interactions with people. Some possible issues to consider is to find the right investors for business and to take suitable decisions at the right time. The impact that I want to have is to give tough competition to my competitor companies and to establish my company as a strong player in the market.