Is Ethical Leadership and Strategic Leadership a Dilemma? A Descriptive Survey

Abstract

The necessity with regard to carrying out all organizational activities within the framework of the code of ethics brings the ethical leadership fact into question. When the influence of the organizational leader upon the company image, identity and prestige is taken into account, it becomes crucial to develop competitive strategies within the framework of the codes of ethics. However here the questions like "to adapt strategic leadership which should relatively have the upper hand on the competitors by determining competition strategy with the ethical leadership principles?, Is there a dilemma?, Or they are the processes that complement each other? become crucial. In other words, could the ethical leadership and the strategic leadership be considered together? Could the ethical leaders be the strategic leader having a high competition responsibility as well. Whether ethical leadership and a strategic leadership having a high competition responsibility under an intense competition environment with the ethical dimension of the leadership could be considered all together, their differentiation and integration points constitute the primary objective of this research. In this research while ethical dimension of strategy development and ethical organizational climate, ethical business transaction and the issue of constituting working order are considered in the context of the ethical leadership, on the hand, it is intended to determined the difference between the strategic leadership perceptions that act from the organization's concern of profitability and being long-termed and position identification in all cases with regard to its competitors. According to the results of the analysis carried out, it is understood that there is a difference between the ethical leadership perceptions of the sample and the averages of the strategic leadership perception. It is also determined by the results of the correlation analysis carried out that there is a negative relation between the ethical leadership perceptions and the strategic leadership perceptions. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility 7th International Strategic Management Conference