This course examines the bright and dark sides of leadership as well as the ethical foundations and moral implications of different leadership styles. This course will help you understand how different cultures have varying systems of morals and values, as well as a range of ethical reasoning styles. You will begin to appreciate how these differing foundations of business decision-making can affect business-to-business relationships across countries and cultures. In addition, the course helps you examine the less romantic, and more destructive leadership styles such as Machiavellian, Narcissism, and Psychopathy. By the end of the course, you will have a clear understanding of how morals, values and ethics intertwine.

You will be able to critically evaluate how multi-cultural perspectives, Indigenous perspectives, and a diverse range of lifestyles intersect with morals, values and ethics. You will also be able to articulate how emerging technology can amplify or diminish certain voices or perspectives are heard, incorporated and understood in the organisational context. You will work individually and in teams to evaluate what kind of cultural and diversity frameworks can be adapted to create a positive commercial environment. This course builds on content delivered in BUSM2750.

This course is a component of the Leadership and Strategy major.