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Every discipline has a code of ethics and/or code of conduct that serves as the guiding principles. Strong, ethical leaders base their decisions on these guiding principles. For this discussion, you will need to find your discipline's code of ethics. Leaders who do not follow these guiding principles in their decision-making often find themselves and their stakeholders in compromising positions.

There are two parts to this discussion.

Part I: Initial Post

Once again, your discipline is in the news! Find a recent ethical issue that has arisen in the news and talk about the ethical issues and the mistakes you saw made. Base your talking points on your code of ethics. Post the video or article link for your news story. In your subject heading, create a breaking news headline for your classmates. (Keep in mind that you can access newspapers through the Excelsior Library (Links to an external site.).)

Engage in conversation on the following questions:

• What code of conduct or guiding principles did the leader utilize to make the decision, or did you see this as more of an intuitive or gut instinct decision?

• What leadership issues did you see here?

• What leadership theory might help the leader in the video or article address this issue?

Part II: Interact with Classmates

• Please meaningfully engage with at least two classmates to move the conversation forward. Share insights about what they said, ask questions, share experiences, etc.

• Actively monitor your own discussion thread throughout the week and respond as appropriate.