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Hi Everyone, this is a very nice topic. I am happy that we have considered the role of leaders here, in sparking ethical relationship.

The ethical leader understands that positive relationships are the gold standard for all organizational effort. Good quality relationships built on respect and trust-not necessarily agreement, because people need to spark off each other-are the single most important determinant of organizational success.

The ethical leader understands that these kinds of relationships germinate and grow in the deep rich soil of fundamental principles: trust, respect, integrity, honesty, fairness, equity, justice and compassion.

Early last century the German philosopher and theologian, Martin Buber, described these successful relationships as "I-Thou" relationships, in which people recognize the intrinsic worth and value of others and treat each other with sincerity and respect.

In the language of the 18th century German philosopher, Immanuel Kant, this is the principle of always treating the other person as an end and never merely as a means to serve your own personal interests. The ethical leader moves and acts in a world of I-Thou relationships, where in any situation, to the fullest extent possible in the circumstances, the intent is to honor and respect the worth of the other person. Fostering positive relationships provides benefits at three levels of organizational life.

It is important to the individual as he or she comes to work every day and engages in activities that can fall anywhere along a spectrum from rewarding and fulfilling to disempowering, toxic and debilitating. No less in need of empowering ethical relationships is the team, large or small, formal or informal, project-focused or maintenance-oriented-in every case it depends on supportive relationships among team members.

Finally, the organization as a whole with vast spans of communication and disparate areas of responsibility needs a bonding agent to make people feel they are making a unique and valuable contribution to the whole. Ethical leadership across all three levels nourishes the relationships that empower human enterprise.