The Ethical Leader
Master ethical leadership principles and theories while exploring moral decision-making for modern organizational challenges.
Master ethical leadership principles and theories while exploring moral decision-making for modern organizational challenges.
This course cannot be purchased separately - to access the complete learning experience, graded assignments, and earn certificates, you'll need to enroll in the full Leadership: An Introduction Specialization program. You can audit this specific course for free to explore the content, which includes access to course materials and lectures. This allows you to learn at your own pace without any financial commitment.
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What you'll learn
Understand the history of leadership theory
Identify types of ethical leadership
Distinguish ethical from unethical leadership
Apply moral decision-making frameworks
Navigate AI-related ethical challenges
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
4 Hours PreRecorded video
54 quizzes
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There are 5 modules in this course
This comprehensive course explores ethical leadership through philosophical and practical lenses. Students examine classical ethical theories, leadership approaches, and modern challenges including AI ethics. The curriculum covers moral agency, leadership theories from trait-based to inclusive models, and ethical decision-making frameworks while preparing leaders to address contemporary ethical challenges in organizational settings.
Course Introduction; Moral Agency I: Introduction and the Logic of Moral Decision-Making
Module 1 · 5 Hours to complete
Moral Agency II: The Tools in the Moral Toolbox--Moral Theories and Moral Responsibility
Module 2 · 12 Hours to complete
Leadership Theories I: Three approaches to Leadership Traits, Skills, and Behaviors
Module 3 · 13 Hours to complete
Leadership Theories II: Transformational and Authentic Leadership
Module 4 · 15 Hours to complete
Artificial Intelligence and the Ethical Leader
Module 5 · 9 Hours to complete
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Instructor
Distinguished Scholar and Ethics Expert at Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Christopher Dreisbach is a multifaceted academic leader serving as the Associate Director of the MS in Organizational Leadership program at Johns Hopkins University's Krieger School of Arts & Sciences, while holding a joint courtesy appointment with JHU's Carey Business School. With over four decades of teaching experience since 1980, he also serves as Professor of Moral and Systematic Theology at St. Mary's Ecumenical Institute. He earned both his MA (1981) and PhD (1988) in philosophy from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Dreisbach's expertise spans ethics, philosophy, and theology, regularly lecturing for law enforcement agencies and religious organizations as an ordained priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. His scholarly contributions include five notable books on ethics, criminal justice, and theology published between 2009 and 2019, along with numerous articles in prestigious publications covering topics from constitutional literacy to business ethics. His research focuses on public philosophy, with significant contributions to the fields of logic, education, ethics, dream philosophy, R.G. Collingwood's philosophy, and theology. Through his extensive publications in the Baltimore Sun and academic journals, he has addressed crucial societal issues ranging from constitutional literacy in law enforcement to ethical considerations in contemporary politics and society.
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