Examining the Leadership Ethics of Elected Officials
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https://doi.org/10.67945/jfa.v16i.188Keywords:
leadership ethics, elected officials, Hartman Value Profile, public administrationAbstract
People expect their elected officials to lead fairly and justly but do not know which leaders act for them or themselves. This study compared the ethical orientations of state, county, and municipal leaders using the Hartman Value Profile (HVP) and the six approaches within the Leaders’ Ethical Orientation scale (LEO). The findings indicate the HVP is significantly predictive of ethical type and details the creation of a new composite index to measure if an elected official works for the constituency or works for themselves.References
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