Chapter 1: Leadership Lesson 6: Ethics in Leadership
Unit 3: LET 3 – The Supervising Leader 1
Exercise #1 – Ethical or Unethical
D
irections:
S
tep 1: For each scenario below, mark whether you think the action is “ethical” or “unethical” by
placing a check in the appropriate column.
Step 2: After reading your text on ethical choices, review your decisions from Step 1. Would you
change any of your decisions? If so, change your answer in the appropriate column. Explain your
reasons for your decisions in the last column.
# Ethical Unethical Scenario Reasoning
1 A nurse has had a stressful day
working in the hectic emergency
room—especially after caring for
a family friend who was
admitted in critical condition.
The nurse tells her husband
about what happened to their
friend and her medical
condition.
2 Dick owns a small company. He
requires his employees to
contribute money or volunteer
time for his favorite charity on
behalf of the company.
3 Cindy, a bank teller has listened
to a co-worker’s worries for
many months. The co-worker
has a very sick daughter who
needs an operation. Recently,
Cindy notices that the co-worker
seems happy and is less
worried. The co-worker confides
in Cindy that she embezzled
$10,000 from the bank to pay
for her child’s operation. The co-
worker says she is paying back
the money. Cindy reports the
co-worker to her manager.
