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Leadership Models in Ethical Decision Making

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The CEO of a large company has retained you as a management consultant to look into an area of concern that she has. With all of the recent corporate scandals like Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, and ImClone, she is wondering how she can avoid these sorts of problems within her company. She has asked you to research and prepare a report that summarizes the various kinds of power she has at her disposal and how this power could be effectively utilized to avoid these sorts of problems within her own company.

There are a myriad of leadership models, most of which discuss sources of power. Using the model presented in your text and accessing other sources as supporting material,list and explain the sources of power that the CEO of a large company typically has at her disposal.
Describe how these powers can be used to avoid the various operational, administrative, and ethical problems experienced by companies such as Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, and ImClone. Please respond to this question by identifying three specific business problems that can be addressed through the use of "influence tactics." For each specific problem, describe the influence tactic that should be used, the source of power behind that influence tactic, and why you believe that this influence tactic will effectively address that problem.

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This posting discusses the role of leadership models in contemporary decision making.. In addition, this posting discusses how leadership power can be used to avoid administrative and ethical problems experienced by companies like Enron.

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STEP 1
SOURCES OF POWER AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE CEO
The CEO has the power to promote an employee or recommend an increase of salary. This is the source of reward power. The CEO is an attractive person. She is the cynosure of all eyes in the company. She can influence several individuals because of this attraction. This is the source of referent power. The CEO occupies the position of the executive head of the company. Every one follows her instructions. She has legitimate power. The CEO knows the ins and outs of the company, its production, policies and problems. She is knowledgeable. She has expert power. The CEO has the power to punish employees. This gives her coercive power.

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