CERIFICATE IN

LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT
CLD 106

Ethics, Integrity
and Character
Development

Abraham
Olufemi
Ojeme
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Course
Objectives
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To understand the
basic concept of
Ethics, Integrity
and Character
Development
4

To understand
the relevance
of these virtues
to leadership
responsibilities
5

To understand
the demands of
these virtues in
leadership
responsibilities
6

To comprehend
the relevance
of these virtues
to daily
lifestyle.
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To know how
to develop
and maintain
these virtues.
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LITERATURE
REFERENCES
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Walking in the
newness of life
And
2. Emergence of the
glorious Church
- Dr. David Oyedepo
1.

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3.
Integrity, the
guarantee for
Success

Dr. Fredrick K. Price

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4.

The Force of
Righteousness
- Dr. Kenneth
Copeland

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5.

Becoming a person
of Influence
John Maxwell
and
Jim Dornan

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6.

How can I develop

a Christian
conscience
Dr. R. C. Sproul
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7.
Integrity, the

courage to meet
the demands of
reality
Dr. Henry Cloud

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8.

Raising the Bar -

integrity and passion

in life and business

Erickson & Lorentzen

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9.

The Executive Calling

- corporate success

without selling your

soul
Roger D. Andersen

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10.

How They Blew It:

The CEOs and

Entrepreneurs behind
some of the worlds most
catastrophic business
failures

Oliver & Goodwin

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Introduction
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Leadership
development is
not much about
what we do but
much more about
who we are!
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Leadership is a potent
combination
of strategy and
character . But if you
must be without one,
be without strategy
Gen. Schwarzkopf

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Character and
Integrity rate highest
for Job Success.
And this is an
indication of where
the focus of leadership
should be
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DEFINITIONS

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Ethics, Integrity
and character
though
interconnected,
they are relatively
different
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ETHICS is about

the rules of conduct

governing a
particular class of
human action or a
particular group,
culture etc.
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INTEGRITY is
uncompromising
adherence to moral and
ethical principles:
soundness of moral
character; honesty and
truthfullness.
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"Integrity is what
we do, what we
say and what we
say we do"
Don Galer
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CHARACTER is the
aggregate of
features and traits
that form the
individual nature
of a person or
thing.

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Behaviour and
character are not
the same but your
behaviour will
inform your
character .
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Any behaviour,
duplicated and
reduplicated,
forms a part of
your character.
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RELEVANCE OF
INTEGRITY AND
CHARACTER TO
LEADERSHIP
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1.
Integrity and
character are
indicators of the
nature of a
leader
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2.
Integrity and
character are
tangible
virtues
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3.
Integrity and
character are
the leaders
stabilizer
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4.
Integrity and
character
enhance the
confidence of a
leader

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UNDERSTANDING
THE DEMANDS FOR
LEADERSHIP
INTEGRITY
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Effectiveness
without values is
a tool without a
purpose James A. Froude
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1.
Consecration
Ps. 15:1-2
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This is the act

of
consecrating
or dedication
to a deity
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2.
Contentment
1 Tim. 6:6-10
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The bane of many

leadership failures
is covetousness.
And the cure to it
is biblical
contentment.
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"Greed is a bottomless pit

which exhausts the person
in an endless effort to
satisfy the need without
ever reaching satisfaction"
ERICH FROMM - early 20th

century psychologist and

philosopher.

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3.

Confrontation

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The primary
responsibility of a
leader is to confront
what is not right whether in self,
another or a
system.
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If we believe a thing to
be bad and we have a
right to prevent it, it is
our duty to try to
prevent it and damn
the consequences LORD MILNER
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Confrontation simple
means standing to
say NO to what is
wrong even if you
are alone on this.
Ps. 15:4

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"Keep true, never be

ashamed of doing
right, decide on what
you think is right and
stick to it"
GEORGE ELLIOT

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4.
Dedication
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Whatever cannot
secure your dedication
is not permitted to
experience promotion
and multiplication
Jn. 12:24
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"Genius is one

percent inspiration
and ninety nine
percent
perspiration"
Thomas A. Edison

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"When doing any job

- any job - one must
feel that he owns it,
and act as though he
will remain in that
job forever"
Hyman G. Rickover

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The integrity of
dedication places the
demand of a finish-line
mentality on you.
Jn. 4:34
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DANGER
SIGN POSTS
FOR IMPACTFUL
LEADERSHIP
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Because of the
temptations that go
with leadership
positions there is the
need to be sensitive to
these danger sign
posts
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1.
Reputation
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This is a
state of
being held in
high esteem
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For I say, through the grace

given unto me, to every man
that is among you, not to
think of himself more highly
than he ought to think; but
to think soberly, according
as God hath dealt to every
man the measure of faith.
Rom. 12:3
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Phil. 2:6-9
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Until you let go of

reputation,
integrity is not in
view and
leadership is at
risk.
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2.
Inordinate
Ambition
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This is an
uncontrollable
craving for
achievements
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Visions are in
phases men are in
sizes;
learn to climb up
instead of jumping
up.
Jer. 17:11

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3.
Iniquity
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The word iniquity means

- Violation of the law;

transgression or illegality
- to run foul of ethical
standards
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When a leader keeps

falling short of
ethical standards,
character becomes
questionable and
leadership failure
ensues.
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END

Exceeding Grace!!!!
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ETHICS, INTEGRITY AND

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
CLD 106

Uchenna Uchenna Okeja

OUTLINE

The intrusion of ethics

Moral sentiments
Global ethics
The difference you can
make

WHEN ETHICS INTRUDES

Ethics seems to demand too
much

It seems to change because of

social status

WHEN ETHICS INTRUDES

Would it not be boring to
have a world full of angels?
Just another fact of life: not
everybody can be moral

WHEN ETHICS INTRUDES

Ethics is for the weak
Your experiences as a child
determines your capacity for
morality
Why be ethical when you can be
smart?

THREATS TO ETHICS
Positivism and decline in religious
beliefs
Relativism
Egoism
Evolutionary theory
Unreasonable demands
False consciousness

DECLINE OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

The West, decline of religious practice
and positivism
No revelation, sacred text, priest or
prophet

If God is dead, everything is

permitted (Dostoevsky)

DECLINE OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

Opposition to traditional
religious instruction

Challenges with biblical

interpretation (why be partial
towards some people?)

A LETTER TO DOCTOR LAURA

Dear Dr Laura, Thank you for doing so much

to educate people regarding Gods Law. I

have learned a great deal from you, and I try
to share that knowledge with as many
people as I can. When someone tries to
defend the homosexual lifestyle, for
example, I simply remind him that Leviticus
18: 22 clearly states it to be an abomination.
End of debate.

A LETTER TO DOCTOR LAURA

I do need some advice from you, however,
regarding some of the specific laws and
how to best follow them.
When I burn a bull on the altar as a
sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing
odour for the Lord (Lev. 1:9). The problem is
my neighbours. They claim the odour is
not pleasing to them. How should I deal
with this?

A LETTER TO DOCTOR LAURA

I would like to sell my daughter into
slavery, as it is suggested in Exodus 21:
7. In this day and age, what do you
think would be a fair price for her?
I have a neighbour who insists on
working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35: 2
clearly states he should be put to death.
Am I morally obligated to kill him
myself?

A LETTER TO DOCTOR LAURA

Leviticus 21: 20 states that I may not
approach the altar of God if I have a
defect in my sight. I have to admit that I
wear reading glasses. Does my vision
have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle
room here?

I know you have studied these things

extensively, so I am confident you can
help. Thank you again for reminding us
that Gods word is eternal and

MISREADING OF THE NT
What notion of justice allows an innocent
person to die for the sins of those who are
guilty?

Is it not sectarian to be concerned about only

the lost sheep of Isreal? (Matt 10; 5-6)
What about the influence of religion on those
who carried out the inquisition?

AGAINST RELIGIOUS PRACTICES

In Hinduism, there is the practice of
caste system: what sort of equality
is that?
The penal code of the Sharia is
very harsh: why did God give man
the capacity to sin in the first place?

RELATIVISM
Living in an era of relativism
Morality is simply human rules of
conduct
There is no absolute moral truth or
principle: morality differs from society
to society.

RELATIVISM
Appreciation of the relativity of morality
creates room for tolerance in our character
Subjectivism: the extreme of relativism
Subjectivism: each individual has his or her
own truth. And who is to say which is right?

RELATIVISM IN A NUTSHELL

What is just or right in the

eyes of one people may not
be so in the eyes of another,
and neither side can claim
real truth, unique truth, for
its particular rules.

EGOISM
Egoism and the me me society
People are only concerned about what
affects them
Claims of morality: smoke screens
intended to cover the real intention of
people, even institutions and
governments

EGOISM
The moralist is only afraid of public
opinion, period!
We are moved by self-interest and nothing
more
Ethics is an inhibition: although it cannot
provide justifications for its demands, it
still will not allow enough space for
freedom

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
Evolutionary theorist: science has shown that
human beings are programmed.
Ethics is only a fig-leaf for selfish strategies
We are all conditioned: women are nurturing,
men are trouble makers. We care above all
for our genes.

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
Functional explanations
suffice for human behaviour
Genetic mutations dispose us
to certain actions and
inaction

UNREASONABLE DEMANDS
Main claim: we have to be realistic, and
we should not demand too much from
ourselves and each other.
Ethics is good in principle but it does not
just work in practice
The case for morality centered on
simple abstract principle

UNREASONABLE DEMANDS
The excuse of dirty hands. Its a bad
business manufacturing arms etc., but if
we dont do it someone else will.
The moralist is simply out of touch with
the needs of the market. Ethics is all
very well, but perhaps we cannot
afford it.

FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS
The social role of morality is tainted: it
is somehow part of the system.
Often, we are conditioned by the
system to behave in certain ways that
mask systemic ideologies

FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS
Ethics as an institution is a system
whose real function is other than it
seems. A feminist might see it as an
instrument of patriarchal
oppression. A Marxist can see it as
an instrument of class oppression.
A Nietzschean may see it as a lie
meant to console the weak.

LOOKING BEYOND
We still need ethics because it
determines a lot about:

Birth and death

The life worth living

LOOKING BEYOND

Understanding human
nature and happiness
Making sense of progress
and co-existence in
societies

MORAL SENTIMENT

GLOBAL ETHICS
The child in the pond
Global poverty and inequality
Clinical tests in poor countries

Climate change

COURAGE AND THE DIFFERENCE YOU CAN

MAKE

THE DIFFERENCE YOU CAN MAKE

Dont just talk the talk, youve got to walk
the walk
No one is too poor to think
Why foreign aid in the midst of local
affluence?
Go beyond looking the other way

THE END

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