Jun 30, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

HC 2620 - Introduction to Ethical Leadership


This course introduces students to critical perspectives on leadership strategies and practices. Students are asked to reflect on their general perceptions of leadership as well as specific contexts in which they have observed leadership behaviors, and they are challenged to expand their understanding of who can practice leadership and how it can be ethically practiced. In addition, this class provides a socio-historical perspective on the evolution of leadership theory to help students understand the reciprocal effects of theory and changing cultural forces.

Requisites: OHIO Honors Program
Credit Hours: 1
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: F,CR,NC,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to explain key organizational and leadership theories and the sociopolitical contexts that shaped them.
  • Students will be able to identify contemporary leadership concepts such as emotional and social intelligence, collaboration, and advocacy in the stated values and practices of specific organizational leaders.
  • Students will be able to apply organizational and leadership theories to develop strategies for change.
  • Students will be able to articulate a personal philosophy of leadership.


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