Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject Business economics -
Business Ethics, Corporate Ethics, grade: 1.4, Egerton University,
language: English, abstract: Everyone has the entitlement to privacy
whether he/she is a public figure or a business leader. However, public
life demands that individuals at the helm of leadership conceptualize
certain things that guide their behaviour both in public and private
situations. Becoming a corporate leader demands observing public service
ethics, this in turn demands that individuals give public interest
priority to shape their behaviours whether they are executing private or
public life. It is not always conceivable that the ethical behaviour of
leaders in their personal lives automatically reflect their ethical
behaviour as business leaders. It is this conviction that makes it
meaningful for individuals to have separate private and public lives.
Usually, the image individuals volunteer to represent them in public
might be hard to extend to private lives. Too often, the desire to
improve business leadership has made it tempting to spy on individuals'
private lives to validate one's authenticity to ethical leadership. This
in essence stipulates that leaders should not take leave of personal
ethics that makes them who they are even in private. Within the
leadership principles, keeping to high ideals cherished in business
leadership is the best way to carry one's self whether in private or
public space.
