Ethical Leadership and Management in Difficult Times

Description:

As social workers assume roles of leadership – whether formally or informally - leading social or organizational change or fostering social or organizational stability, they must do so with a clear understanding of ethics and a rich set of concepts, skills, and tools. Especially in times of uncertainty and conflict, such as these, this vital set of resources (many of which are drawn from social work; many from other fields) are essential to achieving outcomes that improve the common good and empower the marginalized all while ensuring integrity in methods and outcomes by remaining grounded in a firm set of ethics.

Drawing on some of the best writing and thinking in the fields of social work, leadership, social and organizational change, and ethics, this series provides the participants with the concepts and tools necessary for effective ethical leadership, management, and change agentry.

This session will lay the ethical groundwork (drawing on a range of ethical frameworks, including, but not limited to, social work) and research-based and proven leadership constructs for social workers to lead in a range of settings and around a range of issues.

This session will also build on the ethical and leadership framework outlined and apply them to the role of the leader in promoting societal and organizational change, when change is needed, and stability, when stability is needed.

Objectives:

As a result of this session, you will be able to:

• Define leadership and ethics.
• Understand of key qualities of leaders and change agents.
• Describe the core dimensions of emotional intelligence, as a foundation for sound leadership.
• Describe practices of exemplary leadership.
• Understand the conditions in which each of a set of researched leadership styles is most effective.
• Understand the process of ethical action, decision making, and refinement.
• Understand how ethics conflict and the difficulty and importance, to leadership, of integrating conflicting ethics.
• How to draw on a range of ethic bases - cultural norms, faith, schools of moral philosophy, professional codes of ethics (including NASW).
• Describe the factors and conditions that can confound ethical decision making in a leadership context.
• Apply ethical decision making to case studies - transferable to real world situations.

Format: In-person

CECHs: 6 Continuing Education Contact Hours. Meets Ethics Criteria.

Skill Level: Recommended for LMSW intermediate and advanced skill levels.

Refunds: You can refund yourself up to 7 days before event on Eventbrite.

Accommodations: Please email us directly with any special accommodations you may need at swkce@msu.edu

Contact Info: swkce@msu.edu

Instructor: Robert Sheehan, LMSW, MBA, is the CEO of the Community Mental Health Association of Michigan. His background reflects work in: anti-poverty programs, migrant farmworker needs, at-risk youth, healthcare, substance use disorders, and mental health.