This assignment is aimed at providing an opportunity for you to create your own ethical case study based on your own experiences and readings. Identify and choose topics or issues related to organizational leadership within your professional field or workplace as the setting for this paper. In your paper, include the following:

· Introduction: research the literature on ethics and leadership and provide a definition and need for ethics in an organization:

· Rationale for the case study:

· Describe the reason for the case you selected ( Why is the topic relevant? How does it expand or contribute to a leader’s knowledge about ethics?). Document your comments with appropriate related references (at least two).

· Case study: Provide a narrative with the case study topic that you identified. Include the following:

· Setting: Briefly describe the setting

· Situation: Describe the nature of the situation and how it impacts the organization’s ethics.

· Impact: State how the situation impacts the organization and whether it affects people inside or outside the organization. If the situation is from your own organization, be sure to use pseudonyms to maintain confidentiality at all times.

· Ethical stance or position: clearly describe why the case/situation poses an ethical challenge for an organization. Establish how it challenges the ethical position of the organization.

· References: Use appropriate documentation to support your narrative (minimum 3 references).

· Handout: Provide a one-page handout summarizing the case. Include as an appendix to your paper.

Your paper should be 4-5 pages including the 1 page handout and excluding the cover and reference page.