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Welcome to the Specialization in Ethical Leadership! Over the course of a few months, we aim to help you understand how to “Grow the Good in Business” through leadership centered in personal integrity, conviction, and values. Corporate culture is often criticized for valuing short-term gains over long-term growth and concern for others. At Notre Dame, our approach integrates ethical, social, and environmental issues into traditional business courses. Our aim is to equip you with cross-functional intelligence, a balanced worldview, and a proper sense of moral purpose that can prepare you to contribute, cooperate, compete, and lead ethically in today’s rapidly changing business environment. Upon the successful completion of this program, the participant will receive a document certifying that the participant completed the program. The document will not qualify as an academic credential, and the recipient will not earn any academic credits [or receive a transcript] from the University of Notre Dame in connection with the program. Participants in the program are not students at the University of Notre Dame, and completion of the program does not qualify any participant for status as an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame.

Syllabus

Course 1: Why Business? What is the Role of Business in a Just and Humane Society
- Offered by The University of Notre Dame. The course examines the common perceptions of business (both positive and negative) and the role of ... Enroll for free.

Course 2: Ethics of Communication
- Offered by The University of Notre Dame. Welcome to Ethics of Communication. Geared toward working professionals in both the corporate and ... Enroll for free.

Course 3: Ethics of Technology
- Offered by The University of Notre Dame. This course explores the ethical implications of data analytics. It connects old ideas – privacy, ... Enroll for free.

Course 4: The Discipline of Leadership
- Offered by The University of Notre Dame. Because it is likely you either want to improve your leader effectiveness or you may want to ... Enroll for free.

Course 5: Leadership for an Increasingly Diverse World
- Offered by The University of Notre Dame. Geared toward working professionals in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors, Leadership for an ... Enroll for free.

Course 6: Leading from Within
- Offered by The University of Notre Dame. There is an important difference between leading from without and leading from within: the way ... Enroll for free.

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22 hours 43 minutes
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Because it is likely you either want to improve your leader effectiveness or you may want to increase the number of leadership opportunities you have, this course will focus on outlining the factors that predict leader emergence (whether someone will emerge as a leader) and leader effectiveness. Because those predictors are numerous, this course will be broken down into three distinct parts: 1) who one is as a leader (evaluating leaders/leadership and applying to your own personality/traits/character); 2) what one's knowledge, skills, and abilities should be (KSAOs); and 3) how leaders should approach and resolve problems when in a position of leadership. Leadership develops over time and can be aided by repetition (experience), feedback, and self-reflection. Unfortunately, no one can teach you how to lead. My goal as your professor is to give you the tools that will enable you to teach yourselves how to be better leaders.
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23 hours 48 minutes
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Geared toward working professionals in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors, Leadership for an Increasingly Diverse World, takes leaders from being passively engaged to being actively engaged in the fight for diversity, inclusion, equity, and justice. To lead effectively in the 21st century workplace and beyond requires cultivating a more connected, more diverse, more inclusive, and more globally reflective organizational culture. This course will help leaders embody a diversity, inclusion, equity, and justice mindset so that they can adapt and respond to a rapidly changing, increasingly diverse, and globally connected world.
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1 day 2 hours 50 minutes
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There is an important difference between leading from without and leading from within: the way decisions are made. Those who lead from without make moral decisions based on external pressure or the opinions of others rather than on the basis of deeply held personal values and beliefs. When they speak about moral issues they do so without authenticity and inspire doubt rather than confidence in their followers. Those who lead from within have deeply held personal values and beliefs and courageously make decisions based on those convictions. They have a clear sense of purpose in their own lives and inspire a clear sense of purpose and direction in others. This course will provide tools and insights that will help you successfully lead from within at the personal, organizational, and societal levels.