BYU Management Society’s Emphasis on “Moral and Ethical Leadership”
Posted on January 18, 2008
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Tags: Annual Leadership Conference, BYU management Society
I agree with Chris Feinauer that there are many dimensions of this that we have not even thought of. For example, I would love for us to start surveying all of our members and their friends, neighbors and business associates to discover the stories about “moral and ethical leadership around the world,” and present them in word, picture and video at the Annual Leadership Conference.
I think we should start inviting everyone we know to the Annual Leadership Conference even if we have to encourage them to be on a committee or board to be a “leader” and qualify. Some organizations have an annual or semiannual conference for their entire membership and it is very powerful. I think we can expand our Annual Leadership Conference to focus less on the details of running a chapter and more on the big picture of “growing moral and ethical leadership around the world” and inviting everyone to join us that will travel to Provo, Utah.
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The San Diego chapter discussed the “moral and ethical leadership” mission statement at length. We concluded that the mission statement is a bit more narrow than what we are looking for from associating with the BYUMS. Our draft mission statement picks up the concept of “moral and ethical leadership”, but expands:
“Our Mission: To support professional advancement, promote high ethical standards, serve the community and provide opportunities for lifelong learning to business leaders in San Diego.”
Kurt
I feel pretty strongly that we need to keep the leadership conference what it is…how to run and organize and sustain chapters.
Let’s use another venue, such as the former summer “management conference” to talk about the principles of leadership and ethical behavior. If we confuse the purpose of the leadership conference, we won’t get the organizational momentum that we need.
-Brian
What I had in mind was not to talk about principles of leadership in the abstract but to really focus on things we can do to “grow moral and ethical leadership.” I think we need to go beyond just using the phrase and talk about what we are actually doing that makes a difference. Are we really growing moral and ethical leadership? If so, how?
For example, the relationship we are building with the Chamber Of Commerce in Rancho Santa Margarita, getting newspapers to print articles and when we seek out businesses that can tell stories about moral and ethical leadership. These things are all about how to run a chapter in a powerful way, in my opinion.
For example, I just spoke with a business owner in our community today who is Egyptian, not LDS, and has some wonderful stories about moral and ethical leadership in his business. I believe we need to get out into our communities and find these people and these stories.
Just less focus on the “details,” such as the nuts and bolts of running a chapter and more on what will actually grow moral and ethical leadership. It is my own personal opinion that if people catch the vision and learn how we can make a difference, they can read the manual or we can do “nuts and bolts” training at some lower level.
I may be off on a tangent here, but I would love to hear what others think on this topic. If I am all alone – which would not be the first time – I would agree that we should keep the status quo.