Balancing Employee Advocacy and Organizational Responsibility

As an Assistant Director, I supervised a team while also serving on the leadership team. I watched employees carry heavier workloads than colleagues who were paid at the same or higher levels, and I watched employees take on additional responsibilities without any path to promotion. I had a duty to advocate for those employees. I also had a duty to the organization and to the leadership decisions I was part of. This site examines that conflict and the choice I believe an ethical leader should make.

This experience challenged me to think about how I could remain true to my values as a leader while also carrying out my organizational responsibilities. It is a leadership issue that has stayed with me and continues to shape how I think about ethical leadership.