Responsible Leadership
Course Description Leading with responsibility and integrity emerges as one of the central topics of contemporary societal and economic debate. How can people provide leadership in the professional world and in the world at large that responds to the public expectations and ethical principles of transparency, accountability and respect of diversity? This course aims to develop critical thinking about the theory and practice of responsible leadership. It will examine different theories, and will focus on dialogical leadership, which enables transparent and effective deliberation. The thinking about leadership can apply to all sectors, though much of the leadership theory discussed emerges from business studies. | Overview Course Code: RL-12042021 Registration: Open - Freemium Model
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Key Learning Outcomes
- Critically evaluate leadership theories, to apply theories on leadership in different contextual situations
- Identify challenges with regard to leadership in practice, and investigate responsibility as guiding ethical principle for leadership
- Create an ethical framework of understanding leadership related to business, societal and cultural environments
- Draw upon learning contents from across the course to create meaningful and values-based statements on leadership within their own professional contexts
The learning outcomes are embedded in the overall objective to allow participants to understand and engage creatively with the impact of institutional transformation based on ethics for the benefit of their institutions, companies and of society as a whole.
Job prospect
Successful participants habitually work in public or private professional sectors. Responsible leadership is considered as one of the few key competences decisive for all professional development initiatives and is considered as one of the key assets for employability.
Contributors to the course
![]() | Prof. Dr. Simon Robinson | ![]() | Meggy Kantert |
Qualification Awarded
Certificate of Completion upon fulfilment of all qualification requirements, in particular the final assignments. A certificate supplement with the indication of the achieved learning outcomes according to the syllabus and the area of the submitted final assignment can be established.
Unit 1 | Leadership |
Unit 2 | Ethical Leadership Theories |
Unit 3 | Three Modes of Responsible Leadership |
Unit 4 | Agency |
Unit 5 | Accountability and shared creation |
Unit 6 | Irresponsible Leadership |
Unit 7 | Leadership and difference: dialogue, democracy, governance and ethics |
Unit 8 | Integrity and the moral psychology of leadership |
Unit 9 | Cross cultural issues and leadership 1 |
Unit 10 | Cross cultural issues and leadership 2 |
Unit 11 | Leadership in literature and the arts |
Unit 12 | Leadership and peace-building |
Final assigment |
Registration: Freemium Model
| Basic Track | Certification Track |
Course content | ✔ | ✔ |
Readings | ✔ | ✔ |
Activities such as quizzes or forums | ✔ | ✔ |
Online videos | ✔ | |
Live chat sessions | ✔ | |
Grading of the activities |
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Access to final assigment |
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Certificate of completion |
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Entry Requirements
The registration for this online course is organised according to the enrolment regulations and the policy on entry requirements of Globethics.net in accordance with the official course programme documentation as approved and made public by the institution's governing bodies.
Specific Accreditation of Prior Learning Arrangements
In this online course Globethics.net lays particular emphasis on the practical professional experiences participants bring into the learning journey. Teaching and/or administrative experiences in higher education institutions are considered as assets for participation. Experiential learning of this type will be treated as part of Globethics.net's Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) as outlined in its official documentation, in particular in its Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) handbook and in the corresponding policy document. The policy document explains the procedure and criteria for recognition.
Qualification Requirements and Regulations
In order to obtain the qualification awarded at the end of the online course, participants have to complete the module according to the syllabus and fulfill all requirements, in particular they will have to submit a final written assignment and a final online discussion forum contribution.
Qualification Level
Access to Further Studies
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