Aspiring Leaders’ Conceptions of Professional Ethics and Ethical Leadership Identity Made Visible Through Simulated Practice

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Abstract

Simulated learning experiences allow pre-service leaders opportunities to practice their leadership without the potential for stakeholder harm. Properly curated simulations, and wrap-around activities, can target specific skills and competences, professional ethics among them. In our study, aspiring leaders engaged with simulations addressing a multitude of problems of practice. As part of a reflective post-simulation activity, they were asked to consider the professional ethics necessary for addressing the disorienting dilemma they encountered. Results (n=1,474) reveal how aspiring leaders conceptualize occupational ethics and give a strong indication of the ethical paradigm they most align with. Students primarily aligned with ethic of care, followed by ethic of justice, ethic of profession, ethic of critique, and ethic of community.

Authors

• Daniel Moraguez, Florida State University

• Sara L. Dexter, University of Virginia