Ethics & Leadership Effectiveness
Date:
To be determined
Instructor: Charles
W. Plummer, Ph. D.
Type of Course: Lecture / Seminar
Course Time:
Location: To be determined
Registration Fee : To be determined
Requirements
This course is open to all. It is not necessary to be a Mason to attend.
Course Description
In leadership we see morality magnified and that is why the study of ethics is fundamental to our understanding of leadership. The study of ethics is about human relationships. It is about what we should do and what we should be like as human beings, as members of a group or society, and the different roles we play in life.
Goals for the seminar:
1. To develop an understanding that it is a leaders moral principles and integrity that give legitimacy and credibility to his effectiveness.
2. To inspire lodge and grand lodge leaders to come to the understanding that the study of ethics is fundamental to good leadership practices and meeting with success in leading others.
3. To understand that there are three dimension to ethical leadership:
(1) the leader’s motives;
(2) his strategies for influencing others;
(3) self-transformation.
4. To introduce strategies that will lead to self-transformation and that of their followers which is necessary to meet the challenging demands of ethical imperatives.
Topics that will be covered to meet the goals:
* understanding the concepts of ethics and morality.
* Ethics as critical thinking.
* Understanding leadership.
* Ethics as exhortation.
* The normative aspects of the many definitions of leadership.
* The Hitler problem or the difference between leadership and headship.
* The so-called “moral luck” aspect of leadership.
* The relationship between ethics and effectiveness.
* Deontological and teleological theories that relate to leadership.
* Leadership and moral standards.
* The view that altruism is the moral standard of leadership.
* Why being a leader is not in a just person’s self-interest.
* Transformational and charismatic leadership theories.
* The argument for taking leaders off their pedestals.
* Leadership and the Bathsheba syndrome.
* The role of the cardinal virtues in leadership and character formation.
Course Instructor
Masonically, Bro. Charles W. Plummer is a Past Master, Past District Educational Representative, Past District Deputy Grand Master, Past Senior Grand Warden, and Past Chairman of the Committee on Masonic Education and Lodge Service (MEALS). He is currently a member of the Board of Regents for the Maine Masonic College and Chairman of the Committee on the Condition of the Fraternity.
He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education, an M.Ed. in Administration and Supervision and a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies. He is an instructor for the University of Southern Maine and has taught courses on Classical Mythology, The Life and Writings of C. S. Lewis, The Biology of the Brain, Biological Anthropology, The Roots of Human Behavior, The Civil War, The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Personality and Learning Styles, and Archetypes and Dream Analysis based on the work of Carl Gustav Jung. He has designed this course for those members of the fraternity who would like to gain a better understanding of the power and meaning of symbols, myths and archetypes, their relationships with Freemasonry, and the purpose and meaning of the rites of initiation especially those of the Entered Apprentice Degree, the Fellowcraft Degree, and the Master Mason Degree.
Important Note
The Maine Masonic College complies with the Americans With Disabilities Act. If any conference participant is in need of reasonable accommodation, please forward a written request to the College Secretary for consideration at least one month prior to the activity.
The opinions expressed by instructors and Regents of the Maine Masonic College do not represent an 'official' position of Freemasonry or of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Maine. No one person speaks for Freemasonry. Only the Grand Master can speak for Freemasonry within his own jurisdiction and then, only during his term of office.
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