Ethical Leadership Part 1

Ethical behavior in leadership is important in order to inspire and guide others. Ethical leaders understand the difference between right and wrong and use this understanding to guide their thinking and behaviors as a leader. This week, we begin our exploration of ethical leadership.

By completing the Week 1 Quiz, you have learned the basics of APA style and writing a thesis statement. Now it is time to put it into practice. All of your papers at the University of Arizona Global Campus require the use of APA style, which is why it is important to understand how to properly use APA formatting. For this assignment, you will be begin creating an APA formatted template for your Week 2 Assignment. You will use this template in Week 2 when you write your Week 2 Ethical Leadership paper. This week’s template is Part 1 of the assignment. Week 2’s paper is Part 2 of the assignment. This template is the format that you will use for all of the papers in your classes, not just this one.

| Prepare

Prior to beginning work on this assignment,

• Review Chapter 2: Leadership Traits and Ethics in the text.
• Read the instructions for the .
• Review the following resources:
• The
• Information on Level Headings within

After reviewing these resources, complete the following tasks, and submit your work using the

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| Write

In your paper,

• Begin creating an APA formatted paper for your Ethical Leadership paper following the instructions as referenced above and using the
• .
• Construct the title page for your paper.
• Write your thesis statement for your paper. Include it in the introduction and restate it in the conclusion of the paper.
• Write the level headings you will use for each section of your paper. The headings should reflect each of the four questions in the Write section of the week two assignment instructions.
• Write a topic sentence to begin each section of your paper.

The Ethical Leadership Part 1 paper

• must be one to two double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to
• as outlined in the Writing Centers
• resource.
• must include a separate title page with the following:
• title of paper in bold font
• Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
• students name
• name of institution
• course name and number
• instructors name
• due date
• must utilize academic voice. See the
• resource for additional guidance.
• must include an introduction and conclusion sections as parts of your outline.
• Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
• For assistance on writing
• and
• , refer to the Writing Center resources.