The Ethical Leader Of The 20Th Century: Martin Luther King, Jr.

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in the workplace to $2 per hour no matter what race. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. even went to the extreme of moving into the slums of Chicago, Illinois with another rights activist to experience what it was like and show support for those who were in poverty.
Ethical leadership to me had to do with all decisions made whether it be from getting out of bed in the morning to closing your eyes at a reasonable time at night, but how does one make a decision? Making a decision without assessing whether the choice made was ethical or not leaves a much wider range for the possibility that a poor choice was made. defines ethical as "pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right or wrong in conduct." describes an eight-step decision-making process for making ethical decisions. These include, in order of action, Identifying the problem or dilemma, identifying the potential issues involved, reviewing the relevant ethnic codes knowing the ...

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civil-rights reform. Dr. King was the pastor of a Baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama. He and ninety other members of the congregation led a Black bus boycott, were both arrested, and indicted for conspiring to obstruct the operation of a business (Lucidcafe.com). The boycotts of the buses continued and Dr. King was devolving more and more of a national reputation. Ultimately, the success of the bus boycott is what made Dr. King into the national hero he was and helped him gain notoriety with the American population.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. relying on solely non-violent protests and demonstrations are what not only got him a Nobel Prize in 1964 but also increased his ...

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