Challenges with Ethical Behavior and Accountability in Leadership
Laura Thompson
In terms of purpose, accountability systems are designed to
apply governance, and in some cases, legislate rules, in order
to impact the quality of the end result, or control the behavior
of people and their environments [19]. The rules within
accountability systems are usually implicit, intrinsic, very
detailed, and fully known by only a few people. Education and
levels of leadership are some of the main factors leading to
breakdown of communication and accountability within
organizational structure. However, business intelligence tools
like knowledge management [11], make it easier to access,
capture share information and make decisions on
accountability within organizations.
Strategic Misalignment occurs when decisions are
made, without communication or ethical standards [13]. To
address the challenges associated with accountability in for and
non profit organizations, a sequential explanatory mixed
method design was employed, along with action research.
Participants of the study were interviewed and asked seven
qualitative questions, in efforts to explain the quantitative
results. The process to gather and culminate the qualitative
results took approximately 6 months. Three main
classifications of accountability systems were derived from the
interviews; personal accountability, financial accountability,
and organizational accountability [8]. To ensure the credibility
of findings in the qualitative analysis, the framework for
additional study with more rigor is presented here. Full Text
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