Drawing on the four dimensions of the ethical leadership model (purpose, moral person, moral manager, and meaningful relationships) introduced in Reading 1.2 (Lasthuizen, 2018, pp. 22-38), discuss the ethical leadership practices and approach adopted by either one of the following two business leaders:
Ms Samantha Jones, Founder, Little Yellow Bird
• Little Yellow Bird: From the military to making ethically-produced clothes. (2019, May 18). The Spinoff. Retrieved from https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/18-05- 2019/little-yellow-bird-from-the-military-to-making-ethically-produced-clothes/
• Little Yellow Bird is NZ’s first local, ethical fashion brand. (2019, May 29). Scoop. Retrieved from https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1905/S00848/little-yellow-bird-is- nzs-first-local-ethical-fashion-brand.htm
• Winter, C. (2017, May 1). Clothing can be ethical or it can be cheap, but not both: Little Yellow Bird. Stuff. Retrieved from https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/91803501/little-yellow-bird-allows-customers-to- track-garments-right-back-to-cotton-fields
Mr Mike Bennetts, CEO, Z Energy
• Bennetts, M. (2019, February 7). How to start a climate change movement – tips from a fossil fuel CEO. Stuff. Retrieved from https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion- analysis/110402311/how-to-start-a-climate-change-movement
• Bennetts, M. (2018, November 22). The petrol company that says it wants to change the world. The Spinoff. Retrieved from https://thespinoff.co.nz/partner/nzi-sbn- awards/22-11-2018/the-petrol-company-that-says-it-wants-to-save-the-world/
• Grieve, D. (2017, August 17). An interview with the climate change-obsessed CEO of NZ’s biggest petrol company. The Spinoff. Retrieved from https://thespinoff.co.nz/science/climate-change-week/17-08-2017/an-interview-with- the-climate-change-obsessed-ceo-of-nzs-biggest-petrol-company/
support and illustrate your analysis using evidence and/or rationales from one or more of the news articles provided and/or other relevant publicly-available information on the business leader and organisation you select.
In addition, you are expected to support your analysis with evidence from academic sources (at least three refereed journal articles – see the course reading list).
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