A team is only as good as its leader. Being an effective leader and having an effective leader is very important for an organization. This is important for an organization to maintain a good reputation and for it to be successful. Being a good ethical leader who sets a good example for employees is also an effective leader. If a leader sets a good example, he will get/win the trust of employees, which is very important because it is employees who help an organization stay in business. Leaders lead people and leaders must always do the right things. Most employees tend to seek ethical advice from others, and so a leader within a workplace should be the essential source of this advice. According to Economy (2013), communication, supporting and facilitating employees, and integrity are some qualities that make a good leader. Leaders with integrity would make good ethical leaders. According to Gulla (2010) “When we act with integrity, we do what is right, even when no one is watching. People with integrity are guided by a set of fundamental principles that enable them to behave consistently to high standards. The fundamental principles of integrity are virtues such as: compassion, trustworthiness, generosity, honesty, kindness, loyalty, maturity, objectivity, respect, trust and wisdom. (p.19) By having a leader like this, you can expect them to hold themselves to high standards, which could benefit the organization as well as the employees. Leaders can be counted on to do the right things and demonstrate high standards of ethical and moral conduct. Sometimes being ethical is being effective, and sometimes being effective is being ethical. In other words, ethics equals effectiveness in some cases. If you're in the middle of a piece of paper and you and the people involved, or at least you can feel good about yourself by doing the right things. People who feel good about themselves produce good results. Works Cited Ciulla JB (2003) Ciulla, JB “Ethics and effectiveness of leadership”. Accessed 04.02.2014 at http://www.ila-net.org/Members/Directory/DownloadS/Antonakis-Ciulla-13.pdfEconomy, Peter. (2013) “7 traits of highly effective leaders” extracted on 04.01.2014 from http://www.inc.com/peter-economy/7-traits-highly-effective-leaders.htmlGulla, Ashok (2010) “Creating Values in life: personal, moral, spiritual, family and social values" retrieved 04/01/2014Lienert, P. and Thompson, M. (2014) "GM didn't fix the deadly ignition switch because it would have cost $1 per car” retrieved 02/04/2014 from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/02/gm-ignition-switch-dollar-per-car_n_5075680.html