233) to ensure that programs and services are consistent with the organization's mission. Social workers are well aware that ethics forms the basis of effective leadership practice which provides them with leadership skills applicable to building human service organizations. Additionally, social workers have clearly defined standards of conduct and responsibilities to clients, colleagues, in practice settings, as professionals, to the profession, and to society at large (NASW, 2008). However, contemporary human service agencies face many challenges. For example, not all organizations support the appreciation of diversity and justice in the availability and accessibility of services, management practices, and institutional policies. Sometimes levels of transparency and accountability are compromised, particularly when funding expires and the agency struggles to sustain itself. In the context of ethical leadership, I found conducting an ethics audit in a social service agency particularly interesting and potentially useful, particularly the steps dedicated to assigning oversight responsibilities and identifying areas of risk (Golensky,