| Course | BUSI 570 Ethical Leadership (BUSI570) |
|---|---|
| Credit hours | 3 |
| Program | MBA |
| Length | 8 Module/Weeks, online |
| Weeks with written work | 8 of 8 |
| Samples on this site | 8 week sample papers |
| Sources | Liberty's 2026-2027 catalog and the published BUSI 570 course guide |
| Updated | October 2026 |
What BUSI 570 covers
Hess and Cameron's Leading with Values supplies the organizational side, chapters on how values, virtue and positive practices produce high performance, read in Module/Weeks 1, 3, 5 and 7, while Rae and Wong's Beyond Integrity supplies selected readings every week on ethics from a Judeo-Christian perspective.
The four group forums alternate weeks: a 400-word thread with three scholarly sources plus the text, then two 200-word replies with two sources each. The case study, due in Module/Week 5, feeds the group presentation in Module/Week 7, and the first-person ethics journal answers template questions on each week's Rae and Wong readings.
This course focuses upon ethical issues and dilemmas faced by leaders. Definitions of ethical leadership are reviewed as they related to values and culture. The theory and practice of ethical leadership is evaluated as it pertains to a biblical worldview.
BUSI 570 week by week, with the sample for each
| Week | Written work in the course guide | Points | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Group DB Forum 1 Thread (Course Requirements Checklist, Class Introductions and Ethics Journal also due) | 75 | Read the Week 1 sample |
| Week 2 | Group DB Forum 1 Replies (Ethics Journal also due) | 60 | Read the Week 2 sample |
| Week 3 | Group DB Forum 2 Thread (program assessment and Ethics Journal also due) | 75 | Read the Week 3 sample |
| Week 4 | Group DB Forum 2 Replies (Ethics Journal also due) | 60 | Read the Week 4 sample |
| Week 5 | Case Study Paper (Group DB Forum 3 Thread and Ethics Journal also due) | 200 | Read the Week 5 sample |
| Week 6 | Group DB Forum 3 Replies (Ethics Journal also due) | 60 | Read the Week 6 sample |
| Week 7 | Group Presentation (Group DB Forum 4 Thread and Ethics Journal also due) | 160 | Read the Week 7 sample |
| Week 8 | Group DB Forum 4 Replies (Ethics Journal submission also due) | 60 | Read the Week 8 sample |
Where BUSI 570 papers lose points
BUSI 570 work loses points when a forum thread offers opinions about good leaders without research, when a short reply only agrees, when a case study praises an organization without documenting its practices or weighing their costs, and when a group paper reads as separate members' sections stapled together.
Using a BUSI 570 sample well
The samples draw on research about ethical leadership and its trickle-down effects, servant leadership, unethical pro-organizational behavior, moral disengagement, organizational virtuousness, ethical culture, codes of conduct, whistleblowing, weekend recovery, schedule instability, pay equity, self-concept maintenance, authentic leadership and forgiveness, with Hess and Cameron, Rae and Wong and Scripture.
BUSI 570 questions, answered
What is the BUSI 570 Case Study Paper?
A 200-point, 8- to 10-page research paper in Module/Week 5 reviewing an organization and a biblical value it has displayed, written as an addition to Hess and Cameron's book with at least five references beyond the textbooks and the Bible.
How do the BUSI 570 group forums work?
Four forums in assigned groups, each a 400-word thread with three scholarly sources and the textbook, followed a week later by two 200-word replies with two scholarly sources each.
What textbooks does BUSI 570 use?
Hess and Cameron's Leading with Values: Positivity, Virtue, and High Performance, and Rae and Wong's Beyond Integrity: A Judeo-Christian Approach to Business Ethics.
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