"Doing the right thing requires, simply, acting with integrity." Senske

You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.

---- Boris Yeltsin

Following the Golden Rule of Leadership means simply to put in tor practice the axiom that became the title and them of a Spike Lee move, Do the Right Thing. This is not only biblically man dated, it is also in the best interest of an organization. This mandate, however, runs counter to the ever-growing economic pressure to emphasize short-term success at the expense of ethical behavior and long-term value. Organizations and their leaders often feel they have no choice but to cut corners, sell a product to someone who does not really need it, use cheaper materials, get by with an insufficient number of employees, or use various accounting tricks as part of a convoluted smoke-and-mirrors strategy.

Still, history has show that doing the right thing is the only strategy that will create truly long-term value. Doing the right thing requires, simply, acting with integrity. To act with

integrity, says Stephen Carter, we must first discern what is right and what is wrong in a given situation. Next, we must act on what we have discerned, even if there is a personal cost involved. Finally, we must acknowledge openly that we are acting on the basis of our understanding of what is right and what is wrong.

Kurt Senske, Executive Values - A Christian Approach to Organizational Leadership (2003)