A presentation on collective leadership and role of board in upholding ethical climate in organisation

1. Collective Leadership
and role of Board in
upholding Ethical
Climate
Kumar Supratik

2. Collective
Leadership???
 Shared or Distributed Leadership
Self-ManagingTeams
Shared Leadership found to be one of the 6
practices of High Impact Non-profits in the book
Forces for Good
It’s a ‘Both/And’ not an ‘Either/Or’
New group with some or all of the elements

3. Benefits
 Increased Productivity
Impact on organization
Sustainable leadership
Delivering ambitious results
Shared responsibility

4. Elements of
Collective
Leadership
Identify Shared Goals
Structures and Processes for
Shared Decision Making
Identify and Build on Strengths
Rotating and Sharing Roles so
Team Members Can Activate
Their Gifts
Accessing Collective
Intelligence
Best Practices for
Organizational Effectiveness

5. Collective
VsClassical

6. Upholding Ethical
Climate inOrganization

7. Role of Board
of Directors
Setting tone at top, internally and externally,
promulgating values statement
Attention on critical risk areas
Owning the compliance agenda
 having voice in selection, evaluation, and termination of
the CEO and chief ethics and compliance officer
Understanding the whistle-blower helpline process and
taking active control when appropriate
Working with management to incorporate leading practices
(e.g., protocols for investigating complaints, helpline
statistics, and internal reporting)

8. Influencing
Culture
Review metrics and key performance indicators with
respect to the company’s compliance with law and policy
Maintain a deep understanding of the compliance
monitoring, testing, and issue resolution processes
Assess the adequacy of management’s response to
specific issues and areas of internal control weakness

9. Enhancing
Ethical
Culture at
Workplace
Empowerment
Discipline
Communication
Change

10. Enforcing
Ethical
Culture at
Workplace
Clear guidelines
Outline potential punishments for unethical
behaviour, but use them as a last resort
Rewards system that promotes ethical behaviour
Privacy for whistle-blowers
Position of ethics compliance office
 Punish workers as necessary to ensure everyone
knows there are consequences for unethical
behaviour

11. Bibliography
Jartese, 2013. 8 Differences BetweenTraditional and
Collaborative Leaders. [Online]
Available at: http://blog.innocentive.com/2013/11/21/8-
differences-between-traditional-and-collaborative-
leaders
[Accessed 20 March 2017].
Pearce, C. L., 2002.VerticalVersus Shared Leadership as
Predictors of the Effectiveness. Group Dynamics:Theory,
Research, and Practice, 6(2), pp. 172-197.
Rossen, M., 2012. HotTopics,The board’s role in ethics
and compliance, s.l.: Deloitte.

12. ThankYou