The influence of ethical leadership on social responsibility in Palestine private sector in west bank رسالة ماجستير

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the nature of the factors and temptations faced by leaders who act as figureheads for organizations because of their social responsibility activities, and the use of social responsibility to achieve personal goals for leaders of organizations in Palestine, especially the Palestinian private sector in west bank. A qualitative approach was adopted in this study as the nature of this research required to employ a qualitative approach in order to reflect the deep understanding of the exploratory purpose. Indeed, the sensitivity of the research main subject -which is ethics regarding leadership- shaped the characteristics of the used approach which directed the researcher to choose the exploratory approach and collecting the needed data using the qualitative approach. The major limitations of this study were that the design of the study was based on cross-sectional research. The researcher was unable to collect longitudinal data due to constraints related to cost and time. Cross-sectional researches do not allow the researcher to evaluate the impact and change in organizations due to our recommendations implementation. The results showed that the leaders in the Palestinian private sectors are subjected to financial, social and political temptations by introducing them to social responsibility. This study found that the traits and practices of ethical leadership support the proposal that social responsibility is linked to ethical leadership practices. The practices of leaders in the ethical dimension appeared as leaders of institutions within (personal ethics, administrative ethics, and the social dimension)‖, As for the unethical financial gain of leaders in general it has been shown that there may be a good effect of social responsibility on the organization, but better on the managers, since the presence of good new social relations helps to strengthen the agreements between firms. After that, generate more financial returns and more rewards for managers and management, and the political gain and immoral political temptation is closely related to the aforementioned topic. By observing how social service is marketed, inviting government officials, taking pictures with them and posting them on social media, it seems to us that there is a political backlash or greed among the leaders.