YALI RLC: My Experience (Day 5)

The 28th day of September which was the 5th day of the training, was eventful. As usual, physical exercise was observed. Breakfast, too, was taken.

We had a long but absolutely interesting lecture. It was handled by Dr. Haruna Abdul which he titled "Ethical Leadership". Dr. Abdul started by defining ethics as a set of rules or principles that defines right and wrong conduct. He said, to attain ethics, there has to be a unification of values, principles, morals and virtues. Acting ethically means making decisions that would have been preceded by evaluating and choosing among alternatives in a manner consistent with ethical principles. He said, an ethical leader shows the way, and tells his followers about their identity, what they are and what they can become, how they live and how they could live better. He quoted Baradarcco, 'real morality is not binary but rather emerges in shades of gray'. We paused to have lunch at about quarter past 1.

We returned to continue with 'Ethical Decision-Making'. He said, a leader, to ethically make decisions, must define the ethical issues; identify the affected parties, the consequences and the relevant principles; consider his/her character and integrity; think creatively about potential actions; and check his/her gut. He made the lecture very engaging with the different ethical cases we all critically looked into. He ended his lecture with interesting discussion questions. And afterwards, we had dinner.

Unlike the previous day, another event held at the lecture room; it was the manifesto night. Each animal group had two different teams vying for the seats of the presidency. It was really a nice experience. However, elections held the next evening.

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