Although sound moral judgment is an important characteristic of an effective leader, it is not as important as a leader’s ability to maintain the respect of his or her peers.

<a class="_1Uso5bM8J5Wni-kP-8_HfA" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; color: rgb(29, 160, 221); font-family: Tondo, Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-line;"><mark style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(201, 237, 222); padding: 4px;">Leaders should be most focused on gaining approval and respect from their peers because those are the people that can help them to accomplish more goals.</mark><div class="_1JVNgLgYDN-dhuxUG3owf0" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(146, 218, 189); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block;"><span class="_1Lk9SHdFB0Ittdc0oBRmJI" style="box-sizing: border-box; align-items: center; display: flex; height: 28px; justify-content: center; width: 28px;">1</span></div></a><span style="color: rgb(75, 80, 78); font-family: Tondo, Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-line;"> Having good moral judgment is a great thing, but making decisions based on your own personal beliefs may not be a good reflection of how the entire group feels. Employees could disagree with the beliefs of the manager and then not be great at their job, in the boss’ eyes. People are more successful at work when they believe similar things that their peers and co-workers believe because they can work together more easily.

</span><a class="_1Uso5bM8J5Wni-kP-8_HfA" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; color: rgb(29, 160, 221); font-family: Tondo, Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-line;"><mark style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(201, 237, 222); padding: 4px;">Leaders should not use morality as a way to make judgments because employees may not agree and therefore won’t work hard for that boss.</mark><div class="_1JVNgLgYDN-dhuxUG3owf0" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(146, 218, 189); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block;"><span class="_1Lk9SHdFB0Ittdc0oBRmJI" style="box-sizing: border-box; align-items: center; display: flex; height: 28px; justify-content: center; width: 28px;">2</span></div></a><span style="color: rgb(75, 80, 78); font-family: Tondo, Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-line;"> If they don’t work hard, then the company won’t succeed against it’s competitiors. That is the purpose of a company.

A leader is supposed to be a reflection of the people that they respresent. That is not always possible, but it becomes even more difficult when the leader uses morality as a way to make decisions for everyone. That isn’t fair since people believe different things. </span><a class="_1Uso5bM8J5Wni-kP-8_HfA" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; color: rgb(29, 160, 221); font-family: Tondo, Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-line;"><mark style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(201, 237, 222); padding: 4px;">Also, morality could be religious in nature which is not allowed at work for a reason.</mark><div class="_1JVNgLgYDN-dhuxUG3owf0" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(146, 218, 189); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block;"><span class="_1Lk9SHdFB0Ittdc0oBRmJI" style="box-sizing: border-box; align-items: center; display: flex; height: 28px; justify-content: center; width: 28px;">3</span></div></a><span style="color: rgb(75, 80, 78); font-family: Tondo, Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-line;"> It causes people to dislike one another and breeds distrust between co-workers.

If people work with others, including their leader, and the whole group shares those beliefs, then those beliefs will help to shape the way that the organization makes decisions. </span><a class="_1Uso5bM8J5Wni-kP-8_HfA" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; color: rgb(29, 160, 221); font-family: Tondo, Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-line;"><mark style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(201, 237, 222); padding: 4px;">This is important because it leads to better decision making--decisions that are productive and benefit the whole group.</mark><div class="_1JVNgLgYDN-dhuxUG3owf0" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(146, 218, 189); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block;"><span class="_1Lk9SHdFB0Ittdc0oBRmJI" style="box-sizing: border-box; align-items: center; display: flex; height: 28px; justify-content: center; width: 28px;">4</span></div></a><span style="color: rgb(75, 80, 78); font-family: Tondo, Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-line;"> People that don’t share the same beliefs, especially ones that work for someone with different beliefs, usually ends up quitting or stealing or something else negative to make up for their dislike.

Therefore, is is far better to have the respect from one’s peers than it is to have good moral judgment. Good moral judgment usually makes leaders judgmental in a negative way, which doesn’t help anyone because people stop being productive. Morals have no place at work at all. That is why religion is not permitted as a drivng force behind decision-making.</span><br>