Ethical Leadership in the Digital Era: Requirements for Developing Ethical Leaderships in Vietnam

Abstract

Ethical leadership ideas were widely mentioned in the 80s and 90s of the twentieth century, in many areas, such as biomedical ethics, business ethics and moral leadership, etc. These studies emphasize that the leadership contains universal ethical values such as respect, service, fairness, honesty, responsibility, and community. Recently, the strong development of digital technology and artificial intelligence set higher demands for leaders in applying standards and moral values in accordance with the requirements of a digital era. These demands aim to increase the transparency, accountability, and frequent connections between leaders and subordinates as well as between leaders and the people to express the spirit of the service leadership. This article clarifies the concept of ethical leadership in a digital era andraise some issues for building and training ethical leadership in Vietnam in the digital era.