Assessing and Acquiring Ethical Leadership Competence

About the author: Iordanis Kavathatzopoulos is a Professor at the Department of Information Technology, Human-Computer Interaction, Uppsala University, Sweden. He got his PhD in Psychology and he is also Docent in Psychology. His main research interests are in the areas of Ethical Competence, Ethical Training and Assessment, Information Technology Ethics, Ethical Usability and Ethical Autonomous Systems. Prof. Kavathatzopoulos has developed education programs for the training of ethical competence of professional decision makers, and he has constructed special tests for the assessment of ethical problem-solving and decision-making ability. He has constructed tools, methods and computerized instruments to be used in designing of ethically usable IT systems and supporting decision makers in real-life ethical issues. Leaders and professionals from the areas of business, politics, and research have been trained using the methods and tools for ethical competence. Private corporations and government organizations have repeatedly applied the tools to support decision-making, to map organizational needs in ethics, and to assess the ethical competence of their employees.