Furthermore, he is the founder and director of 911 Realty Group in Coral Gables (Karantsalis, 2015). Andres Quintanilla held two major leadership positions as a police sergeant and founder and director of a realty company. Based on these two positions he had a big responsibility to act ethical and under the law. Ethical issues are some of the most common issues related to leadership in today’s society. Quintana’s case is a great example the people in leadership positions can take advantage of their position and power and act unlawfully. Unethical behavior takes places in all types of organizations. From political to commercial organizations, there are many cases of corruption performed by leaders of the organizations.
Richard L. Daft states in his book “The Personal side of Leadership”, that leaders can put ethical values into action and set the example that they want others to live by. If leaders resist pressures to act unethically they are able to avoid criticism and achieve shot term-term gains (Daft, 2015). In order for an individual to be a real leader they have to act ethically. Unethical actions lower a person’s reputation and make the person untrustworthy. It is common for leaders to have pressures and opportunities to act unethical, but it is their responsibility to avoid it and do what