Ethical Leadership as a Facilitator of Good Governance Realization

Good governance is one of the new issues that have attracted the attention of many scientific circles during the past two decades. Researchers have described good governance with different approaches, dimensions and objectives. But given the complexity of the issue of governance, it is essential to look at different aspects of this issue to explain this concept as separate dimensions and examining them. Accordingly, this study sought to examine the relationship between ethical leadership and good governance in the organization and also we tried to test and prove the significant relationship between ethical leadership and good governance. The population consisted of 291 employees of the municipality of Tehran. Data analysis was performed using correlation analysis and structural equation modeling. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between ethical leadership dimensions and different aspects of good governance. It is worth noting that setting activities within ethical framework, integrity, trust and efforts to promote employees in the organization represents some aspects of good governance such as transparency, promotion of values and accountability.