THE DEVELOPMENT OF ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF LOCAL LEADERS IN CHAIYAPHUM PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research paper were to 1) Survey and study the development of ethics and social responsibility, 2) Design activities of the development of ethics and social responsibility, 3) Create a curriculum for ethical development and a format of social responsibility activities of local leaders in Chaiyaphum province. The qualitative research is the study of primary and secondary source documents concerned with the development of ethics and social responsibility of leaders and from interviewing about the fixed points 50 representatives, 12 experts and 8 local leaders, totally 70 people and the focus group of the knowledgeable people: 1) experts 2) local leaders 3) representatives of the people. The result of research found that: 1) the ethical development and social responsibility of local leaders are important. The successful development must be rooted from localities, so it is very necessary to develop local first. 2) The design of activities of moral development and social responsibility of the local leaders was used to form a curriculum to train local leaders as efficient people in solving problems and respectable ones for the local people by cultivating and developing ethics for the local leaders. When the leaders are moral ones, the local people follow them and are the same. 3) Field work and forming a curriculum of local leadership: building knowledge for local development of the leaders can make model local leaders for the people, being acceptable, respectable and faithful leaders rather than fearful ones. Thus, it makes peaceful and respectful community governing morally and training new moral leaders.