ABSTRACT Ethical leadership has a significant role in shaping corporate governance practices. The current study determined to examine the impact of ethical leadership on major aspects such as corporate integrity, accountability and employee performance in focus of building trust and commitment through vision, empathy and courage. The study employed a quantitative approach and collected data using a structured questionnaire from 500 respondents. The analysis was performed using SPSS version 27, applying statistical methods such as correlation and regression to examine the relationship between variables. The results revealed a robust positive correlation between a leader's vision and corporate integrity ( r = 0.856), as well as between corporate responsibility and courage ( r = 0.854). Regression analysis demonstrated that a leader's vision was a significant predictor of employee performance ( β = 0.834, p < 0.001), while empathy emerged as a strong predictor of employee commitment ( β = 0.819, p < 0.001). Moreover, both empathy and courage were recognised as pivotal factors affecting organisational trust, with courage having a more pronounced effect within the model. Additionally, a strong correlation was found between organisational trust and employee performance ( r = 0.813). These findings underscore that ethical leadership involves multiple aspects, including vision, empathy and courage. The study provided recommendations for organisations to strengthen ethical leadership practices, focusing on developing vision, empathy and courage for cultivating a committed, high‐performing workforce and ensuring long‐term business success.
Aswath et al. (Fri,) studied this question.