This course will help students to develop healthy and conscientious leadership skills. Shifting clergy identity, roles, and responsibilities will be addressed in relation to a range of ethical issues faced in congregational life and ministry, including confidentiality, clergy misconduct, collegiality with professional peers, ethical boundaries, and the ethics of teaching, counseling, and social engagement.

A Buddhological framework for ethical leadership and conduct will be developed with attention to issues of power and professionalism and their limits. Emphasis will be placed on healthy leadership and practices for forming and maintaining healthy congregations (Sanghas). This course will also cover mundane dynamics of leadership responsibilities such as setting up a new center/temple, including non-profit status, 501(c)3 status, as well as marketing and communication strategies.