Servant leadership is based on ethical behavior (Spears, 2002). Greenleaf (2002) saw the corruption of institutions, understood the lure of traditional power, and advocated using power in a different manner (Narvaez, 1990). Many leaders get caught in the web of hierarchical leadership and view servant leadership as contradictory (Spears, 2002). Servant leaders do not compromise their ethical principles in order to be successful (Northouse, 2016).
