Leadership Status and Communication in the Command System, with Particular Reference to the Code of Ethics for the Police, as well as Leadership Styles Based on the Lasswell Model

Abstract

Personal relationships are defined by the relative power and status of each participant. This is especially true incommunication too. According to the Code of Ethics of the Police Service, colleagues are encouraged by leaders’ personal exemplary, they listen to their opinions, giving advice and guiding them to work. The basic communication model developed by Lasswell examine who communicating to whom and what they say, what channel they communicate and which is the effect of the communication. The study examines how is realized the communication of the autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire leadership style in practice, whether the ethical principles prevail.