ETHICAL LEADERSHIP OF SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN (SK)
OFFICIALS AND THE SATISFACTION OF YOUTH
CONSTITUENTS IN SELECTED BARANGAYS IN
CEBU CITY: PROPOSED ETHICAL
LEADERSHIP TRAINING
PROGRAM
Tanucan, Sherry Faye P.
Cabo, Marie Joe Phyllis J.
Grate, Rhyle Jay L.
Lomente, June Paul F.
Oling, Donnel L.
August 2010
Rationale:
“The Philippines is the first and the only country with a structure
such as Sangguniang Kabataan,” said party-list representative Raymond
Palatino of Kabataan (Cebu Daily News, 13 August 2010).
Nineteen years since Sangguniang Kabataan has established, and
in the recent development in political arena, Secretary Robredo of
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) submitted a
draft abolition of Sanguniang Kabataan citing the failure to be functional
and effective in the delivery of public services under the Local
Government Code (www.mb.com.ph). In other hand, youth advocates
acknowledge the presence of the problem in the system and proposed
for reforms.
Existing problems have seen in the thrust of Sangguniang
Kabataan officials and thus the researcher decided to conduct a study on
their ethical leadership and the satisfaction of their constituents in the
hope of describing whether the ethical leadership of the Sangguniang
Kabataan officials affect its youth constituents’ satisfaction. The
researchers also hope to develop an ethical training leadership program
based on the findings generated from this study.
• Principle Centered Leadership (Covey, 2007)
• Path- Goal Theory (House, 1996)
• Contingency Leadership Theory (Fielder, 1994)
• Normative Decision Making Theory (1964
updated by Envision Software, 2009)
• Expectancy Theory (Vroom, year not cited)
• Attribution Theory (Calder, 1997 cited by
Winkler, 2009)
This study will determine the ethical leadership of Sangguniang
Kabataan officials and the satisfaction of youth constituents in
selected Barangays in Cebu City. The findings of the study will
be the basis of the proposed ethical leadership training program.
Specifically, answers to the following queries will be sought;
1. What is the profile of the Sangguniang Kabataan Officials
in terms of;
1.1 age;
1.2 gender;
1.3 civil status;
1.4 religion;
1.5 educational background;
1.6 office position; and
1.7 seminars attended?
2. What is the degree of ethical leadership of
Sangguniang Kabataan officials in the aspect of:
2.1 relationship to self;
2.2 relationship to others; and
2.3 relationships to the whole?
3. What is the level of satisfaction of the youth
constituents?
4. Is there a significant relationship between the profile
and degree of ethical leadership of Sangguniang
Kabataan oficifals?
5. Is there a significant relationship between the profile
of SK officials and level of satisfaction of youth
constituents?
6. Is there a significant relationship between the degree
of ethical leadership of Sangguniang Kabataan officials
and the level of satisfaction of the youth constituents?
7.What ethical leadership training program can be
proposed based of the findings of the study?
STATEMENT OF NULL HYPOTHESIS
There is no significant relationship between the profile
and degree of ethical leadership of Sangguniang Kabataan
officials.
There is no significant relationship between the profile
and level of satisfaction of youth constituents.
There is no significant relationship between the degree
of ethical leadership of Sangguniang Kabataan officials and the
level of satisfaction of the youth constituents.

1991 Local Government Code (LGC), also known as the
“Local Autonomy Law” the 1991 LGC or RA 7160
formally abolished the Kabataang Baranggay (KB) and
provided the youth another opportunity to directly
participate in governance from the grassroots level to
the national level through the Katipunan ng Kabataan
(KK) and the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK).
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Power and the Functions of Sanguniang Kabataan:
* Promulgate Resolutions
* Initiate programs designed to enhance the social,
political, economic, cultural, intellectual, moral,
spiritual, and physical development
* hold fund-raising activities
* submit annual and end-of-term reports
* consult & coordinate with all youth
organizations in the Barangay
* coordinate with appropriate national agency
(LGC, Chapter 8, section 426)
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Gibbs, (1969, cited by Rost, 1993) indicates that there have
been various proposals to reserve the term leader for
those who lead by virtue of their personal charisma and
esteem in which their subordinates hold them. The term
head supposedly designates the administrator or manager
who holds the virtue of administrative appointment.
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Also, Dobel cited in his article Public Administration
Review (Vol. 58, 1998) noted that the disjunction of
ethics and achievement has inspired many to despair
of the relationship between ethics and leadership, best
summed up by Niccolo Machiavelli, “the man who
wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes
to grief among so many who are not virtuous” (1973).
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Leadership entails ethics because leaders have
responsibilities. Persons in positions of leadership
make a difference; they can bring about changes in
behaviour that would not occur without their presence
and actions(Dobel,1998). .
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Research Design
Descriptive Correlational Method
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Research Respondents
Approximately 150 youth constituents 15-18 years
of age.
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Research Local
To compare and contrast the findings of the study,
the researchers choose four Barangays in Cebu City,
specifically 2 mountain barangays Guba and Busay and
2 urban barangays of which are Barangay Lahug and
Guadalupe.
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Research Instrument
* standardized questionnaire of The Institute For
Ethical Leadership (1998)
* standardized questionnaire from the Leadership
Profile and Leadership Profile- Individual
Contributor (TLP and TLP-IC, 2004)
* researcher’s made profile for the SK officials
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Sampling Design
Purposive Sampling
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Treatment of Data
* Simple Percentage
* Weighted Mean
* Chi Square Method
* Pearson r correlation coefficient