Background: Ethical leadership lead to positive effects such as increased organizational pride among 
staff nurses who work with ethical leaders so they do their best to ensure the success of their healthcare 
organizations. Aim: Assess ethical leadership educational program for head nurses and its influence on 
staff nurses' organizational pride. Research Design: A quasi-experimental research design was utilized
in this study. Setting: The study was conducted in inpatient units at Benha University hospitals. Sample: 
included all available (35) head nurses, as well as a simple random sample (320) out from (1600) staff 
nurses. Tools of data collection: Three tools were utilized for data collection namely; Ethical 
Leadership scale, Ethical Leadership knowledge and organizational Pride questionnaire. Results: 
Minority 66% of head nurses had good knowledge level at the preprogram phase while it increased to 
82.5% & 79.3% at post program and follow up phases, respectively, while only 21% of them had high 
ethical leadership skills level at preprogram phase, which increased to most of them 87% & 83% at post 
program and follow phases respectively. Also, while 11% of staff nurses had a high organizational pride 
level at preprogram phase, it was increased to most of them 70%&69.5% at the post program phase and 
follow phase, respectively. Conclusion: There was a highly positive statistical significant correlation 
between head nurses' ethical leadership knowledge, skills and staff nurses' organizational pride at post 
and follow up program phases. Recommendations: Hospital administration should conduct the ethical 
leadership educational program for different levels of nurse managers to promote the ethical leadership 
in their organization