This research aimed to assess ethical leadership among district government employees of Khairpur Sindh, Pakistan. The chosen context felt immense need to observe the ethical leadership in making better engagement level of employees at workplace. The primary data was collected and self-administered questionnaires were used as research instrument. The data screening and coding was initially performed in SPSS than it was further analysed in AMOS software. The descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were performed through SPSS and hypotheses of study were assessed with structural equation modelling (SEM). The results show that ethical leadership has positive and significant impact on employee engagement. In addition, dimensions of ethical leadership such as trust, integrity, honesty, and justice also have positive significant impact on employee engagement. The study outcomes are very essential for HR policy makers.

Ethical Leadership, Employee Engagement, AMOS, SEM