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Managers who promote ethical behavior are likely to influence the well-being of their employees. This study examined psychological empowerment as an important variable linking ethical leadership to employee well-being, work engagement, and emotional exhaustion. We used a survey to distribute questionnaires to 56 auditors from two audit firms in Bhopal. The study supported all the hypotheses that we proceed as a sample. Good and authentic ethical leadership has a strong influence on psychological influence. Thus, psychological empowerment is positively related to work engagement and negatively related to emotional exhaustion. The result showed that psychological empowerment partially mediates the effect of ethical leadership on work engagement and commitment, and it fully mediates the effect on ethical leadership and emotional intelligence. This study found that ethical leadership stimulates the psychological empowerment of employees; thus, it increases engagement and commitment to work and also reduces mental exhaustion.