Ethical Leadership
The authors argue convincingly for the need for ethical leadership within organizations; demonstrating its importance for creating a moral climate which is essential for organizational effectiveness. The book begins with reviews of leadership theory and research as well as an overview of ethical theories. It goes on to examine morality in terms of leadership, suggesting the principles upon which leaders should make their judgements. In order to align business needs and best ethical practice, and in the face of ever louder demands for good governance and corporate social responsibility, leaders need to be role models whose motivation should be altruistic and work to the benefit of others and the organization. In building their theory on what constitutes ethical leadership based on an integration of classical philosophy with contemporary psychological theory, the authors have looked not only at individual and team performances, but have investigated what constitutes ethical and moral values in Western and non-Western cultures. This is followed by discussion of models that can help to overcome cultural differences with a view to creating an effective leadership approach in our varied global market economy. Ethical Leadership is essential reading for upper level undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students of business, management and psychology as well as practitioners in those fields. It will help future and established professionals understand the nature and potential benefits of ethical leadership in organizational settings. |
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... natural law , a set of basic moral principles and norms that correspond to human nature and can be known by the use of reason . In this tradition , the moral law is synonymous with the natural law . As Thomas Aquinas observed ...
... nature of spiri- tuality and its manifestation in the cognitive , affective , and moral character of the individual ; the nature of charismatic leadership in the context of the spiritual experiences of both the leader and followers when ...
... nature - that is , the self - transformation of the leader and of the followers . The leader is a role model to the followers in respect of both task performance and ethical behaviour . Undeniably , the leader is indeed the soul of the ...
Contents
a critical review | 11 |
a brief overview | 27 |
the leaders motives | 45 |
Copyright | |
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