ABSTRACT

This book considers ethics as a practical discipline at the heart of decisions, reasoning, shaping, and ordering organizations. Both engaging and accessible, it offers effective suggestions for selecting and developing ethical leaders and invites readers to self-reflect and understand how to build ethical cultures within their organizations and beyond.

Examining the many characteristics of ethical leadership, including love and authenticity, the book uses factual evidence to explore both its positive and negative characteristics. It offers readers an in-depth insight into how ethical decision making can help determine the right thing to do, supported by directly applicable ethical lessons that help leaders become more conscious going forward. The authors provide concrete suggestions for action, as well as ways to develop and understand what is needed to become an ethical leader. Each chapter encourages readers to reflect on their own experiences, as well as engage in discussion with others, and challenge basic assumptions. The book concludes by offering a long-term oriented outlook at future challenges for ethical leaders.

Rooted in extensive psychological, philosophical, entrepreneurial, and business experience, The Practice of Ethical Leadership will appeal to leaders, human resource professionals, and Board members across a wide variety of organizations. This book will also benefit academics as well as anyone who is invested in the fields of leadership, management, business, and industrial-organizational Psychology.

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chapter |5 pages

Preface

part Section I|31 pages

Definitions of Ethical Leadership and Its Importance

chapter Chapter 1|19 pages

Why Ethical Leadership?

chapter Chapter 2|10 pages

What Is Ethical Leadership?

part Section II|80 pages

Conceptual Framework of Ethical Leadership

chapter Chapter 3|20 pages

Leadership and Love

chapter Chapter 4|17 pages

The Dilemma of Authenticity

chapter Chapter 5|24 pages

Political Leadership

Causal Interdependencies, Archetypal Fountainheads, and Practical Consequences

chapter Chapter 6|17 pages

A Pathology of Leadership

Expressions of Mis-Leadership, and the Lessons It Harbors

part Section III|84 pages

Practical Applications of Ethical Leadership

chapter Chapter 7|13 pages

Competencies and Ethical Leadership

chapter Chapter 8|16 pages

Toward a Stage Model of Ethical Leadership

chapter Chapter 9|15 pages

Toward a Hierarchy of Values

chapter Chapter 10|18 pages

Can you Identify, Select, and Develop Ethical Leaders?

chapter Chapter 11|20 pages

Ethical Leadership and Organizational Culture

part Section IV|26 pages

Thoughts for the Future

chapter Chapter 12|24 pages

The Future of Ethical Leadership

Sneaking a Peek into the Rabbit Hole