ABSTRACT
For a leader to be trusted, he or she must, of necessity, be a moral person by character, attitudes and activities. The sense of morality and its rationalization need to be adapted to the condition of life: there will always be an interplay between morality and the characteristics, key events, and situations which compose the essentials of human existence. Corporate leaders face the challenge of having to be fair to these sides of human nature, with a view to others as well as introspectively. Responsible leaders should pay attention to the moral experiences and expectations of their followers. The term Groundwork for Moral and Responsible Leadership brings us to the theme of the moral enterprise. Moral business practices stem from moral culture, and moral culture creates moral organizations. "Business and the society at large" is a wording that might have been commonly used in the 1980s, but it is not to the point any more.
