ABSTRACT

Given recent financial crises and scandals, the rise of corporate social responsibility and the challenge of environmental sustainability, few would disagree that the role of ethics has taken centre stage in the management of organizations. In reality, however, organizations have found it extremely difficult to promote successful, ethical behaviour as this rarely results in short-term gains which can be appraised and rewarded.

By and Burnes bring together leading international scholars in the fields of organizational change and leadership to explore and understand the context, theory and successful promotion of ethical behaviour in organizations. By focusing on real world examples, contributors analyze the issues and challenges that hinder ethical change leadership which can lead to sustainable organizations.

This unique volume brings together the worlds of organizational change, leadership, business ethics and corporate social responsibility, resulting in a book that will be valuable reading in all four fields. With contributions from leading scholars, including David Boje, Dexter Dunphy, Suzanne Benn and Carl Rhodes, Organizational Change, Leadership and Ethics is a must-read.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

Ethical Change Leadership

part |67 pages

Context and theory

part |74 pages

Ethical change leadership: issues and challenges

chapter |22 pages

Virtuality and materiality in the ethics of storytelling answerability

Implications for leadership and change

chapter |23 pages

Mind the gap

Hypocrisy monitoring and integrity striving as a source of ethical leadership

chapter |27 pages

Moral agency in strategic change

Coping with ethical tensions through irony

part |45 pages

Change leadership and ethics: success and failure

chapter |22 pages

Incompetent or immoral leadership?

Why many managers and change leaders get it wrong

chapter |21 pages

Leadership narcissism, ethics and strategic change

Is it time to revisit our thinking about the nature of effective leadership?

part |47 pages

Ethical change leadership and organizational sustainability

chapter |24 pages

Leadership for the age of sustainability

A dualities approach to organizational change

part |18 pages

Conclusions

chapter |16 pages

Looking back to move forward