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Ethical Leadership (ethical + leadership)

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Selected Abstracts

Preparing for Ethical Leadership in Organizations

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES, Issue 4 2001
Manuel Mendonca
True and effective leadership is that in which the leader's behaviour and the exercise of the leadership influence process are consistent with ethical and moral values. This paper explores the need for ethical leadership and the ways in which it is manifested in organizations. It identifies the three components of the ethical leadership model proposed by Kanungo and Mendonca (1996): the ethics of the leader's motives, influence process strategies, and the nature of the self-transformation needed for ethical leadership. As a central theme, the paper then examines what the leader can do to prepare for ethical leadership in organizations. More specifically, it identifies some of the sources that the leader can tap to develop as a moral person possessed of inner strength and resourcefulness that lead to the self-transformation of both the leader and the followers. Résumé Le leadership véritable et efficace en est un dans lequel le comportement du leader et l'exercice du processus d'influence de leadership sont consistants avec des valeurs morales et éthiques. Cette étude explore le besoin d'un leadership éthique et les façons dont il est manifesté dans les organisations. Elle identifie les trois composantes du modèle de leadership éthique proposé par Kanungo et Mendonca (1996): l'éthique des motifs du leader, les stratégies du processus d'influence et la nature de la transformation de soi-même requises pour le leadership éthique. Comme thème central, l'étude examine ce que le leader peutfaire pour se préparer au leadership éthique dans les organisations. Spécifiquement, elle identifie quelques-unes des sources auxquelles le leader peut avoir accès pour se développer en tant que personne morale possédant une force intérieure et qui est pleine de ressources qui mènent à la transformation personnelle du leader et de ses adeptes. [source]

Ethical leadership across cultures: a comparative analysis of German and US perspectives

BUSINESS ETHICS: A EUROPEAN REVIEW, Issue 2 2009
Gillian S. Martin
This paper examines beliefs about four aspects of ethical leadership ,Character/Integrity, Altruism, Collective Motivation and Encouragement, in Germany and the United States using data from Project GLOBE (Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness) and a supplemental analysis. Within the context of a push toward convergence driven by the demands of globalization and the pull toward divergence underpinned by different cultural values and philosophies in the two countries, we focus on two questions: Do middle managers from the United States and Germany differ in their beliefs about ethical leadership? And, do individuals from these two countries attribute different characteristics to ethical leaders? Results provide evidence that while German and US middle managers, on average, differed in the degree of endorsement for each aspect, they each endorsed Character/Integrity, Collective Motivation and Encouragement as important for effective leadership and had a more neutral view of the importance of Altruism. The findings are reviewed within the social-cultural context of each country. [source]

The Enron story: you can fool some of the people some of the time ,

BUSINESS ETHICS: A EUROPEAN REVIEW, Issue 1 2003
Alyson Tonge
This article unravels the complex set of financial dealings that are at the heart of the Enron story and follows the story through the highs and lows of Enron share prices. The key players are identified and their roles described. Apart from the financial and accounting issues, the Enron story also raises a wide range of ethical issues including corporate governance, organisational culture and ethical leadership and scrutiny. These are discussed in the article. It might be argued that Enron could never have got away with some of its practices if it had been operating in Europe. The article concludes that this view may be naïve, particularly in the light of recent media disclosures of the UK Labour government's continuing flirtation with business donations. The Enron story raises serious considerations in a whole host of financial, economic, political and ethical areas. As the Enron story continues to unfold, an article of this type can only begin to scratch the surface of some of these issues and to lay them out for further investigation. [source]

Integrating Leadership Styles and Ethical Perspectives

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES, Issue 4 2001
Edward Aronson
This paper reviews two major ethical theories and the manner in which the values they espouse are associated with the directive, transactional, and transformational leadership styles. A model of ethical leadership is proposed which relates the dimensions of these styles to the level of the leader's moral development. Transformational leadership appears to be most closely connected to deontology, while transactional leadership would seem to be related more to teleological ethics, and directive leadership to ethical egoism, a category of teleology. The paper concludes with some suggestions for future research. Résumé Cette étude passe en revue deux théories principales d'éthiques et la façon dont les valeurs qu'elles compren-nent sont liées aux styles de leadership directif, transac-tionnel, et transformationnel. L'auteur présente un mo-dèle de leadership éthique dans lequel les dimensions de ces styles sont associées au niveau de développement moral du leader. Le leadership transformationnel semble être lié plus étroitement à la déontologie tandis que le leadership transactionnel serait associé plutôt à l'éthique téléologique et le leadership directif à l'égo-ïsnie éthique, une catégorie de la téléologie. L'étude se termine par quelques suggestions de recherches ultérieures. [source]