The Search for Ethics in Leadership, Business, and Beyond

This book brings together a wide range of topics in leadership ethics and business ethics. It approaches these topics from the perspective of the humanities as well as the social sciences. About half of the book is on leadership and the other half on topics in business ethics. Besides these general areas of research, the book explores how to teach and study ethics in both business ethics and leadership studies. Specifically, it examines issues ranging from the nature of ethical leadership, to studies of authenticity, virtue, and the public and private morality of leaders. In business ethics, the subjects covered span from moral imagination, to casuistry, meaningful work, and workplace ethics. The book includes a section on the importance of liberal arts for studying and teaching ethics in business and professional schools. It concludes with a reflection on the ethical challenges of leaders and followers in a world where some leaders have inverted moral values.

Autorentext

Joanne B. Ciulla is Professor of Leadership Ethics and Director of the Institute for Ethical Leadership at Rutgers University Business School. Prior to joining Rutgers, she was one of the founding faculty of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies (University of Richmond). She has had academic appointments at LaSalle University, Harvard Business School, The Wharton School and she held the UNESCO Chair in Leadership Studies at the United Nations International Leadership Academy in Jordan. In addition to these, she also had visiting appointments at Nyenrode University, The University of Melbourne, University of Fort Hare, and Oxford University. A BA, MA, and Ph.D. in philosophy, Prof. Ciulla has written extensively on leadership ethics and business ethics and she is nationally and internationally known for her developing the field of leadership ethics. Ciulla is the recipient of the Leadership Legacy Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Leadership Association and the Eminent Scholar Award from the Network of Leadership Scholars at the Academy of Management both are for her scholarly contributions to the field of leadership studies. She has also won the Distinguished Educator Award from the University of Richmond, the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education of Virginia, the Master Teacher in Ethics Award from Brigham Young University and the Society for Business Ethics, and she is a Fulbright Specialist. Prof. Ciulla has served as president of the International Society for Business, Economics, and Ethics and The Society for Business Ethics. She sits on the editorial boards of The Leadership Quarterly, Leadership, Leadership and the Humanities, Business Ethics Quarterly, and she edits the New Horizons in Leadership Studies series (Edward Elgar).

Inhalt

Introduction.- About the author.- Acknowledgments.- Part I: The Ethical Challenges of Leadership.- 1 Ethics and Effectiveness: The Nature of Good Leadership.- 2 Habits and Virtues: Does it Matter if a Leader Kicks a Dog?.- 3 Did Nero Fiddle While Rome Burned? Why 'Being There' is Essential to Leadership.- 4 Searching for Mandela: The Saint as the Sinner Who Keeps on Trying.- 5 Conversations and Correspondence with James MacGregor Burns on the Ethics of Transforming Leadership.- 6 Dangerous Liaisons: Adultery and the Ethics of Presidential Leadership.- Part II: Business Ethics, and Work.- 7 Business Ethics as Moral Imagination.- 8 Moral Imagination and Truth.- 9 Casuistry and the Case for Business Ethics.- 10 The Importance of Leadership in Shaping Business Values.- 11 Is Business Ethics Getting Better? Business Ethics and Business History.- 12 Leadership and the Problem of Bogus Empowerment.- 13 The Moral Conditions of Work.- Part III: The Liberal Arts and the Humanities.- 14 Liberal Arts and Leadership: How to Design a School of Leadership Studies.- 15 The Two Cultures: The Place of the Humanities in Leadership Studies.- Part IV. Leaders and Followers Today.- 16 Leadership and the Power of Resentment.- 17 Afterword.