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Top academic scholars ponder the question of ethics as it pertains to all aspects of leadership in business, government, and nonprofit organizations.
If leaders were defined by their influence on history, Hitler would be on par with Gandhi, Lincoln, and Mother Theresa. Yet most of us believe that our superiors have a responsibility to exercise power with a purpose far greater than any political agenda and a motive more noble than personal gain. This thought-provoking collection of essays explores the ethical challenges that leaders face in their relationships with followers, the choices they make, and the ways in which they influence others.
Joanne B. Ciulla and her contributors examine the traits and characteristics of top-tier leaders. She questions the assumption that moral fortitude is an inherent part of being in charge; analyzes the roles that charisma, morality, and delegation play in the leadership paradigm; and considers whether individuals who want to lead with integrity but are sometimes forced to get their hands dirty for their constituents can be called "moral leaders." Readers will gain an appreciation for how ethics is not an add-on to the practice of leadership but rather an integral part of it-an element that informs the very idea of what it means to lead and to lead well.
Top academic scholars ponder the question of ethics as it pertains to all aspects of leadership in business, government, and nonprofit organizations.
If leaders were defined by their influence on history, Hitler would be on par with Gandhi, Lincoln, and Mother Theresa. Yet most of us believe that our superiors have a responsibility to exercise power with a purpose far greater than any political agenda and a motive more noble than personal gain. This thought-provoking collection of essays explores the ethical challenges that leaders face in their relationships with followers, the choices they make, and the ways in which they influence others.
Joanne B. Ciulla and her contributors examine the traits and characteristics of top-tier leaders. She questions the assumption that moral fortitude is an inherent part of being in charge; analyzes the roles that charisma, morality, and delegation play in the leadership paradigm; and considers whether individuals who want to lead with integrity but are sometimes forced to get their hands dirty for their constituents can be called "moral leaders." Readers will gain an appreciation for how ethics is not an add-on to the practice of leadership but rather an integral part of it-an element that informs the very idea of what it means to lead and to lead well.
Top academic scholars ponder the question of ethics as it pertains to all aspects of leadership in business, government, and nonprofit organizations.
Foreword
James MacGregor Burns
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Joanne B. Ciulla
I. The Scope of the Issues
1. Leadership Ethics: Expanding the Territory
Joanne B. Ciulla
2. Moral Leadership and Business Ethics
Al Gini and Ronald M. Green
II. The Moral Relationship between Leaders and Followers
3. Further Ethical Challenges in the Leader-Follower
Relationship
Edwin P. Hollander
4. The Bogus Empowerment of Followers
Joanne B. Ciulla
5. Emotions and Trust: Beyond "Charisma"
Robert C. Solomon
III. The Morality of Leaders: Motives and Deeds
6. Why Leaders Need Not Be Moral Saints
Terry L. Price
7. Democratic Leadership and Dirty Hands
Nannerl O. Keohane
IV. The Ethical Influence of Leaders
8. The Trouble with Transformational Leadership: Toward a
Federalist Ethic for Organizations
Michael Keeley
9. What Is Ethical Foreign Policy Leadership?
Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
Index
About the Editor and Contributors
Joanne B. Ciulla, PhD, is cofounder, professor, and Coston Family Chair in Leadership and Ethics at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond.
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