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Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership explores the ethical demands of leadership by blending research and theory with practical application, helping students to increase their ethical competence and leadership abilities.
The Sixth Edition includes new and expanded coverage of key topics such as leader hypocrisy, moral identity, ethics of virtual teams and ethical decision making. There are also new self-assessment activities related to narcissism, apology, altruism, social loafing, moral foundations theory, and corporate Samaritans which can be found at the end of each chapter.
A new chapter on Exercising leader influence introduces students to the ethical issues surrounding leader influence tools, and a total of 17 new case studies, including Amazon, Volkswagen and Malala Youzarif, provide contemporary evidence of ethical (and unethical) leadership.
The book is complimented by a companion website featuring a range of tools and resources for lecturers and students, including PowerPoint slides, Testbank, teaching notes, sample course syllabi, an instructor s manual and access to full-text SAGE Journal articles.
Suitable reading for students studying on leadership courses.
List of contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: The Shadow Side of Leadership
Chapter 1. The Leader's Light or Shadow
Chapter 2. Stepping Out of the Shadows
Part II: Looking Inward
Chapter 3. The Leader's Character
Chapter 4. Combating Evil
Part III: Ethical Standards and Strategies
Chapter 5. General Ethical Perspectives
Chapter 6. Ethical Decision Making and Behavior
Chapter 7. Exercising Ethical Influence
Chapter 8. Normative Leadership Theories
Part IV: Shaping Ethical Contexts
Chapter 9. Building an Ethical Small Group
Chapter 10. Creating an Ethical Organizational Climate
Chapter 11. Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership in a Global Society
Chapter 12. Ethical Crisis Leadership
Epilogue
References
Index
About the Author
