The Quest for Moral Leaders: Essays on Leadership Ethics (New Horizons in Leadership Studies)

by Joanne B. Ciulla (Editor), Susan E. Murphy (Editor), Terry L. Price (Editor)

New Horizons in Leadership

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The quest for moral leaders is both a personal quest that takes place in the hearts and minds of leaders and a pursuit by individuals, groups, organizations, communities and societies for leaders who are both ethical and effective. The contributors to this volume, all top scholars in leadership studies and ethics, provide a nuanced discussion of the complex ethical relationships that lie at the core of leadership.Two distinct factors make the ethics of leadership different from the ethics of show more other individuals. The first is power - the way leaders exercise it and the temptations that come with it. The second is the moral relationship they have with followers and the range of people with whom they have moral relationships and obligations. In The Quest for Moral Leaders, the contributors explore how leaders themselves view their role, as well as the ways in which leadership functions within business, politics and society. The volume begins with chapters examining how religious beliefs and emotions color the way leaders make decisions. The second section covers how leaders think about morality, while the book's final chapters shift our attention to the function of leadership within organizations.The first book to offer perspectives on leadership ethics from the ancient Greek ideas on reverence to the moral problems of executive compensation, The Quest for Moral Leaders is a must-read for scholars and students of leadership, ethics and business. Leadership consultants will also find this in-depth analysis a valuable resource. show less

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Bernard M. Bass is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Management and Director of the Center for Leadership Studies, School of Management, State University of New York at Binghamton James Macgregor Burns is a Senior Scholar at the Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland, College Park Joanne B. Ciulla is the Coston Family Chair in show more Leadership and Ethics at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond Al Gini is associate professor of philosophy and adjunct professor in the Institute of Industrial Relations at Loyola University of Chicago Edwin P. Hollander is University Distinguished Professor in the Industrial/Organizational Psychology graduate programs at CUNY's Baruch College and Graduate Center Michael Keeley is Professor of Management at Loyola University of Chicago Robert C. Solomon is Quincy Lee Centennial Professor of Business and Philosophy and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin J. Thomas Wren is Associate Professor of Leadership Studies at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond show less
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Terry L. Price is associate professor and associate dean for academic affairs at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond

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HF5387 .Q47Social sciencesCommerceCommerceBusinessBusiness ethics
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