Leadership and ethical development: balancing light and shadow
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Each stage of ethical development has its morally positive and negative aspects and is accompanied by ethical dilemmas which have no easy solutions. Thus, a leader does not necessarily become ethically better with each stage, with its specific ethical demands that shape the behavior of the individual. Though the leader does not become morally more enlightened progressively at each stage, the ability to face the ethical dilemmas and persist in finding solutions to them increases. This model of ethical development is compared with that proposed by developmental theory, which suggests that ethical behavior progressively improves with each stage.
Publication Name: Business Ethics Quarterly
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 1052-150X
Year: 1995
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Leadership, moral development, and citizenship behavior
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Different styles of leadership inspire different levels of moral development which lead to different types of participatory behavior among members of the organization. The post-conventional stage of moral development that results from transforming or servant leadership encourages respect for universal moral principles and draws the highest level of constructive contribution from participants. Citizens at this stage of moral development exhibit a high level of civic sense and individual ethical reasoning, and seek to balance their self-interests with the common interests of the organization.
Publication Name: Business Ethics Quarterly
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 1052-150X
Year: 1995
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Reimagining moral leadership in business: image, identity and difference
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Leadership, specifically business leadership, in modern culture requires the creation of images with moral or normative connotations which express both identity and difference. The problem of creating images that take into account the cultural diversity in the global economy is compounded by the proliferation of images that fail to connote definite norms or ethical values. Modern business leadership requires an increase of the moral dimensions of the images they project, since such visual images greatly influence public understanding of both group and individual identities.
Publication Name: Business Ethics Quarterly
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 1052-150X
Year: 1995
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