Leadership ethics : an introduction / Terry L. Price.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Price, Terry L., 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership--Moral and ethical aspects.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 252 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Are leaders morally special? Is there something ethically distinctive about the relationship between leaders and followers? Should leaders do whatever it takes to achieve group goals? Leadership Ethics uses moral theory, as well as empirical research in psychology, to evaluate the reasons everyday leaders give to justify breaking the rules. Written for people without a background in philosophy, it introduces readers to the moral theories that are relevant to leadership ethics: relativism, amoralism, egoism, virtue ethics, social contract theory, situation ethics, communitarianism, and cosmopolitan theories such as utilitarianism and transformational leadership. Unlike many introductory texts, the book does more than simply acquaint readers with different approaches to leadership ethics. It defends the Kantian view that everyday leaders are not justified in breaking the moral rules.

Contents:

Part I: Leader-centric approaches

Relativism and exceptionalism

Reason and amoralism

Power and self-interest

Traits and virtues

Part II: Group-centric approaches

Permission and consent

Situations and circumstances

Membership and moral particularity

The greater good

Everyday leadership ethics.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-242) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-19856-9

1-107-08649-3

1-281-90344-2

9786611903442

0-511-80997-2

0-511-43750-1

0-511-43817-6

0-511-43604-1

0-511-43525-8

0-511-43682-3

OCLC:

437234504