 Leading Ethically: What Helps and What HindersKurt April, Kai Peters, Kirsten Locke and Caroline Mlambo Chapter 10 in Ethical Leadership, 2011, pp 165-186 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Ethics is concerned with moral obligation, responsibility, social justice, and the common good. It is about defining the practices and rules—written and unwritten — which inform responsible conduct and behaviour between individuals and groups in order to maintain, or enhance, the common good. Everything we do has a consequence, such that ethics is fundamental to the very essence of who we are, and what we value, both as individuals and as people. This chapter presents the findings of a study that aimed to identify those enablers that seem to help individuals to live and act ethically, and those stumbling blocks that prevent them from translating a theoretical knowledge of ethics and morals into action. The sample involved 646 middle managers enrolled on the MBA programmes of the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and Erasmus University (Netherlands). The chapter explains the approach taken and presents the findings, as a contribution to the debate on the practical steps that might increase ethical behaviour in individuals. Keywords: Business Ethic; Ethical Behaviour; Unethical Behaviour; Leading Ethically; Virtue Ethic (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-29906-1_10 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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