Leadership and Ethics [Paperback]

Contemporary discussions about the nature of leadership abound. But what constitutes a good leader? Are ethics and leadership even compatible?

Accounts of leadership often lie at either end of an ethical spectrum: on one end are accounts that argue ethics are intrinsically linked to leadership; on the other are (Machiavellian) views that deny any such link-intrinsic or extrinsic. Leadership appears to require a normative component of virtue; otherwise 'leadership' amounts to no more than mere power or influence. But are such accounts coherent and justifiable?

Approaching a controversial topic, this series of essays tackles key questions from a range of philosophical perspectives, considering the nature of leadership separate from any formal office or role and how it shapes the world we live in.

1. Preface - Jacqueline Boaks and Michael Levine

2. Foreword  Joanne B. Ciulla (University of Richmond)

3. Introduction: The plurality of leaderships; Leadership and ethics; the essays-Jacqueline Boaks and Michael Levine (University of Western Australia)

Just What is the Relationship Between Leadership and Ethics?

4. An Unjust Leader is No Leader - Tom Angier (St Andrews)

5. Rulers, Moralities, and Leadership  Anna Moltchanova (Carleton)

6. Authority and Leadership: the ethical obligations of authority  Sarah Sorial (Wollongong)

Some Concerns About Leadership

7. Must Leadership Be Undemocratic?  Jacqueline Boaks (University of Western Australia)

8. Plato's Paradox of Leadership - Damian Cox (Bond University) and Peter Crook (Bond University)

9. The Ethics of Authentic Leadership  Jessica Flanigan (Jepson School)

10. Leadership and Gender: Women's Mandate to Lead  Fiona Jenkins (ANU)

Leadership  Applications and Examples

11. Leadership and Stakeholding-Thom Brooks (Durham University)

12. Parents, Children, and Good Leadership: the lÐ