What Is Values-Based Leadership, and Why Should We Care?
Introduction
“History has demonstrated repeatedly that leaders that lack ethical and values based dimensions can have serious adverse consequences on their followers, their organizations, our nation and the world,” —Mary Kay Copeland.1 We’ve seen this dire prediction carried out by valueless leaders over the past decades. Whether it is Sam Bankman-Fried (FTX—2020s), Elizabeth Holmes (Theranos—2010s), Bernie Madoff (2000s), the unholy trinity of Ken Lay, Jeff Skilling, and Andy Fastow (Enron—1990s), or Ivan Boesky (1980s), each one represents a failure of values-based leadership. The fact that they all ran their companies into the ground renews our interest in the value of values ...
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